People lamented the change in forums and on social media, saying the game art that previously showed up when they highlighted a game was gone. Instead, the image that would ordinarily show up as a news post in a separate section of the PS5 UI was splashed across the screen behind games lik e Miles Morales, Hi-Fi Rush, and Final Fantasy VII Remake.

PS5 owners started seeing full-screen ads on the home screen this week, and they aren't sure if it's a new feature or a bug.

Earlier this month, Sony rolled out a new firmware update that, among other things, added a customizable welcome hub to the PlayStation 5 home screen. It’s lowkey one of the best new features the console has gotten in years,

If you've turned on your PS5 in the past day or so, you've likely seen a whole lot more ads on the home screen than you're used to, with promotions for upcoming games, various trailers, and bits of developer news taking the place of the custom game art that typically appears when you select a game on that menu.

Welcome hub, a new personalized space with customizable widgets and backgrounds for the PS5 home screen that Sony rolled out earlier this month as part of an update that introduced several additional features for PlayStation 5 consoles,

Sony has removed the excessive ads from the PS5 dashboard, saying that they were never supposed to be there in the first place.

PlayStation removed a "tech error" forcing newsfeeds into homepages. PSN servers faced a global blackout that PlayStation has been silent about. The silence has upset players and raised security concerns over prior similar incidents.

Sony says it has now resolved an issue with a recent PlayStation 5 update, blaming the controversial advertisement feature on a "tech error."

Hovering over a game would show recent – or in some cases not so recent – news for the game, often taking over the entire screen and replacing the lovely game art that typically accompanies a game’s panel.