Wow, this is awful. Some people reported that these ads are also very petty and not necessarily related to the game, like apparently Elden Ring shows an ad for a licensed mousepad when you hover over the game now...

Edit: Playstation Product Manager says this is actually a new bug. I really doubt it but they do seem to be "fixing it".

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[–] celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think there's any kind of consensus that PCMR was all about bigging up Microsoft. It's about playing PC games, and using your technology with more understanding than your average console user. It's implied that someone using a PC has Windows because Windows is installed on virtually every single PC on Earth. For the years I've spent frequenting r/PCMasterRace, I've never seen any outward Microsoft glazing.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah, I’m pointing to the obliviousness of the whole thing. It’s really strange. It’s not like Microsoft just pulled off their mask with Windows 11.