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A PS5 update that screwed up game backgrounds was just a bug (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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An apparent bug was causing game art backgrounds to be replaced by promotional messages and news posts on the PlayStation 5 dashboard for some people on Monday. The images they saw featured promotions for long-expired discounts and ads for new games.

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 like Miles Morales, Hi-Fi Rush, and Final Fantasy VII Remake.

In a since-deleted post, Daniel Hiatt, product lead for Game Hub and Activity Suggestions with PlayStation, wrote Monday afternoon that the change was a “(new) bug with an existing feature.” Then, by 6PM ET, those game pages are back to normal, as we confirmed on our own PS5s.

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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Schrödinger's Bug: it's both a bug and a feature, until observed by the consumers. After, it depends on the public reaction.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's definitely a bug and meant to only be on specific games, I imagine the like of multiplayer heavy or live service games that utilise the news feature to show off new updates

[–] Donut@leminal.space 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If it was a bug, why did he delete his post?

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Because of how people are implicating that. It is technically by design but in my eyes:

1 - it was released early (could be classed as a bug)

2 - is only meant for specific games and/or news posts and not just turned on for every game (I would say that is buggy)