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Sony’s PlayStation store’s got ads now, too

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PlayStation fans are quick to point out that even though their online service is free, it isn’t plastered with ads. That looks like it could be changing.

This tweet by CheapAssGamer.com ‘s Robert Goode clearly shows a pretty offensive and large interstitial advert on the PSN store. I logged in to my own US PSN account and hit the store, and yup – it’s right there, and it’s forced. You have to go through the advert to get to the game’s section.

Thankfully, it’s wholly absent from the South African Store. For now.

It’s a far cry from the adverts we see all over the US Xbox 360 Dashboard, but it could be a sign of things to come.

Last Updated: August 1, 2013

40 Comments

  1. Skyblue

    August 1, 2013 at 13:40

    Behold! The end is nigh…

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  2. Guest

    August 1, 2013 at 13:49

    ..

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  3. Martin du preez

    August 1, 2013 at 13:50

  4. Mathias

    August 1, 2013 at 13:56

    Oh, no! Is Sony trying to monetize things? How DARE they??

    No one with an Xbox can say a thing about this and PS3 owners will say they don’t care as long as Sony keeps renting them games.

    All in all, I never cared about ads. They’re minimal (at least on my Xbox), and the movie trailers one are cool. I actually found out about a couple of movies that I didn’t know thanks to that…

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    • Martin du preez

      August 1, 2013 at 13:58

      The only thing that really annoys me about the XBL ads are that they are constantly chewing away megabytes in the background.

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      • Mathias

        August 1, 2013 at 14:01

        True dat. But it never represented much of a issue to me.

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        • Martin du preez

          August 1, 2013 at 14:04

          When you’re stuck on 3G like me it hurts bad. (Complimentary F.U to Telkom)

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          • RinceThisAndGingerSmite

            August 1, 2013 at 14:19

            Deal With it. Your pal, Adam 😉

    • RinceThisAndGingerSmite

      August 1, 2013 at 14:18

      The only thing worse than recent movie trailers, is the Kardashians. And they’re pretty damn bad. Every movie trailer I have seen recently shows you are least one clip of the ending, what’s with that?!

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  5. RinceThisAndGingerSmite

    August 1, 2013 at 14:16

    Wow, just… WOW.

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  6. Deano

    August 1, 2013 at 14:18

    Sony! Ads ? how dare you ???

    its okay thou cos its Sony doing it hahahaha ! love when they slap themselfs in the face.
    Esp those who have commented so strongly in previous threads now backing down.

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    • RinceThisAndGingerSmite

      August 1, 2013 at 14:19

      I’m not backing down. This is total BS, I don’t care if it’s SONY, MS or WiiU doing it. If it’s forced, that takes it to a new level!

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    • ElimiNathan

      August 1, 2013 at 14:23

      Its funny how its always the Xbox One fanboys who take it to a personal level

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      • RinceThisAndGingerSmite

        August 1, 2013 at 14:26

        Agreed. Says much for either the age group, or mentality. I may be wanting to get a SONY, (based on the terrible PR of MS up till now; inroads have been made to fix that) but I smell BS when I see it.

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        • Deano

          August 1, 2013 at 14:32

          No Doubt MS PR was a balls up of note!
          But I still think the Xbone will show its power when it comes out and will be a great console.

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          • RinceThisAndGingerSmite

            August 1, 2013 at 14:35

            Though I agree with your hope you, nor I, can be ‘sure’ of anything 🙂 The only reason that I actual moved away from MS was their blunder and failure to realise it until they looked like they were going to lose to SONY. THEN they did a 180o, which to me still feels false. That being said, I do ‘hope’ that they kick ass.

          • RoadShow

            August 1, 2013 at 22:26

            I too think the Xbox one will show it’s power when it comes out.

            Underpowered and $100 overpriced with paywalled basic features and none of the free exclusive content in AAA multi plat games.

            Pay to play timed DLC xbox gamers paying for xbox live still have to pay for and DLC everyone will be able to get is neither free nor exclusive.

      • Deano

        August 1, 2013 at 14:29

        its nothing about being personal. Its about all the oaks coming onto a xbox thread to spew rubbish but when it happens on the console they favour all is quiet, thats all im saying. Fanboi’s in general irratate me, I like to look at things from a neutral point of view and enjoy gaming on both the blue and green side of things.

        I admit im a bit harsh on PS oaks around here but thats cos they 95% of the audience here and shout and scream the minute MS does something.

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        • ElimiNathan

          August 1, 2013 at 14:32

          I can guarentee you those 95% of ppl will shout and scream the minute SONY does something kak too.

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          • RinceThisAndGingerSmite

            August 1, 2013 at 14:41

            Agreed again (STOP IT!) And why do I shout when SONY f’s up? Because I feel like I’ve been hard done by. MS made me feel that so much, I raged, BURST, and moved on. If SONY pisses me off that much, I will move on too. Nothing worse than the ‘believer’ who hangs on to something because of what it USED to stand for, what they want it to be, but no longer is.

          • ElimiNathan

            August 1, 2013 at 14:45

            Ye, I would really love to get an Xbox and believe its going to be awesome and everything will be as it should, but 7 – 8 grand is a bit much too play around with, plus I think its just time for a change.

        • ElimiNathan

          August 1, 2013 at 14:34

          You must also remember allot of guys here are going from Xbox 360 to PS4, its not like they are full on Sony Fanboys

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          • RinceThisAndGingerSmite

            August 1, 2013 at 14:36

            What you said. Have been an Xbox 360 fan for 6 years. You want me to change my mind, use the words ‘DEAL WITH IT’. lol

  7. Deano

    August 1, 2013 at 14:24

    On a different note, I really dont mind Xbox ads or PS doing ads.

    When the day comes that it stops and pause’s my game to show me a ad, thats when I draw the line.

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    • Gavin Mannion

      August 1, 2013 at 14:33

      Yeah honestly I’ve never cared about them…

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      • RinceThisAndGingerSmite

        August 1, 2013 at 14:42

        Where are the ads? I see ads for games on the SA XBL, or are you talking about the US?

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        • FoxOneZA - X-Therminator

          August 1, 2013 at 15:27

          Yeah US.

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    • ElimiNathan

      August 1, 2013 at 14:34

      Ye the Xbox 360 ads are easy to brush over not intrusive at all

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    • Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

      August 1, 2013 at 15:26

      I’m with you. I don;t really find ads all that intrusive.

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  8. FoxOneZA - X-Therminator

    August 1, 2013 at 15:27

    I don’t mind ads as long as the network actually works efficiently.

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  9. RoadShow

    August 1, 2013 at 22:21

    Man, freaking dumb xbox gamers just had to ruin it for everyone.

    Freaking Xbox 360 – every single way it sucks. Sony gave the best of the best, and gamers, especially US gamers just piss on them and go to the competition giving none of the good stuff and all the bad.

    PS3 has 3D blu ray, browser since launch, wifi since launch, reliability, true exclusives not on PC, free exclusive content in the best AAA multi plat games, free online play and highly valuable optional subscription service.

    Yet the no blu ray, no browser for 8 years, no wifi for 5 years add $100, most unreliable hunk of junk in history, exclusives on PC, no free exclusive content (only pay to play timed DLC everyone will get), disk scratching, disk swapping everything ugly (huge external power supply, old CD tray etc.) hell and expensive proprietary upgrades for wifi & HDD and the stupid xbox lovers just go to it anyways. Oh and ads on home page.

    Sony is not going to sit there striving to give the best of the best at the best price and be pissed on by these people. WTF man? There is not one single reason to go to 360 yet all these blind ignorant fools went to them. Oh we don’t mind that you put out a reliable product, we dont’ mind that you tried to force upgrades on orig. xbox gamers, we don’t mind we gotta put up with a bunch of stupid stuff and old technology the only people in the world that gotta pay to play, pay to stream pay to browse.

    My god. Wake the fk up. I will never forgive the stupid xbots for supporting 360 despite all of the horrible everything. In every single measurable way xbox 360 sucks. Games, exclusives, Exclusive content, entertainment, reliability, quality.

    Hell hardly any core games have been released on 360 for 3 years in a row even! M$ been making 2.75 BILLION per year on XBL and don’t put anything back into the service.

    It’s disgusting.

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