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.

Users saw promos, game updates and even ads for other titles instead of title-screen art in their PS5 game libraries after a software update.

I’m of course talking about the big ugly, blown-up promotional art that was dominating every game icon that you hovered over on the home screen. Although some speculated that the issue, which seems to have caused the images associated with the latest news posts for each of your games to appear in place of the usual background art,

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.

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

PS5 owners were pretty surprised when they saw ads for their own games instead of game art. Now, Sony has confirmed that this was just a bug. Ads, ads, ads On Monday, Sony released a patch for the PS5 that caused frustration among PS5 owners.