Black Friday is kicking off across the web, and that includes Sony's own PlayStation Store sale. A metric ton of PS4 games are going cheap on the digital storefront, and it's a sale well worth checking out. In fact, Sony really doesn't want you to miss out on all the bargain-hunting fun. A big ol' Black Friday icon has appeared on the PS4's main menu.
This may not be showing for everyone, and it's not massively intrusive, but it's a little annoying to have this big advert pop up on your dashboard. Especially so if you've disabled this sort of thing from happening, and it does it anyway. It's pretty easily dealt with, anyway; you can simply delete the icon as you would any other app on the PS4. If you do want to prevent these promotions from creeping onto your PS4's dashboard, follow this quick and easy guide on how to disable them.
Have you had a big Black Friday ad clogging up your PS4's menu? Delete that thing in the comments below.
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It just looks a bit tacky. Not a fan of this sort of marketing, most people would see there's a sale on some way or another.
I liked it, had a look, didn’t buy anything - no dramas.
I mean, isn't the reason we disable this to stop it happening?
Makes me wonder why disable it at all if it keeps coming up regardless.
Makes me wonder why people get so worked up over a small easy to get ride of advert?
@thefirst thelast
@Warspite2901 @thefirst I haven't played GTA V yet either, despite owning both PS3 and PS4 versions.
Wait, I thought it was only up to 40%. Did they increased it to 60%?
Absolutely nothing to complain about, especially when the Xbox 1 normally has between 3-5 ads at all times on the dashboard that you cannot remove. I'd take one ad for Black Friday as more of a courtesy to let me know it's available than think it was intrusive.
I've no issue with the ad particularly. Clicked through to access the deals easily. My bigger issue is that they dont seem to have tried very hard with the sale itself 😬
No problem. Just deleted it
Resi Evil 2 for £15.99? Oh go on then.
@RawnDawn - It's the principal of the matter, that ad is classed as featured content and it ignores the setting to disable featured content. Also it got put in between my game tiles, it's invasive. Put it on What's New or the store tab where it belongs.
I’m sick of this. We shouldn’t have to put up with this type of advertising. If we give them and inch, they’ll take a mile. I’ll never buy another Sony product again. Just put a sledge hammer through my PS4 Pro.
@SoulChimera That will show them. 😉
this must be the worst black friday sales sony have done in eu for years.
@thefirst 8 that sounds like i may have too get over my hate and try it. 😋
@SoulChimera And that before the best year what a waste happy im not you. Will be smiling my way through next year with that lineup. And smiling even more someone destroyed his console over a add.
Why even provide an option for hiding featured content if they're just going to ignore it? It's just seems like a slightly sleazy thing to do.
People get bent out of shape over the smallest thing lol.
Surprised people care so much 😂 unless it stops me doing what I want to be doing, then there's no problem for me.
Press options, select delete, job done. Stop whining!
No prob with sneaking an easily deletable ad icon on the home screen. No where near as sinister and offensive as when U2 surreptitiously infiltrated my iTunes and "gifted" me with their latest "music"!
Doesn't bother me, quicker to browse from that app and ending buying 2 games in the sale. Res 2 and DMC 5 brought with the discounted top up card so brought both for less than £15.99
@Col_McCafferty I’ll vote with my wallet, it’s the only way to show them my pure rage. They will be in tears at the next board meeting.
@Flaming_Kaiser I thought it was pretty obvious I was joking. But I suppose in this day and age, reactions like that are actually pretty normal. Haha. “Microtransactions?” Death to the developers! “Digital” I’m quitting gaming!
To be clear. My Pro is in one piece. I just spent over £60 on the PlayStation Store sales and I’ll continue to preorder every piece of PlayStation hardware regardless of an ad on the dashboard.
Is there anything people won't get outraged about these days? 🙄
The "featured content" option applies to third-party ads as far as I'm aware.
I might understand some annoyance if it was like the old SingStar icon on PS3 which you couldn't get rid of, but it's one ad letting you know there's a sale you might be interested in, which will disappear on its own after a few days... if you don't delete it yourself.
Highlight the icon, press Options, select Delete. It'll cost you much less time and inconvenience than whining about it on here.
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Horizon ZD Complete Edition is super cheap on there at the moment. Still haven't got around to playing it so am very tempted
@SoulChimera
Sarcasm that people dont get are the best 👍
You got me laughing with that one and the reactions
@SoulChimera Lately i dont know i see a lot of people go mental over the smallest things. My apologies.
@Flaming_Kaiser No need for apologies. Like we both said, it’s pretty normal to see people freak out over everything these days. Toys out the pram for almost every headline.
Irrelevant for me...
If I want I buy, if I don't I don't buy. It's not the add that will interfere with my life... At least it's a new "icon"...
you say to follow the guide to stop it BUT i have had it turned off for years and it still showed up on mine
but still what does it matter, at least it's not permanent like the Singstar on one PS3 a few seconds and it's gone, no big issue
@SoulChimera Nice to hear its all good. 😉
This sale isnt that good. Its only up to 40 % not 60 I think.
@thefirst I haven't played it yet! And at that price I might finally take the plunge and save it for later.
@thefirst 🙋🏾♂️ I've not played GTA V, nor do I have any interest to do so.
The ad doesn’t bother me—it’s not a virus or anything dangerous, so no big deal.
What bothers me more is that I can’t choose which TV & Video services are listed in the top line of apps. I don’t have Hulu and don’t want Disney+, so I want to hide those and show a couple of the other ones that I do use regularly (Pluto TV, IHeartRadio).
Heading on over to the US store if I'm buying anything, Days Gone is $20, whereas in UK it's £34.99. Persona 5 is $9.99. UK deals are crap.
With how poor the EU deals are I thought they would want to hide the sale not promote it.
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