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.
The
@AskPlayStation
account
on
X
confirmed
the
fix,
saying:
A
tech
error
with
the
Official
News
feature
on
the
PS5
console
has
since
been
resolved.
There
have
been
no
changes
to
the
way
game
news
is
displayed
on
PS5.
Hiatt’s
now-deleted
post.Screenshot:
X
One
Verge
staffer
shared
some
screenshots
of
the
temporary
new
look
while
it
was
active,
like
the
one
below
highlighting
a
launch
discount
for
Animal
Well
that
ended months
ago
(the
game
came
out
in
May.
We
reviewed
it!).
An
example
of
the
bug
from
a
Verge
staffer’s
PS5.Screenshot:
PlayStation
5
dashboard
There
are
whole
threads
devoted
to
the
change
on
both
Reddit
and
Resetera,
but
now
that
it’s
reverted,
people
will
have
to
go
back
to
debating
the
PS5
Pro,
review
scores,
and
why
Concord
failed.
(Originally posted by Wes Davis)
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