Microsoft has done a great job of advertising Lynx to Xbox 360 owners, but up until now the PlayStation platforms haven’t seen quite the same flooding of non-game ads.
However, a quick check of any new domain names has pointed to a new registration by Sony Pictures overnight in the shape of psnadvertising.com – the domain doesn’t resolve anywhere but the intentions should be fairly obvious.
What’s curious is that this domain wasn’t registered by Sony Computer Entertainment, rather their movie picture division – perhaps we’ll only be seeing ads from Sony produced movies?
Technically the PSN falls under the umbrella of the SEN (a name that still confuses a little).
Via Twitter.
taurus82
As long as the ads are not invasive or interupting, and if the products are ensured to be of a high quality, I really don’t see problem with it.
Starman
There was a pot noodle advert on the What’s New section once. It was quite odd and out of place.
Awayze
No! Hate adverts. If I have PS+, adverts should disappear.
dude90
Sony did air a few ads in Home for Lynx and also Pot Noodle with a few outfits. They done a minigame based on the Angels ad which gave a free angel companion and a can outfit in a different promotion. The Pot Noodle one was just a Pot Noodle outfit saying EAT ME.
Unterred
No no no no no. I like not having adverts pushed in my fa’ve on the PS3 XMB and don’t want this to change on PS4
hol
I’ve never seen the issue of in game advertising as long as they were context sensitive or even something you’d see in the real world. Why shouldn’t billboards be covered in real adverts? Signs & stickers in shop windows etc?