Ah yes it's always a bug after massive community backlash. If there wasn't much, it'd have been a test, and if there wasn't any, it was always intended.

Don’t you hate it when there is a bug in your code that magically attracts ads? They just appear without warning or reason.

you don't get entire functional UI elements accurately populated with appropriate data out of a "bug". at best its a feature that was being tested internally and never would have made it past that, at worst its something that went live early.

Man I sure hate it when your dev teams spend all sprint developing a bug!

Someone made a typo in the code, ads show up.... Happens all the time

The bug was that it was rolled out prior to when they wanted to roll it out.

They're definitely gonna try and put ads in there in the future. 😬 Was just comparing experiences with another user here last night about this (they had the ads but I did not) and seeing as they were across the pond from me and don't even have the hub yet, it's like they were just testing the waters in a specific region.

I love when people say it was a bug.

Yeah bugs happen.

Bugs don't program themselves to do a specific function, that's just called a function (language depending.)

Funny, how all the bugs hurt the players not them.

I disagree with the implication that users should "settle down" when faced with user-unfriendly experiences.

User silence is often taken as permission to continue shitty practices that build up overtime. Bloated games that are unoptimized, online subscription to play online, not even fully owning the games, not able to use your own bluetooth headset etc.

This tweet just perpetuates how consumer-hostile nature of these companies. It attempts to play down a potential revenue stream at the expense of UX, subtle gaslight users into thinking this is part of the "over-reactionary culture" when this a perfectly valid criticism, and makes no attempt to be sympathetic about these implications.

Honestly, this has made me swore off a PS5 and future sony consoles. It's no longer affordable, convenient, or simply. I do love my DS4 controller tho.

Bullshit. This shit isn't a bug. It was purposeful as a test to reception and to desensitize people

Ah yes totally a bug, something specifically developed to show a very specific kind of content in a very specific location. Totally a bug.

Guys relax. It's just a bug. This "feature" doesn't drop until next month.

Remember when mandatory Bethesda account in Doom64 was "just a bug" and then Doom Eternal had it for real?

It's just a bug.

oh, yes... a bug...

Good luck selling your $700 locked-down computer with no gaems but enshittified to hell and back.

My shit-flinging catapult flinging shit onto your house is a bug, it was meant to stay still, peacefully targeting it with a huge load of shit and never firing.

Oh, good. I was about to give in to weakness and spend money on Space Marine 2.

Ah, yes, just a “bug”.

Oh, I thought he was going hard on the trolling, implying the bug was that the ads are broken when offline.

lol lol we accidentally previewed the future now simmer down idiots

I'm skeptical whether it was really a bug or not, but I could definitely see how it could've been just a bug given the description in the OP. Could've also been a "happy accident" they were hoping nobody would complain about.