Hacker News with Generative AI: PlayStation

PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Game Art with Annoying Ads You Can't Turn Off (ign.com)
The PlayStation 5 now has an advert system built into the dashboard user interface you can’t disable without disconnecting from the internet.
PC modder removes annoying PSN account requirement for God of War Ragnarök (arstechnica.com)
Sony's decision to require a PlayStation Network sign-in for the PC port of the single-player God of War Ragnarök is drawing expected levels of ire from frustrated PC gamers.
Sony announces PS5 Pro, a $700 graphics workhorse available Nov. 7 (arstechnica.com)
Sony today announced the PlayStation 5 Pro, a mid-generation hardware upgrade that will play the same game library as 2020's PlayStation 5, but with higher frame rates and better resolution than on the original system.
Activating a Playstation-Only Cheat on PC in Just Nine Bytes (wordpress.com)
Notris: A Tetris clone for the PlayStation 1 (github.com/jbreckmckye)
PlayStation Portal (Remote Play): Stack-buffer overflow in HEVC decoder (github.com/google)
AMD CEO Lisa Su reminisces about designing the PS3's infamous Cell processor (tomshardware.com)
Wipeout XL/2097: The Making of an Iconic PlayStation Soundtrack [video] (youtube.com)
Playstation VR2 players can access games on PC with adapter starting on August 7 (playstation.com)
11 years after launch, 49M people still use their PS4s, matching the PS5 (arstechnica.com)
Square Enix is going 'aggressively' multiplatform after string of PS5 exclusives (polygon.com)
Helldivers 2 PSN account linking update will not be moving forward (twitter.com)
Xbox Console Sales Are Tanking as Microsoft Brings Games to PS5 (kotaku.com)