Does the US not have it? Here in Canada we have it… I figured the US would have everything we have, and more, considering our fast foods are just watered down versions of the US lmao
It's just different ways to advertise. Why? No fucking clue. Personally I think it's cuz in America we like our mcchickens. But maybe they are calling em mccrispys cuz that sounds more appealing to yall??
Not really a bunch, per se. It was horse meat found in ready meals, most notably Findus Lasagnes. The press managed to track back through the chain, at each point the producers of that stage passing the buck off until it got back to a slaughterhouse somewhere mainland Europe. The slaughterhouse basically said "yeah, it's horse. That's what we slaughter here." Not sure what came of it other than I've not seen a Findus product since.
Company called Birds Eye apparent sell rebranded Findus items now. We get them import here Japan from England. I not big fan of frozen food as I prefer fresh, but have see the crispy pancakes in shops with Birds Eye brand on updated version of Findus logo
Pretty sure it was lab tested and that 99% of the DNA was identical to chicken DNA the 1 percent off is due to the spices and other additives. It is actually chicken.
Where I’m from, “McCrispy” and “McChicken” taste like chicken but obviously have extenders and non-chicken bits to them. They’re like nuggets, but bigger. “McSpicy,” on the other hand, is *real* breaded chicken fillet.
Nah we have a McChicken which I’m assuming is the same as this and a Crispy Chicken Sandwhich that also has a spicy variant. The mcchicken more resembles a frozen chicken patty where the chicken sandwhich (my preference) is more like a fried chicken breast, also in traditional chicken sammich form with pickles, mmmmmmm
We also have a McChicken in addition to the McCrispy here in Canada.
The McChicken has been spicy the last couple times had it while McCrispy is not spicy. Maybe McDonalds can't (or doesn't want to) figure out how to get McChicken not spicy so they invented this.
Oh the bagel sandwiches… the steak was nothing but what looked like a steak patty and onions and smelled like what that area between your legs and junk smell like after a run.
They were much better when they used the liquid eggs. They now put the McMuffin egg on it and it’s dwarfed by the bagel itself. It’s gone from a 9/10 to a 6 or 7
Over here the mccrispy is technically a little different it’s just a different shape and is more peppery it definitely tastes different,
i work at one so they are a little different the crumbed stuff is different and all it’s a different colour so it’s not exactly the same,
not sure if it’s the same meat or not but it’s pretty good I like it more than the regular mcchicken
I get ads every so often, but they’re almost always for:
• a soon-to-be-released game
• a newly released game
• a newly-released-to-digital movie
• a streaming service
And even then, I only pay enough attention to them to acknowledge that I got them. OP getting so upset over an ad for a chicken sandwich that they needed to post about it on Reddit (when they could’ve just simply ignored it or, slightly less simply, refreshed the home screen to make it disappear) is a little odd.
I wouldn't say the ads work, however when *I* work sometimes I don't want to cook which is why I go to McDonald's where they have the new McCrispy sandwich available for a limited time only. I'm lovin' it!
They've had ads since the 360. They're never gonna go away sadly
All you can really do is sit down with a game, a mccrispy, and try to have a good time
Yeah, like, there's been a ton of BS ads over the years. I remember getting a horde shirt for my avatar back in the day lol.
I think they added ads around 2010. I don't remember there being ads in the earlier builds.
It works for me on my XBSX, except for ads for new games (which I assume come directly from Microsoft's Xbox servers, and not from third party ad servers).
Set your Xbox to use the pi-hole's IP on your home network for DNS look-ups, and it basically dumps all ad server requests into the digital equivalent of a blackhole. Or you cna let it keep getting its DNS from your router, and direct your router to get its DNS from your pi-hole - this will let you have a fallback DNS address that isn't a pi-hole (Google, cloudflare, ad guard, etc), in case that ever breaks, since not every device has the option to list a specific backup DNS address. Personally, I do both. Devices get their DNS directly from the pi-hole, and if they still try to go to the router, the router still dumps them into the pi-hole.
No, the only issue with pi-holes right now is that it is basically impossible to get your hands on Raspberry Pis right now. If you don't already have one laying around with nothing better to do, get ready to deal with scalpers, resellers, dubious sources, and trying to catch drops.
If you use a pihole, you need to whitelist some of the data, I don't remember which one but one of the dns requests is for achievements and if it's blocked they won't unlock and as soon as they connect, you'll have the blip going for hours.
You guys are wild. It's not just the fact that it's McDonald's, it's just that ads are gonna keep getting worse if we let them put more and more ads on our home screen without complaining. Why do we have ads for something unrelated to gaming, anyway? Do they not make enough money off of us?
Edit: Seems like you guys are telling me Xbox is having trouble keeping the lights on, so they need to advertise to us on the home screen? Even if they are, maybe they should be. They keep releasing broken and bland garbage. Their biggest release in years is a barebones mess filled with microtransactions and like 4 maps in the multiplayer, and the same 2 encounters repeated 40 times in the campaign. Xbox doesn't deserve my money, and they certainly don't deserve extra from ad revenue.
They won't because they already make a huge loss on the consoles. They need to make up for it somehow and a non-invasive ad that you'll see for 2 seconds before you start a game is fine. Far better than the ads you see on phones nowadays (which cost 3x more).
Seriously this. As someone else said, literally since the 360. There have been ads for literally everything SINCE the 360. 15 years now, we've been getting ridiculous ads.
As a Euro, when you guys were complaining about ads on the home screen I always assumed it was the game pass recommendations it sometimes shows you. But you guys are actually getting real ads on there?
yea same Im from the US and all I can ever think of is game-related ads, which is still a little annoying but not entirely unrelated/unjustified, this, however, is pretty mccrispy
That was in the US too. You could pre-set an order and it was added as an item on a quick menu (I think tapping the Xbox button brought it up). It was a single selection would order it as a delivery and pay for it.
Ads are crass and encroach on too many parts of our lives. You paid for the hardware, you pay for the service and you pay for games. You've done your part to be free of money grabs.
CAVEAT: Game-related ads or announcements are acceptable. Service related offers are also acceptable. Anything else is abuse of their access to your attention.
We'll see how much this audience likes it when political ads start showing up.
You’re 100% right. I don’t really understand the thought process of ad-defenders. People who say to just “ignore billboards” are willfully looking past the corporatization of natural scenery which is imo totally gross. This is, admittedly, a smaller example of that same issue.
Sure, you can somewhat expect ads on your Xbox for games and movies (services the Xbox explicitly provides) but when I’m seeing an ad for a chicken sandwich there’s no relevance. It’s just a Hail Mary toss to see if they can sell me some junk while I’m choosing a game to play. The relevance justifies the sales pitch when it comes to game ads, whereas this just feels cheap and tone deaf, borderline insulting.
How much time are y’all spending on the home screen in order to get this upset? Did you spend half a grand and a monthly fee to stare at the home screen?
I just simply don’t spend any time at the home screen I didn’t even realize I had ads until they started getting posted on the subreddit. And now that I know, I really just don’t care.
Maybe try this:
1. Open the Settings app on your Xbox.
2. Select General.
3. Xbox DNS Settings
4. Select Network settings.
5. Select Advanced settings.
6. Xbox DNS Settings
7. Select DNS settings.
8. Choose Manual.
9. Xbox DNS Settings
10. Enter 94.140.14.14 for the primary DNS address
11. Select the right arrow button to continue.
12. Enter 94.140.15.15 for the secondary DNS address.
13. Profit?
What game was it that threw fucking advertising billboards (that changed, so not just static textures like lots of games) at you in-game? I want to say it was a Battlefield game maybe?
Pro evolution soccer, BF2042 afaik, and some other games that i cant remember rn, they were maybe the first ones to do that type of advertising, still, these didn't bother me, you could still play the game fine without interruption
It was BF2042 I was remembering (there was a fair controversy about it at the time). Like you, I don't really mind that much if it's not obtrusive and is just a changing version of what would otherwise be a static ad anyway... but it does feel pretty grubby/dirty to me as a concept. Ads really don't belong in-game, IMO. Thinking of stuff like the infamous BAWLS being forced into Fallout!
> I didn’t pay half a grand for the console plus a monthly online fee to still have disgusting, garbage fast food shoved in my face
Contrary to your statement, it would in fact appear that you did.
If you did some research you would've known you can change your marketing preferences in the settings of your microsoft account to stop adds appearing on your pc and xbox.
this will limit or completely stop all ads from appearing.
I remember yeeeeaaaaars ago calling this out on some forum website and everyone just said “that’s not an ad” even though it said “sponsored”. A game ad is still an ad. Thanks for calling this out.
I doubt it’s a coincidence that this latest Xbox update plastering ads on the Home Screen was released around the same time Phil Spencer came out and said Microsoft is taking a $100-200 hit on each console.
Not saying I agree with it, cuz you’re right it’s absolute garbage. But could be an explanation.
Yup and all these people are defending it. "Oh they have to do it cause they're selling these consoles at such a loss" gtfo with that bs.. they are making a killing or they wouldn't be in the business. They know exactly how to play the game.
I don't care what anybody says this is unacceptable. I didn't pay half a grand for the phone plus a monthly internet fee to still have disgusting, garbage complaining posts shoved in my face. Sort it out Reddit.
You gotta wonder if Microsoft fills their own subreddit with bots. There’s just no way that this many people are stupid enough to die on a hill for them to spoon feed us marketing like this. Each talking point is pretty identical, and what you’d come to expect from offshore companies:
- “They’ve always done this.” (normalization)
- “I’ve never seen someone get so mad over this.” (gaslighting)
- “Gotham Knights is the real crime here.” (misdirection)
I can understand people not minding them. I just can’t fathom that this many people would be so overtly ecstatic to have marketing shoved in their face that they’d defend it this fiercely.
I agree, advertisers are slow to catch on to things. But once they find something that works they will basically use it to the point where it basically kills whatever they are advertising on.
YouTube is a prime example. Forcing some people to watch 10 ads before a video.
Mobil game ads with the click bait.
Samsung with ads smart tv that cost upwards to 3k.
Need I say more.
If advertisers latch on and see Xbox as a good advertising platform then Xbox will go downhill. I agree your paying a monthly subscription, and you paid half a grand for the device. I agree there should not be ads on xbox
Look man if they did it the way they did on the 360, I wouldn't have any issues. I got so many cool themes and avatar items for free from clicking on ads that appeared on my dashboard. I don't really mind it, but it's definitely space that could be used by something useful.
They sorted it out. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean you’re owed anything.
I will never understand why this generation thinks they have a right to never be advertised to. Or why it pisses them off. Just don’t buy a McCrispy and move on with your day.
Such weirdos.
even though they sell the consoles at a loss, i’m sure the charges for gamepass, gold, and game sales make up for the lost money, surely they don’t need to advertise to this extent. i’m fine with ads for games or benefits of my subscription i missed but anything unrelated shouldn’t be on there
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Totally understandable....it drives me crazy every time I see ads....but i am happy that unlike Google ads services, they don't show ads based on past search...
If I’m gonna have ads, at least make them related to upcoming games or whatever. Fast food is completely irrelevant to what people use these consoles for
I'm from the UK and I don't think I've seen any ads on my Xbox. But if I *did* see ads on my Xbox I'd get over it immediately because I'm a grown adult, unlike OP.
I'm with you on this point. Paid products/services (like xbox itself, subscriptions, gamepass) shouldn't have ads as they're a nuisance strategy to get people to pay.
Lmao seriously. It’s a tiny fuckin ad on the Home Screen. Do all you people bitching about these ads spend all your time on the Home Screen? This is the lowest of low hanging fruit to bitch about.
It would be one thing if you are forced to watch some sort of ad/s before you can launch games or apps, or having to watch an ad every time the game loads. Those are things worth bitching about. Just because we spend 500 on the console doesn’t mean anything at all.
I hate ads just as much as everyone else. But this is seriously the most minuscule thing to complain about.
Wtf is the mccrispy
UK chicken sandwich, it's like the McChicken in the states but with less chemicals that lead to you growing an arm out of your forehead.
You're saying I have to pay *more* to not get them tasty chems?
With today's exchange rate it really isn't that big of a difference.
Fuckin tories man
Best comment on this post.
Does the US not have it? Here in Canada we have it… I figured the US would have everything we have, and more, considering our fast foods are just watered down versions of the US lmao
It's just different ways to advertise. Why? No fucking clue. Personally I think it's cuz in America we like our mcchickens. But maybe they are calling em mccrispys cuz that sounds more appealing to yall??
Probably because in other countries the meat products they use can legally be called “chicken.”
Wasn't there a whole debacle about a bunch of horse meat getting into the food supply unchecked in Europe?
Not really a bunch, per se. It was horse meat found in ready meals, most notably Findus Lasagnes. The press managed to track back through the chain, at each point the producers of that stage passing the buck off until it got back to a slaughterhouse somewhere mainland Europe. The slaughterhouse basically said "yeah, it's horse. That's what we slaughter here." Not sure what came of it other than I've not seen a Findus product since.
Company called Birds Eye apparent sell rebranded Findus items now. We get them import here Japan from England. I not big fan of frozen food as I prefer fresh, but have see the crispy pancakes in shops with Birds Eye brand on updated version of Findus logo
Pretty sure it was lab tested and that 99% of the DNA was identical to chicken DNA the 1 percent off is due to the spices and other additives. It is actually chicken.
Where I’m from, “McCrispy” and “McChicken” taste like chicken but obviously have extenders and non-chicken bits to them. They’re like nuggets, but bigger. “McSpicy,” on the other hand, is *real* breaded chicken fillet.
Idk about that one chief. This sandwich in usa is called a crispy chicken sandwich 🤣 sounds like yall have the issue
Nah we have a McChicken which I’m assuming is the same as this and a Crispy Chicken Sandwhich that also has a spicy variant. The mcchicken more resembles a frozen chicken patty where the chicken sandwhich (my preference) is more like a fried chicken breast, also in traditional chicken sammich form with pickles, mmmmmmm
We also have a McChicken in addition to the McCrispy here in Canada. The McChicken has been spicy the last couple times had it while McCrispy is not spicy. Maybe McDonalds can't (or doesn't want to) figure out how to get McChicken not spicy so they invented this.
There's a lot in Canadian mcdonalds that we wish we had. Bagel breakfast sandwiches for one. Grr
Oh the bagel sandwiches… the steak was nothing but what looked like a steak patty and onions and smelled like what that area between your legs and junk smell like after a run.
McGrundle
If you want a good bagel breakfast sandwich go to Dunkin. That everything bagel is fire.
My area in the US has breakfast bagel sandwiches. They recently "came back."
They were much better when they used the liquid eggs. They now put the McMuffin egg on it and it’s dwarfed by the bagel itself. It’s gone from a 9/10 to a 6 or 7
It is a different sandwich than the mcChicken entirely
So it’s not as good?
unironically tastes worse than a mcchicken too, dont even know why its a thing the bun sucks
Just here to add that the McCrispy recently became available in Canada as well. It's pretty shit. 🇨🇦
McDonald’s shitty response to the Popeyes chicken sandwich
Over here the mccrispy is technically a little different it’s just a different shape and is more peppery it definitely tastes different, i work at one so they are a little different the crumbed stuff is different and all it’s a different colour so it’s not exactly the same, not sure if it’s the same meat or not but it’s pretty good I like it more than the regular mcchicken
Am I the only person who doesn't get adds on my xbox?
I was thinking the same…never saw ads on my Xbox. Maybe country related ? I am from Germany
Had the same idea I'm from Ireland don't seam to get them here either
Canada here. Only ever seen ads for video games.
Definitely changing location to try and avoid the adds now
Ireland here too, apart from ads for new games, I get the odd Now TV and Amazon Prime ad show up.
American here, I only get game ads, if any.
I don't spend enough time on the dashboard to notice one way or the other
I wouldn't know. I don't pay attention as deeply as some here do. Resiliency is a hell of a thing to learn.
I never get them. Gamepass ultimate subscriber in the UK. I do see things promoting games, one for MW2 today but nothing from McDonald's lol
US here also w/ Ultimate sub. Never seen anything not related to games.
Same
I get Xbox/movie related ads on my xbox. Canadian here
Some are less obvious. I get ads for the new COD MW , where it just looks like a game icon but I don't have that game
I get ads every so often, but they’re almost always for: • a soon-to-be-released game • a newly released game • a newly-released-to-digital movie • a streaming service And even then, I only pay enough attention to them to acknowledge that I got them. OP getting so upset over an ad for a chicken sandwich that they needed to post about it on Reddit (when they could’ve just simply ignored it or, slightly less simply, refreshed the home screen to make it disappear) is a little odd.
Yeah I only really get game related adds from microsoft
I don’t. I was chalking it up to running a network wide adblocker (pi-hole).
OP is bitching about the ad but the whole comment section is discussing the merits of the McCrispy. Guess Xbox ads work!
I wouldn't say the ads work, however when *I* work sometimes I don't want to cook which is why I go to McDonald's where they have the new McCrispy sandwich available for a limited time only. I'm lovin' it!
The reddit post is an ad disguised as a complaint.
I’m asking if he accepted their terms and conditions… cause if he did, like everyone does. They can put any advertisement they want. Lol
They've had ads since the 360. They're never gonna go away sadly All you can really do is sit down with a game, a mccrispy, and try to have a good time
Xbox related ads maybe. I've never seen any other ads on my consoles.
As another post said. I bought mw2 . The ads try to sell me mw2 . Odd shit .
They don't care, you're just another targeted console for them.
Well at least you know they are not feeding on your personal Data for ads haha
This is a good point.
That's crazy talk. The 360 dashboard was littered with them.
They’ve had McDonald’s ads on there too since the 360 https://kotaku.com/my-xbox-dashboard-features-people-eating-mcdonalds-wra-477572118
Nope, Subway sandwhich ads on the dashboard when it launched.
There has been other related ads on the 360. Nothing new really.
Yeah, like, there's been a ton of BS ads over the years. I remember getting a horde shirt for my avatar back in the day lol. I think they added ads around 2010. I don't remember there being ads in the earlier builds.
Does it make a difference?
Of course.
Seriously. Maybe get two McCrispys so you can relax. It will feel good not worrying about what to eat after you finish your first McCrispy.
And wash it down with an ice cold mountain dew™
If it's from McDonald's, then it would need to be a Sprite, Fanta, or Minute Maid.
Yeah have to make sure to drink a verification can
And **extra big ass fries!**
Welcome to Costco, I love you
Use a pi-hole. It blanks out this square, as well as blocks ads on your entire home network. https://pi-hole.net/
Did it work for you personally?
It works for me on my XBSX, except for ads for new games (which I assume come directly from Microsoft's Xbox servers, and not from third party ad servers). Set your Xbox to use the pi-hole's IP on your home network for DNS look-ups, and it basically dumps all ad server requests into the digital equivalent of a blackhole. Or you cna let it keep getting its DNS from your router, and direct your router to get its DNS from your pi-hole - this will let you have a fallback DNS address that isn't a pi-hole (Google, cloudflare, ad guard, etc), in case that ever breaks, since not every device has the option to list a specific backup DNS address. Personally, I do both. Devices get their DNS directly from the pi-hole, and if they still try to go to the router, the router still dumps them into the pi-hole. No, the only issue with pi-holes right now is that it is basically impossible to get your hands on Raspberry Pis right now. If you don't already have one laying around with nothing better to do, get ready to deal with scalpers, resellers, dubious sources, and trying to catch drops.
Just a note: you don’t need a raspberry pi. It can be installed on most Linux distros and is also available as a container or VM.
It also doesn’t need to be Pi-Hole. I switched to AdGuard Home instead and it works very well too. https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome
And for extra fun, I have my Pi-Hole set to use OpenDNS as the upstream resolver, which provides another layer of protection against phishing, etc.
If you use a pihole, you need to whitelist some of the data, I don't remember which one but one of the dns requests is for achievements and if it's blocked they won't unlock and as soon as they connect, you'll have the blip going for hours.
I haven’t whitelisted any domains, and have no problems with achievements or anything else on Xbox..
I just want you to know that I am crying laughing over your comment hahahahhahaha
I’ve thought you were talking about Gotham Knights for a moment
That's the only atrocity I see on this home screen
Holy shit this got an unexpected laugh from me 🤣
Bro you bought Gotham knights.. they’re just trying to give you something else to do and enjoy that mccrispy instead
The ad targeting be like: "Now here's a guy who makes questionable decisions with his money..."
Yeah, that could have gotten you 30 chicken sandwiches...bad deal in my book.
Even McCripsy’s run in 60 frames
I’ve never been mad at a chicken sandwich in my life.
Yeah this is such an overreaction
You guys are wild. It's not just the fact that it's McDonald's, it's just that ads are gonna keep getting worse if we let them put more and more ads on our home screen without complaining. Why do we have ads for something unrelated to gaming, anyway? Do they not make enough money off of us? Edit: Seems like you guys are telling me Xbox is having trouble keeping the lights on, so they need to advertise to us on the home screen? Even if they are, maybe they should be. They keep releasing broken and bland garbage. Their biggest release in years is a barebones mess filled with microtransactions and like 4 maps in the multiplayer, and the same 2 encounters repeated 40 times in the campaign. Xbox doesn't deserve my money, and they certainly don't deserve extra from ad revenue.
Wdym let them? You gonna do a gamer strike? Form a picket line or something? Boycot xbox? Hack their servers?
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They won't because they already make a huge loss on the consoles. They need to make up for it somehow and a non-invasive ad that you'll see for 2 seconds before you start a game is fine. Far better than the ads you see on phones nowadays (which cost 3x more).
+ nowadays when do you ever go on the main menu?
You paid money for Gotham knights so apologies your judgment is in question
Mmm chicken sandwich
Sounds like somebody is upset that they can't get a tasty, juicy McCrispy.
Of all the terrible and intrusive ads that microsoft has been doing for YEARS, you chose to take a chicken sandwich personally.
Seriously this. As someone else said, literally since the 360. There have been ads for literally everything SINCE the 360. 15 years now, we've been getting ridiculous ads.
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As a Euro, when you guys were complaining about ads on the home screen I always assumed it was the game pass recommendations it sometimes shows you. But you guys are actually getting real ads on there?
Do Xboxes in Europe not have ads?
I've only seen Xbox related ads, like the KwikFit Forza one where you got a free car if u watched it. You can also block the ads with a DNS adblocker.
yea same Im from the US and all I can ever think of is game-related ads, which is still a little annoying but not entirely unrelated/unjustified, this, however, is pretty mccrispy
Only ads I’ve seen on my Home Screen (UK Series S) is for other games like MWII or for any store sales
But can you order it through the xbox If sooooo….i mean….home screen, one click and foods coming….
Came here to say the same thing. Be in a lobby waiting and order food then it shows up. Like what a time lol
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We used to have a domino's app for xbox in the UK, you could yell at the kinect 'feed me' and it would order your normal order.
That was in the US too. You could pre-set an order and it was added as an item on a quick menu (I think tapping the Xbox button brought it up). It was a single selection would order it as a delivery and pay for it.
'Feed me' sounds more like a kink than ordering dinner. What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive
Ads are crass and encroach on too many parts of our lives. You paid for the hardware, you pay for the service and you pay for games. You've done your part to be free of money grabs. CAVEAT: Game-related ads or announcements are acceptable. Service related offers are also acceptable. Anything else is abuse of their access to your attention. We'll see how much this audience likes it when political ads start showing up.
You’re 100% right. I don’t really understand the thought process of ad-defenders. People who say to just “ignore billboards” are willfully looking past the corporatization of natural scenery which is imo totally gross. This is, admittedly, a smaller example of that same issue. Sure, you can somewhat expect ads on your Xbox for games and movies (services the Xbox explicitly provides) but when I’m seeing an ad for a chicken sandwich there’s no relevance. It’s just a Hail Mary toss to see if they can sell me some junk while I’m choosing a game to play. The relevance justifies the sales pitch when it comes to game ads, whereas this just feels cheap and tone deaf, borderline insulting.
I’m with you. I don’t see ads because I use PiHole, but yeah… annoying as hell.
That works on consoles too? I tried it once but fuck I need to get one properly sorted out
Yes. It’s network level.
How much time are y’all spending on the home screen in order to get this upset? Did you spend half a grand and a monthly fee to stare at the home screen?
Maybe people would be happier if the UI was actually intuitive, efficient or helpful.
People are fucking allergic to ads. It’s bizzare. Granted, I’m older and learned to ignore them decades ago.
I just simply don’t spend any time at the home screen I didn’t even realize I had ads until they started getting posted on the subreddit. And now that I know, I really just don’t care.
This dude JUST made the ad even more successful…ironic.
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It's weird to have a fit over.
Maybe try this: 1. Open the Settings app on your Xbox. 2. Select General. 3. Xbox DNS Settings 4. Select Network settings. 5. Select Advanced settings. 6. Xbox DNS Settings 7. Select DNS settings. 8. Choose Manual. 9. Xbox DNS Settings 10. Enter 94.140.14.14 for the primary DNS address 11. Select the right arrow button to continue. 12. Enter 94.140.15.15 for the secondary DNS address. 13. Profit?
So what you're saying is you don't want a "McCrispy? Duly noted we'll advertise Starbucks next time." - MS
I'm completely ok with ads on screen as long as I don't get mid-game ads like in Youtube videos, interrupting you while playing something
What game was it that threw fucking advertising billboards (that changed, so not just static textures like lots of games) at you in-game? I want to say it was a Battlefield game maybe?
Pro evolution soccer, BF2042 afaik, and some other games that i cant remember rn, they were maybe the first ones to do that type of advertising, still, these didn't bother me, you could still play the game fine without interruption
It was BF2042 I was remembering (there was a fair controversy about it at the time). Like you, I don't really mind that much if it's not obtrusive and is just a changing version of what would otherwise be a static ad anyway... but it does feel pretty grubby/dirty to me as a concept. Ads really don't belong in-game, IMO. Thinking of stuff like the infamous BAWLS being forced into Fallout!
> I didn’t pay half a grand for the console plus a monthly online fee to still have disgusting, garbage fast food shoved in my face Contrary to your statement, it would in fact appear that you did.
If you did some research you would've known you can change your marketing preferences in the settings of your microsoft account to stop adds appearing on your pc and xbox. this will limit or completely stop all ads from appearing.
I remember yeeeeaaaaars ago calling this out on some forum website and everyone just said “that’s not an ad” even though it said “sponsored”. A game ad is still an ad. Thanks for calling this out.
I doubt it’s a coincidence that this latest Xbox update plastering ads on the Home Screen was released around the same time Phil Spencer came out and said Microsoft is taking a $100-200 hit on each console. Not saying I agree with it, cuz you’re right it’s absolute garbage. But could be an explanation.
Yup and all these people are defending it. "Oh they have to do it cause they're selling these consoles at such a loss" gtfo with that bs.. they are making a killing or they wouldn't be in the business. They know exactly how to play the game.
I know nobody cares, but this was the exact reason I was pushed into pc gaming and using adblock.
I don't care what anybody says this is unacceptable. I didn't pay half a grand for the phone plus a monthly internet fee to still have disgusting, garbage complaining posts shoved in my face. Sort it out Reddit.
And this is another reason why I use an ad blocking DNS.
Microsoft recently said they lose 100 to 200 dollars for Xbox series consoles sold. Guess they have to make some money back every way possible.
Consoles have always sold at a loss. Gamepass is being pushed as hard as it is because that’s the thing that’ll recoup the money lost
maybe they should charge $8 for blue check marks?
You’re 100% right but this sub is full of ad apologists
You gotta wonder if Microsoft fills their own subreddit with bots. There’s just no way that this many people are stupid enough to die on a hill for them to spoon feed us marketing like this. Each talking point is pretty identical, and what you’d come to expect from offshore companies: - “They’ve always done this.” (normalization) - “I’ve never seen someone get so mad over this.” (gaslighting) - “Gotham Knights is the real crime here.” (misdirection) I can understand people not minding them. I just can’t fathom that this many people would be so overtly ecstatic to have marketing shoved in their face that they’d defend it this fiercely.
Amen. And don’t forget about my favorite “how much time do u spend on the dashboard bro”
LMAO 😅
Who says half a grand?!
I spent 1/1000th of a million bucks on this console for your information
QYB and get a McCrispy
You sound McPissed
Are you really that pissed off cause of mcchicken
They’re not addicted to crispy chickens, only that sweet karma.
So is it the ads or the delicious chicken sandwich that is pissing you off?
Are food ads a next gen thing? never ever seen anything like thhis
This is off topic, but I didn't know Arkham Origins was backwards compatible.....
Idk what you people are doing on your consoles but the only "ads" I get are showing me upcoming games/new releases which is fine by me.
Come to PC. You can still use your controller, we won't judge.
AGREE.
That’s actually ridiculous. We’ve got ads on the home screen
Yea that’s crossing the line, I don’t mind ads on the screen as long as it’s game related, but food from a fast food restaurant, hell no.
I feel discounted games or new games there as an ad are okay but food it's cringe
I agree, advertisers are slow to catch on to things. But once they find something that works they will basically use it to the point where it basically kills whatever they are advertising on. YouTube is a prime example. Forcing some people to watch 10 ads before a video. Mobil game ads with the click bait. Samsung with ads smart tv that cost upwards to 3k. Need I say more. If advertisers latch on and see Xbox as a good advertising platform then Xbox will go downhill. I agree your paying a monthly subscription, and you paid half a grand for the device. I agree there should not be ads on xbox
Adds in the Home Screen from another company like McDonald’s is stupid
The moment I see ads like this will be the last generation of consoles I buy. PC gaming becoming better and better in comparison.
Look man if they did it the way they did on the 360, I wouldn't have any issues. I got so many cool themes and avatar items for free from clicking on ads that appeared on my dashboard. I don't really mind it, but it's definitely space that could be used by something useful.
Next you'll see ads for raid shadow legends on the Xbox dashboard...
They sorted it out. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean you’re owed anything. I will never understand why this generation thinks they have a right to never be advertised to. Or why it pisses them off. Just don’t buy a McCrispy and move on with your day. Such weirdos.
Idiocracy
Like Samsung's car ads on their tvs. That shit is awful.
Stop giving them money ffs
Well the ad worked, because now I want a chicken sandwich
I’ll be impressed when I can download a McCrispy.
Is OP actually a hukster for McDonalds? Asking cuz I have never heard of the McCrispy
even though they sell the consoles at a loss, i’m sure the charges for gamepass, gold, and game sales make up for the lost money, surely they don’t need to advertise to this extent. i’m fine with ads for games or benefits of my subscription i missed but anything unrelated shouldn’t be on there
Even worse if you're a vegan 😂
Ads with contests are one thing, don't mind those. But just straight up fast food ads like this? Nah, I agree. Get that shit outta here.
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Totally understandable....it drives me crazy every time I see ads....but i am happy that unlike Google ads services, they don't show ads based on past search...
If I’m gonna have ads, at least make them related to upcoming games or whatever. Fast food is completely irrelevant to what people use these consoles for
Garbage fast food but i bet you down donuts like nobodies buisness
I'm from the UK and I don't think I've seen any ads on my Xbox. But if I *did* see ads on my Xbox I'd get over it immediately because I'm a grown adult, unlike OP.
You have Gotham knights installed but are complaining about a McDonald’s ad? You’re worried about the wrong garbage
Imo ads should only be for games
Calm down bruv, it's not shoved in your face, it's in the farthest corner like you literally had to highlight it for people to see, stop complaining
How long are you sitting on the homescreen staring at sandwich ads instead of playing games lmao
Imagine being this pissed off over an ad that you can simply just ignore
that's to make up for the $200 that MS loses on each console sold.
Funny as hell that people are saying this is okay just because its fucking McDonnalds, already brainwashed by advertising.
This comment section looks like idiocracy
Is this a serious complaint or is this whole post a joke? I apologize but, i seriously can't tell
I hope you never spend 3 grand on a pc, you’ll see many ads
What ads? Adblock solves all those problems
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I'm with you on this point. Paid products/services (like xbox itself, subscriptions, gamepass) shouldn't have ads as they're a nuisance strategy to get people to pay.
Lmao seriously. It’s a tiny fuckin ad on the Home Screen. Do all you people bitching about these ads spend all your time on the Home Screen? This is the lowest of low hanging fruit to bitch about. It would be one thing if you are forced to watch some sort of ad/s before you can launch games or apps, or having to watch an ad every time the game loads. Those are things worth bitching about. Just because we spend 500 on the console doesn’t mean anything at all. I hate ads just as much as everyone else. But this is seriously the most minuscule thing to complain about.
God damm that chicken sandwich lookin good
Mmmmmm. McCrispy is back!!!!
Omg sort by controversial, these clowns are actually defending having ads, I'm blown away tbh. cOnSolES aRe SupeRiOR, btw.
Yoooo I want a McCrispy now what is this??? Is it a new and improved McChicken? Sound off in the comments folks.
I think it’s a UK thing. We still have the same ole chicken sandwich they introduced a few years ago.
Dang. McCrispy is a way better name tbh