Popular Post droppingtherock Posted September 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) I find this incredibly annoying. Hopefully everyone knows what I'm referring to from the title, but I've noticed that some games produce multiple status updates to your what's new feed whenever you or your fiends play them. I assume these publishers have paid Sony for this extra advertising, but I feel like I'm advertised to enough whenever I turn on my PS4. Here's a list of games I know do this: -GTAV -Tom Clancy's Division 2 -Borderlands 3 -Anything PSVR (whenever you used PSVR it posted you were using it for the first time. Seems to still do this for some, not others.) -Journey (thanks KingGuy420) -Doom 2016 (thanks W571WE) -Killing Floor 2 (thanks W571WE) -God of War III Remastered (thanks W571WE) -Warframe (thanks helyx) -Elder Scrolls Online (thanks its_archronix) -Rocket League (thanks and98s) -Gravity Ruch Remastered (thanks and98s) -Fifa 2020 (thanks sharkyaya) -Saint's Row IV (thanks vintage_davis) -Final Fantasy XIV Online (thanks Xucien) -Elite: Dangerous (thanks Maitas) -Killzone Shadow Fall (thanks Maitas) -World of Tanks (thanks DaaneS97) -Red Dead Online (thanks SHADOW-KILLER-S2) -God of War (2018) (thanks SHADOW-KILLER-S2) -Paladins (thanks SHADOW-KILLER-S2) -South Park: The Stick of Truth -H1Z1 (thanks supersnack3000) *Edit: Updating this list to include folk's additional titles. Honestly I try to avoid playing these games, because I don't want my friends to have to see these stupid, needless updates that I have no control over. While you can delete them from your profile, it's a pain in the ass to have to do it every time you play the game. I'm pretty happy with Sony as a company generally, but allowing this on PSN perplexes and frustrates me. All that said, here are my questions for the community: 1) Does this annoy you as much as it does me? 2) What other games produce such updates? Edited April 5, 2021 by droppingtherock Including everyone's updates to the list. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingGuy420 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 It really doesn't annoy me at all. But I think Journey is the biggest offender for sure. That's the one I feel bad playing. I usually play it in "appear offline" mode so it won't happen. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebit10 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Don't bother me. I will tell you what did bother me. If you start a game and than don't play it again for a few months or so it use to come up that you were playing the game for the first time. I am glad they stopped that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W571WE Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 These games have these updates as well: Doom 2016, Killing Floor 2, God of War III Remastered, etc. It doesn't bother me much, and for some reason they appear blank for me, like only a photo but no info whatsoever lol I dunno if it's an issue on my part, but it used to tell me what a certain update is about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyleh Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, KingGuy420 said: I usually play it in "appear offline" mode so it won't happen. This. If I plan to do a dozen or so ezpz plats, I make sure to sign in "offline". Nobody wants to see hundreds of trophies in their feed over the course of the day. EDIT: Oh yeah, and Warframe Edited September 29, 2020 by Helyx 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MandA60VISE Posted September 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2020 I never even check that and I'm pretty sure none of my friends do either. Also, none of my friends care about trophies. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlegeth Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Yea, Borderlands 3 was the worst. Like every time you made progress on a Badass Rank it'd show up in the feed. And *everything* you do is progress on a Badass Rank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 It annoys me a lot. What also annoys me are people who spam screenshots of "art" that almost have nothing to do with gaming. but regarding games that spam the feed, It annoys me so much I sometimes will go and delete them 1 by 1....or I play it offline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eraezr Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 The Division is an offender for me. Just having 1-3 max notifications per user is good enough for me, with 1 being the max for in-game activity, the other two reserved for trophies earned from two different games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntingFever Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 5 hours ago, MandA60VISE said: I never even check that and I'm pretty sure none of my friends do either. Also, none of my friends care about trophies. This^ 1: I couldn't care less. 2: I rarely check it so couldn't say. I've never seen the point of this feature, because I don't care what my friends play and they don't care what I play. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
its_ArchroniX Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 (edited) Another game that does this (at least, in my newsfeed) is Elder Scrolls Online. There's only one person in my friend list that plays it yet it's all over my newsfeed. Doesn't bother me that much I just can't even see my own trophies Edited September 30, 2020 by its_ArchroniX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melodicmizery Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 (edited) On 9/29/2020 at 0:25 AM, MandA60VISE said: I never even check that and I'm pretty sure none of my friends do either. Also, none of my friends care about trophies. i never check it but alot of my online friends do. so i been trying to return the favor. its similar to the "like" system on any social media of liking pics and such. when i get a platinum i notice the same people like the post in whats new. i dont know how people have the time to browse it but some people only have a few friends added so they enjoy the feature. i have a few trophy hunters with a few hundred platinums and they like to give a thumbs up on platinums which is pretty nice. and also low level people who have less then 20 platinums seem to like posts in whats new because everything is new to them. i often dont use it myself theres just way to much to browse so if i have a slow day and im killing time ill go down and like everyones platinums i see or good games. but for the original topic, games like gta5 are def annoying as hell. i dont need to know when someone commited a in game robbery every 10 seconds or cleared a level that has no sort of achievement. it should stick to just trophies. at least with the trophies they lump them together i think theres a app that displays the feed better or you can do it on pc i think and its not as cluttered. i imagine thats what most people are using when they browse it Edited September 30, 2020 by melodicmizery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And98s Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Rocket League and Gravity Rush Remastered have a lot of notifications. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyaya Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Someone on my friends list played FIFA 20 and it’s been on my feed nonstop for days. I don’t typically mind but it can get annoying when I’m trying to scroll down to see what my friends have been playing recently. ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage__Davis Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 One of the Saints Row Games does that a bunch, I think it was IV. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charizarzar Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 11 hours ago, melodicmizery said: i never check it but alot of my online friends do. so i been trying to return the favor. its similar to the "like" system on any social media of liking pics and such. when i get a platinum i notice the same people like the post in whats new. i dont know how people have the time to browse it but some people only have a few friends added so they enjoy the feature. i have a few trophy hunters with a few hundred platinums and they like to give a thumbs up on platinums which is pretty nice. and also low level people who have less then 20 platinums seem to like posts in whats new because everything is new to them. i often dont use it myself theres just way to much to browse so if i have a slow day and im killing time ill go down and like everyones platinums i see or good games. Same, I have a friend that almost immediately gives me a like whenever I earn a trophy or share something so I sometimes try to do the same. I don’t typically look on there cause I don’t really like the interface, especially on the app version. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Mep Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 I can confirm that the PSVR still spams the what's new feed. I've had it since Christmas 2017 and every time I plug it in and play something it says I'm playing it for the first time ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droppingtherock Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 On 9/30/2020 at 5:01 PM, Super_Mep said: I can confirm that the PSVR still spams the what's new feed. I've had it since Christmas 2017 and every time I plug it in and play something it says I'm playing it for the first time How strange. It doesn't for me anymore, but yeah, that's the same thing that auto-posted whenever I used it too. Do you have the latest system firmware installed? I feel like it stopped after one of those system updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodytears1666 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 (edited) Always though that "what's new" an entire GTA adds territory:). Edited October 1, 2020 by Bloodytears1666 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Mep Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 1 hour ago, droppingtherock said: How strange. It doesn't for me anymore, but yeah, that's the same thing that auto-posted whenever I used it too. Do you have the latest system firmware installed? I feel like it stopped after one of those system updates. Yup I have the latest cuz it always forces me too update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raccoon_Peddler Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 man im trying to find something i can do to remove those from my feed i have that one "friend" who baught the division 2 when it was 3 bucks or something and hasn't played anything else since .he's been playing this for over a year now and im guessing 18hrs a day from the pollution on my feed (its all of my feed) and the worst part is that he unfriended me for no reason a i still have to endure this spam.i tried blocking his account with no results now i dont know what to do besides breaking into his house and smashing his ps4 ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmFanatic Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 6 hours ago, DiezelWashington said: man im trying to find something i can do to remove those from my feed i have that one "friend" who baught the division 2 when it was 3 bucks or something and hasn't played anything else since .he's been playing this for over a year now and im guessing 18hrs a day from the pollution on my feed (its all of my feed) and the worst part is that he unfriended me for no reason a i still have to endure this spam.i tried blocking his account with no results now i dont know what to do besides breaking into his house and smashing his ps4 If you’ve deleted someone or they delete you and you’re still seeing their notifications then it’s most likely because you’re still following them. Deleting someone doesn’t automatically mean you unfollow them as well so have a look at your list of followers and see if they are still on there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xucien Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I play a lot of Final Fantasy XIV Online, as well as a lot of the friends I have on PSN. In-game achievements (of which there are many) are posted every time you earn one, occasionally they will multi-post too. This ends up with me having to scroll for a few minutes sometimes to find anything that isn't related to FFXIV. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacey_Dweeb Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Well the What's new section isn't there on PS5, so that's good. I did like to use it to see people's trophy updates. However, I have a friend that plays The Division 2 pretty much every day, so I stopped looking at What's new on the PS4 because it was 99% updates on him looting things in that game. I wish they just had something like "Unfollow" on a game basis.No more DIVSION 2 SPAM!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maitas Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 You can add - Elite: Dangerous - Killzone Shadow Fall Hate the spam... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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