Xbox Attracts Controversy Over New McDonalds Ad On The Dashboard

The fact that we get ads on the Xbox dashboard doesn't come as a surprise these days, but a new ad for McDonald's has attracted a bit of controversy - with almost half a million people viewing a complaint about it on social media.

On the likes of "X" and Reddit, we've seen irritations that Microsoft is advertising things beyond gaming on Xbox's UI, with the most popular argument being that "non game-related stuff can get in the bin". Here's a look at some examples:

In general, it feels like most people in the comments have been siding with this complaint, although others claim that people are worrying too much and have pointed out that Microsoft even employed these tactics in the Xbox 360 era.

However you feel about it, clearly this new McDonalds ad has hit a sore spot with certain members of the Xbox community, and we're assuming Microsoft will have taken note of the controversy. Whether that'll change anything remains to be seen, but to be honest we think that ads will become more commonplace rather than less in the future.

Do Ads Like This Bother You On The Xbox Dashboard? (1,385 votes)

  1. Yes, there's no place for stuff like this!%
  2. Not a major problem, but it does bother me%
  3. It's kind of annoying I guess...?%
  4. Not really, but I'd rather it wasn't there%
  5. Who cares?! This is a non-issue!%

Does this kind of thing bother you, or is everyone fussing about nothing? Tell us in the poll and comments.