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The PS5 has been out 2 years. Why can't I hold down the PS button on the controller to turn the console off?
- Thread starter Wrexis
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Tbh I didn't even know holding down the PS button to turn off the console was a thing on PS4. I always just used it to go to home, close the game I'm playing, then navigate to power options to put it in sleep mode, exactly the same as I do on PS5. It's never taken that long?
Yeah holding PS takes me to home menu so I don't need home menu icon there. Just replaced it with power and now its quicker than PS4. I've only had PS5 for a month and half and already do it instinctively.
I would put money down that this happened on the back of how discoverable power options are when behind a long press vs a tap.
Why would you close the game you're playing? The whole purpose of the sleep mode is that it "freezes" the game you're playing so you can continue where you left off in a matter of seconds.
It, basically, works like a phone (please don't tell me you're closing apps on your phone before you turn the screen off 🙂 )
Pressing left will wrap around to the far right. That'll save you 6-7 clicks, but yeah it's still dumb.
I think it sucks ass and is distinctly inferior to previous approaches. YMMV ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Lol, holy shit at the vitriol over menu structure.
I'd put money on that, too. That, and that this was dogfooded and user-tested.
I love the answers that are basically "Well, yeah, it's in the wrong spot, but thankfully the awesome engineers at Sony gave us the ability to fix it and move it to the proper location"
It took me a few hours to stop my muscle memory from PS4 but after that it's been fine. It's probably quicker to access it with a single press than a hold if anything.
Though honestly, if it's *that* confusing, just use the power button on the console.
Though honestly, if it's *that* confusing, just use the power button on the console.
No other approaches allowed for the little pop out window to view media received or media captured without interrupting gameplay. But if that doesn't mean much to you among other improvements then not much else can be said :|
That particular feature is totally uninteresting and useless to me, yeah. The whole menu in general is just a repetition of all the PS5's worst ideas — tiny interactive strip that leaves a mile of dead space above it that is only used for the dumb "cards" that I'd be happy to never see again.
The cards are an interesting case. I've forgotten about them 95% of the time but the 5% I've used them they've come in handy like quick traveling to side quests in Miles Morales or when the social system for invites and joining on Warzone 2.0 was broken at launch but the cards were working for those features.
The UI/UX of this console is such a joke. I'd feel embarrassed for the design lead but I'm sure they're beholden to the whims of higher ups who have no interest in prioritizing intuitive design over whatever other metrics they're pursuing.
I haven't seen it mentioned here among the recommendations to move the power over to the right side, but unless im mistaken (and if I am please correct me - this is based on what i've experienced with my PS5 UI), the last control you have highlighted on that menu is remembered. That kind of makes the solution of moving the power control a bit useless if you interacted with that menu in any other way, since you have to reselect that power control from the currently highlighted icon. That means there is no consistent "button combo" to turn off the console, which to me is a bit of a design flaw. A simple remedy would be to not have the last icon remembered when you access that menu, but I assume Sony thought it would be annoying for users to rapidly access something in succession (i.e. the friends list)
I dunno 🤷🏾♂️
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Holding the dpad in one direction will prevent the selected icon from wrapping at the leftmost/rightmost icon so you could theoretically (if you keep power as the leftmost or rightmost icon) press the ps button > hold left or right (how long is variable) > press x twice. Again pretty awkward and contrary to pretty much every other consumer electronics device, but there is at least a bit of consistency.
I dunno 🤷🏾♂️
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Holding the dpad in one direction will prevent the selected icon from wrapping at the leftmost/rightmost icon so you could theoretically (if you keep power as the leftmost or rightmost icon) press the ps button > hold left or right (how long is variable) > press x twice. Again pretty awkward and contrary to pretty much every other consumer electronics device, but there is at least a bit of consistency.
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I played a ps5 for the first time over the holiday and i'm pretty sure i just clicked left.
This is like that thread where people didn't realize you just had to press triangle to easily search for something on ps store.
This is like that thread where people didn't realize you just had to press triangle to easily search for something on ps store.
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