PS5’s ‘Resume Activity’ Feature Apparently Gone for Good

[Kidd Dibiase]

Following last month’s PS5 system update, players noticed that the console’s ‘Resume Activity’ feature disappeared. We reported this at the time, but weren’t sure if the feature was pulled intentionally or became bugged. However, changes included in today’s update leads us to believe that Sony intended to remove the feature.

PS5 update changes how Activities work, but there’s no option to ‘Resume Activity’​

Update 24.07-10.20.00 is a relatively small patch, and its main purpose is to improve Activities. I saw quite a few players asking around if the update “fixed” the Resume Activity feature for anyone. Upon booting up my console, I noticed that the language on the Activity Cards changed, and there was no longer an option to “resume” any Activities. Sony has changed the wording on the cards to “Play Game.”

Players could previously jump straight into the relevant portion of a game via the Activity Cards. Now, they can only cold boot into the main menu. I wanted to be sure that I wasn’t the only one experiencing this, so I spent some time looking this up. Folks across Reddit and ResetEra have confirmed the change, and YouTuber Mystic has put out a pretty informative video that confirms my suspicions.

Resume Activity was not PS5’s most popular feature, but it came in handy and was used by enough players for this discussion to take place in several online communities. Sony hasn’t said anything about it, but the latest update pretty much confirms that the feature was pulled intentionally, and possibly for good.

We’re assuming lack of support is why this change was made.

 

[Rekkapryde]

We’re assuming lack of support is why this change was made.

I know I never used it, meh

 

[Grand Conde]

...link?

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

PS5's 'Resume Activity' Feature Apparently Gone for Good - PlayStation LifeStyle

Following a recent PS5 system update, players noticed that the console's 'Resume Activity' feature disappeared.

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[Toe Jay Simpson]

Never used it once

 

[The G.O.D II]

It was so trash compared to Xbox. It’s a stupid feature anyway. Especially for online games since it kicks you off. For instance, I have to basically close outlaws and restart because the game will be stuck on the pause screen if I quick resume

 

[Deezay]

Never used it once

Same.

 

[Fatboi1]

I think I tried it once or something when the PS5 first came out. Not really something I care about tbh. If anything needs to be brought, it is having a prompt screen come up confirming you are closing a game as you can accidentally open a different game and end up losing progress on another game as it doesn't asks.

 

[Loose]

It sucks makes sense

 

[Luke Cage]

Is this the same thing as exiting out of a game without closing it? then going back in?
Never been clear on this, but basically i can be playing a game, then decide to watch Netflix, and then go back to the game without restarting or loading.

 

[Fatboi1]

Is this the same thing as exiting out of a game without closing it? then going back in?
Never been clear on this, but basically i can be playing a game, then decide to watch Netflix, and then go back to the game without restarting or loading.

Nah that's different.

It was that resume activity link.

These cards allowed you to boot straight into that section of the game.

 

[Luke Cage]

Nah that's different.

It was that resume activity link.

These cards allowed you to boot straight into that section of the game.

Ah so it was almost like a built in chapter select mode,

 

[Methodical]

It works on Xbox but not on PS5 and barely use on PS5 anyway.

 

[Black Hans]

I never used it on purpose anyway, so

Used it accidentally once, and I didn't like it

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Last system update added a bunch of unnecessary crap to the home screen.