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The PS5 and Xbox Series X are incredibly powerful next-gen consoles, each with the ability to load games in an instant, deliver smooth 4K frame rates, and make older games perform even better. But while Sony’s new console has many exclusive features that make it feel distinctly next-gen, it lacks one of the brightest things about the Xbox Series X.
Both the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S have a feature called Quick Resume, which allows you to suspend a handful of games at once and pick up exactly where you left off in each one. This allows you to seamlessly jump between your campaign progress in, say, Gears 5, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and Forza Horizon 4 at will, without having to restart each game every time you want to switch. It is a great help for players who tend to play tons of different things at once.
Unfortunately, the PS5 still doesn’t have an answer to Quick Resume. The PS5 interface has a handy “Switcher” tab that allows you to browse and load your most recently used games and applications, but once you switch to a new game on PS5, you will start it from scratch. That’s not a big deal, especially when PS5 games load so fast, but it will break your momentum a bit when you go from swinging through Spider-Man: Miles Morales to taking down demons in Devil May Cry 5.
What’s more frustrating is that unlike the PS4, the Sony console doesn’t warn you that your current game will close when you open a new one. This could lead to losing a bit of game progress if you’re not the type to save frequently.
To be fair, the PS5 does a lot of things that the Xbox Series X doesn’t. Its incredibly inventive DualSense controller offers a level of haptic feedback that has never been done before on a console, and makes the standard Xbox Series X controller look boring in comparison. Sony’s system makes smart use of your SSD too, allowing you to dive right into specific parts of games via the Activities menu.
Still, Quick Resume is a useful and innovative next-gen update for people who like to juggle a lot of games at once, and for the moment, it’s one of the big Xbox Series X advantages over the PS5. Fortunately, this feature seems like the kind of thing that might come to Sony’s console in the future as a software update, so there’s hope.