Let's change the discussion a bit.
People that want quick resume like functionality on the PS5, how do you want it to be implemented?
Do you want the workflow to be exactly like how it is on the Series X or would you prefer if Sony did it a little differently?
Because of this thread, I started to think about it a little bit. So, I think they could leverage the activity card system to support it and they should also add a quick shortcut to pull up a separate menu showing all games that are suspended. As far as I know on the Series X, there is no way to see all the games that have been "suspended" in quick resume; what I mean is, a way for us to identify from the OS menu which games are in suspend mode and which ones aren't —
view example. (I could be wrong since as I've already said, it's not something I find myself using that much — maybe it shows an icon if a game is suspended?)
So, when I say they should use the activity card system, what exactly do I mean?
- If a game is running and I try to close the app, show me an option to quit the game or suspend the game (the system will do this automatically if I just switch to another game — so this part is exactly how it is on Series X).
- If you navigate to another game or start doing something else, the system will have an activity card that you can select to jump back to the game where you left it; the benefit of going through the activity card would be to see some extra information on where you are in the game (just launching the game will also return you to where you left off but I am considering if the first time it should ask you what the system should do — launch to the saved state or start fresh.)
- I think the system should also manually allow people to create a suspended state (restrict it to just one state per game).
I might take this on as a project and put together a UI workflow and collect feedback from people here. I've got the time the next couple of weeks so why not. It might just get me to use the feature on the Series X more.
AND yes, I look forward to all the weird reactions I am about to get.
Anyway, I am interested to see any thoughts people have on it's possible implementation. It could very well work exactly the same way (but I am more focusing on the workflow and less the actual functionality because that will essentially be the same.)