Launching a new console isn’t usually painless, with bugs and other crashes that appear once the general public begins to get their hands on the machines. And unfortunately for her, it appears that the PS5 has not escaped this “tradition.”
The PlayStation 5 has been available in seven territories, including the United States, since November 12. This left time for the first bug reports to appear on social networks. The one we are talking about today, and about which a number of North American players have complained (including journalists
According to those concerned, leaving the console in Idle mode can currently cause various problems, ranging from the console crashing to erasing saves, when the player tries to restart it. In some cases, this bug may also require the user to rebuild the PS5 database.
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At first glance, it seemed like this issue primarily affects players of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. But various cases mentioned on social networks show that titles like Godfall or Demon’s Souls are also concerned. Contacted this topic by a tweeter, James Stevenson, community director at Insomniac Games, confirmed that his studio is working to resolve this problem (as well as others encountered by players):
Yes, overall they are low occurrence, but we are aware of some issues, particularly around rest mode and the team is working on fixes for the issues cropping up the most.
– James Stevenson (@JamesStevenson) November 17, 2020
Yes, overall they are low occurrence, but we are aware of some issues, particularly around rest mode and the team is working on fixes for the issues cropping up the most.
— James Stevenson (@JamesStevenson) November 17, 2020
Bugs are generally infrequent but We are aware of several problems, problems particularly related to the Rest mode. The team is currently working on fixes to the issues that arise the most.
European players, apart from those who managed to get their hands on a PS5 in advance, are not affected at this time. But while waiting for Sony to correct this bug, early PS5 users had an interest in completely switching off their consoles when they were done playing.
Are you surprised by the existence of this bug when the PS5 was released? Are you the type to wait several months to get a new console, just to give your manufacturer time to repair what needs to be repaired? Tell us all in the comments below.
