Gamers with a penchant for organizing can rejoice: You can finally sort your PS5 games into their own folders. The new feature is part of the latest firmware update and comes along with support for 1440p resolution and some small quality of life improvements.
The PS5’s new system software update went live earlier today and adds features previously revealed in a beta test earlier this summer. Now that testing is complete, everyone can enjoy it.
Here are all the highlights from the PlayStation Blog:
- 1440p HDMI video output on TVs and monitors that support it
- Folders, or as Sony calls them, “Gamelists”
- Search YouTube with voice commands
- Launch remote play directly from the PS app
- Option to send sharing requests to friends
- Notifications to join friends’ games more easily from party chat
The latter is larger than it appears. Almost 90 percent of the time when I join a party chat with someone, it’s to play with them determination, rocket league, or something else, and streamlining that process will be a nice addition. Also, for the small but dedicated group of people who play their PS5 on 1440p gaming monitors, it’s nice to finally be able to take full advantage of the setup.
But really, I’m here to celebrate folders. The PS4 took three years to finally get, and after that time I was finally able to organize my growing backlog into something that made sense and felt more accessible. So I was surprised and more than a little depressed that that PS5 released without them
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No longer! If only Sony would find a way to make my PS5 do not yell at me because it doesn’t shut down properly every time the system crashes or is unplugged.
