PS5 Exercise Playing cards — some of the extensively marketed options forward of the console’s launch — don’t appear to work anymore. Some time in the past, we reported that the ‘Resume Exercise’ function was quietly eliminated for good after years of lackluster assist. Now, the Exercise Playing cards themselves appear pointless.
What’s occurring with PS5 Exercise Playing cards?
The PS5 Exercise Playing cards as soon as contained helpful info, like gamers’ completion proportion of an in-game mission or exercise, or the place gamers had been in a given recreation the final time they shut it down. Now, numerous video games have Exercise Playing cards caught at 0% progress regardless of the place gamers are in a given exercise or mission.
I’m presently experiencing this with Last Fantasy XVI, and have seen related complaints from Alan Wake II gamers. I’m additionally seeing playing cards for actions that I’ve already accomplished, with no helpful info. Loading these playing cards merely takes me to a recreation’s title display, however that’s as a result of Sony removed the Resume Exercise function altogether.
Then, there are video games with Exercise Playing cards which are merely a listing of trophies. I’m unsure what the purpose of that’s contemplating we now have quite a few methods to view our trophy progress. The very last thing we want are 10 tiles exhibiting us info we have already got elsewhere.
The Exercise Playing cards at current serve no function, and occupy valuable house on the PS5’s UI that may very well be utilized for one thing extra helpful. I’m positive gamers wouldn’t thoughts in the event that they had been eliminated altogether in favor of much less muddle.