While Sony hasn’t skimped when it comes to firmware updates for the PS5, most of these have been for stability, with some that introduced new features to the console. Even so, there’s still a lot of new (and old) features that the PS5 should have

PS5 Next Update Features We Want to See:

Unfollow – Select All Option – You can manage followed games under the save data and game/app setting, but it also might be bugged. For me, at least, it says I’m not following any game, yet when I go into the game Explore page, I can see the list of followed games here. I’d like an option to unfollow all my games because it seems that PlayStation automatically forces a follow once you boot a game up the first time. I don’t need to see news for every game I own, and having the option to select multiple or unfollow them all at once would be nice. Plus, most games display news under their icon when viewing them from the home screen.

Switcher Overhaul – Be honest; how many of you actually use this feature or even know it exists? Tucked away in the control center (one press of the PS button) is an icon that displays a square box with more behind it. If you are in-game, then it’ll display the current game icon instead. This is called the Switcher, and it lets you switch between two recent games and media apps. It’s only two, though, no more than that, and we question why anyone would even use this over tabbing into the home screen instead, as that is quicker than navigating to the Switcher, as well as showing the last ten recent games. It really doesn’t save you that much time to do it from the control center.

I’d like to see the Switcher have some customization options. Maybe allow us to set up to five titles with different selectable filters? What about letting us set our top five favorite games on the Switcher? Heck, it could be a nice way to tie in game lists and allow them to be accessible directly from that menu. If PlayStation doesn’t give us home screen folders, then this might be the next best alternative. Speaking of folders.

Folders on Home Screen – Adding the Game List feature was a step in the right direction, but I still think many out there would prefer to be able to create folders with games in them as they could on PS4 and display them all on the home screen. I don’t think it’s a big ask, but apparently it is.

Application Closure Confirmation – Sometimes, I forget I have a game open, or sometimes I accidentally hit a game while in the menu. A prompt to confirm closing a game would be great, like the PS4 has. We’re unsure why it was even removed. Maybe it was to help market boot times, as it does save a few seconds, but regardless an optional setting to bring this back would be great.

New Game Presets Options – This feature feels heavily underutilized, though it works really well when it does what it’s supposed to do. We need options like film grain off, motion blur off, ray tracing, controller speaker, and other standard game options that can be tweaked.

Being Able to Save and Upload Multiple Save Games to Cloud for a Single Game – Some games limit you to one save only, which sucks in case it ends up bugging out or doesn’t have a chapter select, and you want to be able to go back to that save to fight a boss or something. You need to overwrite a save if you want to back it up. Perhaps having them be timestamped and creating a new folder within the cloud storage would be an ideal solution.

Double Tap PS button (Last Action Recall)  – The ability to set it to how the PS4 had it, where double tapping the PS button would bring you to the last screen you were on the PS5 UI, and then double-tapping again would take you back into in the game. I miss this feature from the PS4, though the PS5 does use it to bring up game cards and trophy lists.

Custom Profiles for Standard DualSense Controllers – Why is it that only the DualSense Edge has this feature? I know the Edge has more buttons and such, but a lot of the features, such as button remapping and even joystick dead zones, should be customizable on the standard DualSense controller. I know the answer is probably money and needing to have exclusive features, but we can already remap our controller bindings in the system menu; let us save profiles if we prefer different mapping for different games that don’t allow button mapping.

Check All Games for Updates Option – It seems that the automatic game update feature is either bugged or has certain parameters where it only updates certain games. For me, it does its job for the most part, but I know a number of users who have been prompted for a game update for titles they haven’t played in a while. Perhaps adding this option somewhere could prove useful for some.

Bring Back Themes – Excluding this is probably the oddest choice Sony has made regarding PS5 system features. The PS3 started this, though; there, we could make our own. The PS4 saw this come back, albeit restricted to ones that were released on the storefront. The PS5? Nothing, sadly, and we really miss having custom themes. Hearing different home screen music and having unique navigation sounds and icons tied to certain games.

Power Options Available Via Long Press of the PS Button

Another PS4 feature that I thought was quick and easy to access. Currently, you have to navigate to the power options from the control center. Pressing and holding the PS button down for a few seconds will bring up the home screen. Maybe allowing the button to be held longer could bring up the power options right away?

That’s about it. Agree with our list? What features did we miss? Leave a comment below and let us know.

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