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Half of PS5 owners skip rest mode, preferring a full system shutdown. This surprising statistic, revealed by Sony's Cory Gasaway, prompted the development of the PS5's Welcome Hub. The hub aims to create a unified user experience despite varying player preferences.
Gasaway, Sony Interactive Entertainment's VP of game, product, and player experiences, shared with Stephen Totilo that a 50/50 split exists between users who fully shut down their PS5 and those who utilize rest mode. This revelation, highlighted by IGN, is part of a larger discussion on the design of the 2024-introduced Welcome Hub. The hub's creation, born from a PlayStation hackathon, directly addresses this significant user behavior. In the US, half of users see the PS5 Explore page upon startup, while users elsewhere see their most recently played game. The Welcome Hub aims to provide a consistent and customizable starting point for all PS5 users.
Why half the PS5 user base avoids rest mode remains unclear. While designed for energy efficiency and convenient downloads/updates, some users report internet connectivity issues when rest mode is enabled, leading them to keep their consoles fully powered on for downloads. Others experience no such problems. Regardless, Gasaway's insights offer valuable context into the PS5's user interface design philosophy.
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