The PlayStation 4's approach to appearing offline wasn't exactly intuitive, because to select the status, you would have to actually log in to your profile and quickly switch the setting. Thus, you would actually appear online for a couple of seconds. However, on PlayStation 5, you can select your status from the moment you hit the log in screen. This neat little feature has been highlighted by Reddit user pathfinderrace with the quick video below, explaining how to do so.
Once you hit the log in screen, simply hold the Options button and a new tab will appear next to your profile with three different selections. You can choose to "Log In as Online", be logged as "Busy", or "Appear Offline" completely. As such, the purpose of appearing offline isn't defeated like it is on PS4 if you weren't already doing so beforehand.
If you're getting a PS5 today as part of the European launch, make sure to check out all of our coverage through this link. Do you feel the need to appear offline sometimes? Let us know in the comments below.
[source reddit.com]
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My PS5 was delivered this morning at 10:25 (5 mins early!!!) by DPD and I've only had a quick play on Astro's Playroom, but this Dual Controller is simply amazing!!! I didn't think it would make that much difference, but blimey it really is a game changer. Plus my lounge is eerily quiet now as there isn't the constant humming of fan in the background
You can do this on PS4. Done it many a time.
You didn't need to log in as Online and then switch to Offline at all on PS4. If you press the Options button before selecting your profile, you can choose whether to show up as Offline or Online.
So, exactly like PS4 then.
@Shigurui @katamariUK @BearsEatBeets Really? I had no idea about it.
Yeah, I do this on my PS4 on a daily basis
@LiamCroft It looks like the PS5 makes you more aware of it by displaying press options button (which I don't think PS4 does). But yeah press options while on your profile and you can choice offline/online but 'busy' is new.
My profile says “offline” for over a year now without noticing! My friends probably think I’m dead.
@LiamCroft If, before you select your profile to log in to your PS4, you press the options button you will get the option to appear offline before you log in.
To be fair, it's really easy to miss, especially if you automatically log in.
Since I've spent most of my time never having actually played online with the playstation since... maybe that modem you had to use quarters to screw in on the ps2 and exactly one multiplayer game in killzone 2, I though this was as easy as appearing busy/offline on the Xbox. Even on the ps4 this didn't seem a big problem (still didn't stop those e girls from hitting me up all the time though).
Question.
Can i turn off the Must See on the bottom ?
I don't even want to know / see anything on it.
Btw, it looks like PS5 U/I = PS4 + PS3 style (PS4 for the square icons while the wallpaper like PS3)
Someone didn’t have its morning coffee today lol
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