
Instead, when I press and hold the PS button - the behavior I have used for years to start the process - I’m taken back to the main PS5 menu where I’m presented with options like picking a different game to play, checking out the PlayStation Store, or opening a media app. It takes just a few seconds, and I can happily end a gaming session.īut turning off the PS5, for no good reason that I can figure out, is a needlessly cumbersome process. This is true for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Simply press and hold the PS button / Xbox button / home button, and the UI will helpfully show you an option to power down the console in some way.

On most recent consoles, it’s been pretty easy to shut down the device with just the controller.

Sony’s PlayStation 5 user interface could really use some work, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the simple act of trying to turn the thing off.
