PlayStation Classic Allows You to Create Resume Points in Games

Pause your progress

by Sammy Barker Sat 10th Nov 2018

Remember the PSPgo? Sony’s miniature handheld only played digital games, but it was actually a really likeable device, and one of its best features was how it allowed you to effectively save anywhere in any game. By bringing up the main menu, you could effectively create ‘Resume Points’, which meant even if you hadn’t technically saved your game, you’d be able to pick it up exactly where you left it later on.

The PlayStation Classic has the same feature, allowing you to push the Reset button on the hardware at any time to quit the game and save a ‘Resume Point’. This means that you can pick up your progress later on without needing to restart – and you don’t necessarily need to have saved.

Elsewhere, the Open button on the device is used to simulate the concept of changing discs in games like Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy VII, which is a novel little nostalgic touch. And if you haven’t seen it yet, the user interface is modelled on the original PlayStation’s garish gradient purple backdrop, which is neat nod, too. See, it’s not all bad, is it?

[source blog.us.playstation.com]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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nessisonett
Sat 10th Nov 2018

You only get one slot per game. Not fantastic if multiple people have files in FF7.

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Haruki_NLI
Sat 10th Nov 2018

Yeah, the key thing here is it's A restore point.

One.

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Kidfried
Sat 10th Nov 2018

Why one. You want to have at least two. Sony hasn't put any effort in this thing now, have they?

Until this news I really considered buying it. Despite the library not including my favorites. Despite the controllers. Despite the price point. Despite whatever we heard so far (hardly anything positively). But this is the final straw for me.

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Haruki_NLI
Sat 10th Nov 2018

@Kidfried The final straw for me was actually something some previews have noted.

The games that ran at 30fps ran fine for the most part. The ones above that frame rate have slow down and input lag.

And onto that some of them seemingly being the PAL 50Hz releases that ran at a worse frame rate anyway... yeah it wasn't the save states that made me just not care about this thing.

It really does feel rushed. Not the best library, not the best controllers, no features, no filters, no borders, one save per game, and using an open source emulator rather than tailoring one themselves to run the games perfectly with additional features all while asking such a high price?

This should have been $70 at most and that's a stretch when other companies across the globe are doing better.