
In some cases, the console has even bricked. Some players have experienced crashing and critical errors when attempting to use rest mode resulting in last-ditch database rebuilding. Rest mode will suspend your game, keeping the game up to date while you're away from your system. Rest mode crashes console: Though the PS5's rest mode is hardly a new feature, it's been giving users fits as of late. There's no firmware update to resolve the issue just yet, so you might want to just hold off on the whole thing for now.

However, users have been experiencing system crashes, errors, and additional problems when attempting this. You can do this by connecting your PS4 via USB or LAN to PS5, just as the system prompts you when you turn it on.

Transferring data from PS4 to PS5 via USB or LAN: When you first pick up your PS5, it can be tempting to want to connect straight to your PS4 to get everything moved over to your new system in one fell swoop. PS5 (left) and PS4 (right) (Image credit: Sony)
