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SirJuggeth's avatar
SirJuggeth
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8 days ago

PS Icon Passing Colours, Please!

I upgraded from an Xbox one to a PS5 for the sole reason of being able to play NHL 25 at release.

It didn't take long for me to realize that the heads-up passing icons have zero colour on the PS5, whereas on the Xbox versions they have the colours of the buttons, making them much harder to identify out of the corner of your eye.

I am fully aware this has been an intentional style choice due to some modern PS5 controllers not having colour to the buttons, but it completely disregards the function of why the icons are even there - to make passing easier and intuitive. I have brought this up several times in this forum before, only to get a pat on the head and told that it wasn't a bug.

If you check my playtime and forum involvement over the last 2 years, you'll see my account went from playing a ridiculous amount then down to absolute zero after the 2025 new year. This decision to turn a blind eye to a clear way to improve user experience had a major reason to do with my walking away from the game - that, and the repulsive grind of earning nothing but collectible cards, but that's a whole other post of its own.

Please add colour to the PS passing icons, or I will not be back.

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  • N4or1th2side's avatar
    N4or1th2side
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    5 days ago

    A brother that's because PlayStation uses shapes ijs.. why's that so much harder compared to colors lol 

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
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    5 days ago

    Thanks for the feedback. Appreciate it. I could use a little more detail on the reasoning for needing the colors. Are you more familiar with which color each button is rather than which symbol it uses? For example, do you associate the button on the right with red instead of triangle? Is the bottom button blue instead of X?

    The game was designed to run on the new consoles. While it can be played through gamepass, you still have to wait several months for that to happen and there's no guarantee they will work for future gamepass releases.

  • SirJuggeth's avatar
    SirJuggeth
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    5 days ago

    Thank you, EA_Aljo​.

    Obviously, the PlayStation used to have colours to their buttons, including the PS4, but just because the style of the PS5 controller changed doesn't mean gameplay has to be sacrificed just for the sake of coordinating. The anniversary controllers and many of the new 3rd party controllers still have the original colours.

    I stopped playing because I got so frustrated playing on Xbox at friend's places, seeing that they had colours to help them identify the icons, that playing at home was like having someone taunting me, only made sooo much worse when I would press the wrong button for icon passing.

    Then, when NHL 25 came to Xbox Game Pass, I found out I could now play it on my old Xbox One, further rubbing it in my face that my new PS5 was merely a vanity upgrade trap.

    And like I said in my first message about grinding for nothing more than collectibles, I felt this release started off with some great new features - especially because R3 was no longer used for reverse check - to progressively sucking out all the fun.

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
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    6 days ago

    Hey there. As you mentioned, this is not a bug since it matches the button colors of PS5 controllers. However, I definitely understand how the colors would be useful. I will again relay the feedback on this. Thank you.

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