Elden Ring has proven to be the most successful game by FromSoftware yet, selling over 12 million copies in its early launch window. Yet while Elden Ring is putting up sales numbers that put it among massive multi-studio franchises, it's still very rough in some ways. Elden Ring has struggled with multiplayer bugs, broken questlines, and serious weapon balance issues since launch. While FromSoftware is working hard to correct lasting issues, players continue to bring various things to the developer's attention — like how frustrating it is to try and quit the game.
As Elden Ring players on PlayStation and Xbox know, the game doesn't really feature an option to quit the game. There is a «Quit Game» option stuffed into Elden Ring's settings, but it's only a half measure. Clicking on the Quit Game button will exit the session but will only take players to Elden Ring's main menu. From there, there's no actual option to fully exit the game. Players have to go to their console home screen and shut the game down through the system.
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In a virally popular post on the Elden Ring subreddit, accruing nearly 16 thousand upvotes, players are asking for a quality of life change allowing players to actually quit the game. The image shared in the post features a second button below Quit Game that reads, «Quit Game, but really.» Players want a simple option that will allow them to fully exit Elden Ring from a menu accessible within the gameplay experience.
The issue isn't limited to just the console version of Elden Ring, however. While console players don't have an option to close Elden Ring from any menu, PC players do. It's just frustrating. Like console players, they can
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