Fan Warns Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Players Not To Turn Off Their Console Due To A Possible Bug

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players are warning of a destructive bug that may cause players to lose hours of progress if they turn off their consoles. With a vast roster of characters from across the universe, canon-defying story twists, and one of the greatest fighting game systems in recent memory, has launched to favorable reviews from veterans and newcomers alike. But recent technical issues have caused some to call their positive reception into question.

A post on X (formerly Twitter) by Sparking! ZERO News, an unofficial account that shares updates pertaining to the game, reports that a bug on PS5 and Xbox consoles (and possibly certain PCs) may cause a player's entire save file to be deleted when they turn off their console. Some players in the replies claim to have experienced this, although the conditions they say triggered it vary from person to person. Some claimed that simply closing the game while leaving the console open was enough to make their saves disappear.

Unfortunately, there's been no official fix announced for this bug at the time of writing. Some players claim that, with their saves uploaded to the PS Plus/Xbox Live cloud,they were able to sync their local files with their backups and restore their progress. However, this is far from a one-size-fits-all solution, as not all consoles initiate backups or syncs automatically.

Many players are devastated by the sudden loss of their save files, taking to social media to express their disappointment. One such player, QuickAirSpeed, claims in a Reddit post to have lost 52 hours of progress — more than enough to beat the entirety of 's main story and side content.

Many players were able to relate, sharing both successful and unsuccessful solutions to the issue. Some players on PC were able to restore their save files through a convoluted process, copying them to alternate locations on their desktops and disabling Steam Cloud saves, as detailed in this comment from Frosty-Monk-7202:

Others report that, while they haven't