The PlayStation 4 is still one of the most popular game consoles of the last gen. It is a great console with many features that enhances a player’s experience. Sometimes players may want to track their activity on the PS4. One of the features that are missing on the console is the ability to track a player’s activity on the console. The console has a feature to check achievements but no feature to track the hours clocked on the console.
Why are hours played important to know?
Whether you just want to know the number of hours spent on your console or just want to know the dedication that you have to your console. It can be helpful to keep track of the hours logged on to your console. Likewise, you may be wondering how you can track your activity on the console. There are ways you can track your activity although the feature is not available on the console itself.
How to Check Hours Played on PS4
The feature to track activity or hours played is not available on the console itself. However, there is an ability to track the activity on the console via a web browser. This can be done only by using the parental controls feature of a PlayStation account.
Here are the steps to check your activity:
- The initial step is to set up a PlayStation account to link to.
- Next up, click on the “Add Family Member” option to add a child account. This is a prerequisite to be able to track your activity.
- Use a web browser to visit Sony’s website and go to the Family Management settings on the website.
- Then, click on the Family Management option under the PlayStation™Network menu of the settings.
- Finally, the console activity and Time Played can be viewed under the account name.
Final thoughts on hours played on PS4
Knowing the time played on a PS4 can be useful. Although activity tracking and hours played are not available as a feature on the console itself. There are some workarounds to track the time played. Understandably, the alternate way to check the time played is not intuitive. Making this feature a part of a console itself is an essential feature.
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