Summary
Xbox’s Quick Resume feature, which allows players to quickly jump back into their games, is creating an issue withDeath Stranding Director’s Cut’s save functionality. This issue is causing some players on Xbox Series X/S to lose their progress and forcing them to replay sections ofDeath Stranding.
Death Stranding Director’s Cutwas released on Xbox Series X/S on June 24, 2025, five years after the game’s original release on PlayStation 4. While this Xbox console release will give a brand-new group of players the opportunity to experience this unique action title from the legendary game designerHideo Kojima, they will need to exercise some care while playing if they want to avoid being affected by a bug that can lead to lost progression.
This bug occurs when loadingDeath Stranding Director’s CutwithXbox’s Quick Resume feature, and it makes it impossible to save the game. Indeed, players who jump back into the title using Quick Resume will find that they cannot make a manual save and that the auto-save functionality is also not working. This means that any progress that is made after loading the game with Quick Resume will be lost if the software is ever closed.
Death Stranding Director’s Cut Xbox Save Issue
While 505 Games,Death Stranding’s publisher, has indicated that it is working on a fix for this issue, players should take action to avoid it until that fix arrives. Specifically, fans should manually save the game at the end of every play session.Xbox playersshould also fully close and reopenDeath Stranding Director’s Cutevery time that they start a new play session, and it is wise to perform a manual save straightaway to confirm that the game’s save functionality is operable.
For full clarity, players can make a manual save throughDeath Stranding’s System menu. Additionally, here are the steps that should be taken to fully close the game and guarantee that it does not load via the Quick Resume feature when starting a new play session:
To note, this is not the first time that Quick Resume has caused problems for Xbox players. For example, there was a time when the feature could cause issues withcosmetic items inHalo Infinite. However, that issue was addressed very quickly, and it is reasonable to expect that the problems that Quick Resume is creating forDeath Strandingplayers on Xbox consoles will also be corrected in short order.
