Sort Order

Decides the order things appear in while you are browsing, from plain alphabetical through to how recently or how often you have played something. Open it from Explore Content by pressing MENU and choosing Sort Order.

Each method has a few variants of its own. Press Left or Right on a method to flip between them, such as A to Z or Z to A. Press A to apply, and you will be asked whether the order should stick to this folder alone or be used everywhere.

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Visible Options

Natural Sort

Plain alphabetical order, with numbers handled sensibly so that Part 2 comes before Part 10. A Roman numeral at the end of a name counts as a number too, so Final Fantasy IX comes before Final Fantasy X, and region or version tags in brackets only decide the order when the names are otherwise the same. Choose A-Z or Z-A.

Play Time

Orders by how many hours you have poured into something. Choose Most First or Least First.

Times Played

Orders by how often you have come back to something, which is not always the same as how long you played it for. Choose Most First or Least First.

Last Played

Orders by when you last picked something up. Choose Recent First or Oldest First.

Recently Added

Orders by when things arrived on your device, which is the quickest way to find whatever you copied over most recently. Choose Recent First or Oldest First.

Title Length

Orders by how long the name is. Choose Longest First or Shortest First.

File Size

Orders by how much room something takes up. Choose Largest First or Smallest First.

Feeling Lucky

The playful one. Shuffle everything at Random, run the list Backwards, or try Vowel Heavy, Most Words, Sequels First, and Shouty Titles. Not remotely useful, and all the better for it.

Hidden Options

Apply Sort Order To

After pressing A you are asked where the order should apply. Current Directory keeps it to the folder you are in, while Current + Global uses it everywhere else as well.

Reset

Press Y to put every method back to how it started, should you have wandered too far.

Quick Tips

  • A folder can keep its own order, and that choice wins over whatever you have set globally.

  • The small glyph in the header tells you which order is currently in use. You can hide it from Customisation if you would rather not see it.