That doesn’t explain why some games force you to quit out to the main menu first and then only from the main menu allows you to quit to desktop. This is what OP is mostly complaining about.
For example:
Pause game
From pause menu click “Quit”
Game does whatever it needs to do. Either saving or prompting the user about losing progress etc.
Game returns you to the main menu
Finally from here you can “Exit to desktop”
OP (rightly) has a problem with games that make you do steps 4 & 5 instead of just closing out after step 3.
ReachForTheSkyline t1_j2aag8d wrote
Reply to comment by TwoPaintBubbles in Rant: All single player games should have an easy way to quit to desktop and save as-is. Too many games require exiting to main menu and then quitting from there -- with an obligatory "ARE YOU SURE - YOUR PROGRESS WILL NOT BE SAVED" warning. Save the progress and quit -- it's not that hard. by BBorNot
That doesn’t explain why some games force you to quit out to the main menu first and then only from the main menu allows you to quit to desktop. This is what OP is mostly complaining about.
For example:
OP (rightly) has a problem with games that make you do steps 4 & 5 instead of just closing out after step 3.