Xbox One Install Times "Should Be Faster," Microsoft Exec Admits

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michael_stutzer said:

Kerotan said:

michael_stutzer said:

Kerotan said:

i'm pretty sure the PS4 does have standby? If mine is turned off how could my vita wirelessly turn it on if it wasn't in standby? 

Yes it has standby, in my second paragraph I said that the energy consumption of the home consoles is significant in standby mode. What it doesn't have is suspend & resume that is available on both the Vita and the Xbox One. It can do standby but it cannot do suspend & resume.  

so playing a game and you pause it, put it in standby and then boot it up later and resume the game? I think I get you.

I think that is exactly how it works. On the Vita I can put it in standby mode while playing or after pausing a game, the game will continue from where I left off. The feature is much more useful on a handheld due to its pick up and play nature but even on home consoles there are plenty of situations where you are far away from a checkpoint and you need to stop playing for sometime, it is great for cases like that.

If they implement it such that the game state is saved to the hard drive instead of RAM, it would be even better since you can completely turn off the console and still continue playing. I doubt it though.

Best thing about this feature on the vita is how it kicks in when the battery is at critical lvl so your game is safe til you get it to a charging point.... just happened with me miles down digging in MC so I'm pretty damn happy it's there, woulda lost a lot of digging progress.