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Forums - Gaming - I wish the PS3/360 would have a stand-by/sleep function like the PSP/iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad/DS/3DS.

Silver-Tiger on 18 August 2011

Next-gen will have these features, at PS4 and X720. Wii U, 'm not so sure, but given it has a mobile screen, it would only be logical to have a sleep function.



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justinian on 18 August 2011
Ajescent said:
electricity...switching things off is good for the environment.

Don't really get why people want their home consoles to be like their handhelds and their handhelds like their home consoles.

There's a reason why this feature is used on handhelds more...


Unless I am totally missing the point don't PCs already do this? Not just handhelds.

Pushing my ON/OFF button puts my PC to sleep even in the middle of a game. When I turn it back on I can continue where I left.

So if PCs do it so can consoles as there are pretty much the same.

I agree with the bolded bit but this line is being blurred more and more as companies become more enery conscious. By this I mean they are treating electricity the same regardless of if it's a battery or plugged into the mains.



Seece on 18 August 2011
Dr.Grass said:
it takes 2 mins from power off to playing a game.


This. Plus, I wouldn't leave an xbox on, even on standby mode or w/e personally.



 

TomaTito on 19 August 2011
Xenostar said:
Yeah the key thing here is internal batteries, when they run out you lose your progress, i personally would not want my consoles sat draining power from the wall just because i shut them down in standby.

A feature like the PSP GO would be nice tho where you can choose to hibernate a game so you can play something else, and even recover it after turning it completely off and on again.

That is what I like about my iPod and the Wii's VC, the save state games go to when shut down. Hopefully next gen systems aim for that and a 30 second boot.



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