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Really nice feature, this.
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Xbox Series X 'Quick Resume' Retains Around 12 BC Games on Average
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Really nice feature, this.
While this is cool, I can't think of a situation where I'd need 12 games ready to go faster than they'd already boot up normally.
12?!
I know the Gamespot guy was saying that they lost the save state at 'around the seventh' game but was very unscientific and loose.
12 is bonkers, even if it was a rare case (although they do say this was the average). I thought it'd cap out at specifically 5 games.
I know the Gamespot guy was saying that they lost the save state at 'around the seventh' game but was very unscientific and loose.
12 is bonkers, even if it was a rare case (although they do say this was the average). I thought it'd cap out at specifically 5 games.
On one hand, that's super impressive, on the other it's kinda meaningless. Like, among the "games i've recently played" i don't even remember the game that's 4th down that list, let alone 12th. 😅
Like, i'd still be autosaving and save-and-quitting like crazy, because just like on mobile devices i wouldn't entirely trust the machine not to flush my game from memory / storage.
Like, i'd still be autosaving and save-and-quitting like crazy, because just like on mobile devices i wouldn't entirely trust the machine not to flush my game from memory / storage.
That's brilliant, especially in older games where a pause/savestate would be much better to keep rather than checkpoints etc.
Probably less if it were only Xbox One games, but Xbox 360 (512 MB) and OG Xbox (64 MB) games use much less memory.
Yeah but it allows you to keep writing to your SSD for funsies.
I hope I can turn it off.
Yes, memory gets dumped and written to SSD when you put games into QR.
This is really cool, I thought quick resume would be limited to a set number of titles, but it's actually a more variable system based on storage space.
That's a cool feature! I can't imagine myself jumping between that many games though. I usually focus on only 1 or 2 games at a time, I think 3 games would be the max for me.
its cool, but as other have said i dont see myself needing to have 12 games on the go, even 4 is too much for me really.
It will rely on the size of the RAM used. X1 used what, 5gb in total for games?
I'll be honest, that seems like way more than necessary. I wonder if people will be able to control how much SSD space is set aside for this. I can't imagine using more than 3-4 games at a time.
I hope they allow players to adjust how much space is reserved for this feature though.
It does. You can power down your console, unplug it from the wall, install an OS update/reboot etc and it still saves your states.
I assumed it does but wasn't sure. Awesome it's working this way. Thanks!
It would be nice if they let us choose how much SSD space is reserved for quick resume. I understand not having it be completely open to how much hard drive space is left. People would get in the habit of suspending everything instead of closing and suddenly there's no hard drive space left and a lot of people wouldn't understand why. Plus hard drive space will be a premium until these ultra fast SSD's come down in price.
I wonder if you can suspend the same game multiple times. Either in one profile or in separate profiles.
I wonder if you can suspend the same game multiple times. Either in one profile or in separate profiles.
The nice thing about Quick Resume is that you don't need to use rest mode. It'll save your state even if you completely power down your console and unplug it from the wall. When you next turn on your console you can just boot right back into where you were before without needing to go through cold booting the game and going through the title screen etc. Or even the last five (or 12?) games you played.
It's not something you need to 'use', it's just how the machine works. You'd use it every time you turned your console on.
Time to have the likes of Mirror's Edge and Viva Pinata on quick resume just so I can look at them all shiny.
It probably is only about 3 XSX games. Would need about 40 GB reserved for that. But Xbox One games use 5-9 GB, Xbox 360 just 512 MB and OG Xbox a paltry 64 MB of memory. You could probably suspend every backwards compatible OG Xbox game with no problem in 40 GB.
Does this not survive through rest mode? The games are stored on the SSD after all.
I'm not personally imagining using this all that much, I very rarely have more than one single player game on the go and multiplayer games won't handle it well in general. But I could imagine having something like Tetris just always there ready to go while I'm waiting for friends or matchmaking. Presumably the biggest bonus with this is going to be for homes with multiple gamers.
Switching between Battlefield V and Battlefront 2 will be so easy now. No more insane loading times when starting the game.
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