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Xbox One supports Suspend/Resume at launch, PS4 doesn't
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Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Whatever generates money will be there first.
I hope we still get some $11 Music Unlimited soon!
reptilescorpio
Member
Jesus, I am not arguing against having the feature, I am saying it is pretty fucking irrelevant if you can still back out of the game, do something else, and return to the game which is the interesting part of the feature set. If it is just a low power suspend, the only difference between it and a pause button is the electricity cost.
Indeed.
LOL, that argument I can get behind
I don't see how that changes the OPs comment. But w/e.
Ahh okay. Cheers mate.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I'd rather have that music app than this. I don't know why anyone else would pick this function over the ability to play music.
So if we CAN pause/Resume, what more do we want, im happy with that.
Caayn
Member
Was afraid that the Xbox One would also launch without the suspend/resume option after Sony unvieled that the PS4 won't launch with it. Thank god, it does launch with this option.
After using suspend/resume on my handhelds for a couple of years, this is a very welcome feature for consoles. One if been waiting on.
After using suspend/resume on my handhelds for a couple of years, this is a very welcome feature for consoles. One if been waiting on.
That's because PC's have suspend/resume and hibernate :/
Mid game that can be a dicey proposition depending on the developer.
Don't confuse the two. Music playback will be there day 1 - I'm all for that. I will probably never have a Music Unlimited subscription - so it is pretty much useless.
Nightengale
Member
Does any PC games actually support hibernate-to-game without crashing constantly?
Aren't you in a 2014 launch territory anyway? Lol
I bet it will be in by Japanese launch.
Snake29
RSI Employee of the Year
This!
SneakyStephan
Banned
I own a PSP so I know how awesome sleep mode is ( <3 ) but honestly, the trend in home PC/console gaming of recent years had diminished this value proposition of this feature.
I'm talking about the non-stop auto-saves that so many AAA-games nowadays employ.
If this was the good old days of save-points, the lack of this feature at launch would've been annoying, but games save so often nowadays that all we lose is probably 10 minutes of game time + loading time.
For me it's not about saving but about being able to play a game for 2 minutes or 10 minutes or w/e instantly without having to wait or go through all the menus again.
I barely use my ps3 because by the time i get in the game (boot up, log in, choose my game, go through those splashscreens of how awesome speedtree and havoc and unreal engine are, go through the atrocious loading times) I could've done a full race in wipeout on my vita or psp.
It's an awesome feature, one of the few positive things i've personally had to say about these consoles when it was announced
Caayn
Member
I am, but that doesn't stop me from importing oneAren't you in a 2014 launch territory anyway? Lol
I bet it will be in by Japanese launch.
I've got mine pre-ordered at Amazon UK and payed extra for guaranteed launch day delivery.reptilescorpio
Member
Wait, you hibernate in progress games? I've only ever had them crash on me when I do that. Have enough issues alt-tabbing out of quite a few of them!
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I hope not but you can bet I will be testing it with some music of my own day 1. I'm also sure it will be cleared up before launch.
Not getting into that but there's a reason I don't do that on PC. Yours is one of those reasons.
We also want to save a nickel while doing it!
Rock Gotti
Banned
Oh No.
What am I gonna do?
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Nothing.
What am I gonna do?
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Nothing.
Canis lupus
Member
I dont see how not having suspend mode at launch makes Sony go back to a relatively small period of mistakes a whole gen ago.
Nightengale
Member
BrainZEROX
Member
Entitled gamers we are, entitled gamers we remain... :-/
dripdripsplash
Member
I'm very confused. Is the feature coming with the 300MB 1.5 FW update then ? And when is that supposed to arrive then ?
Sidewinder
Member
PS4 pre-order cancelled...Sony don't push me farther, I don't have many pre-orders left to cancel ;(
No, sometimes later.
No, sometimes later.
"I buy a game console for games!!!!!"
(J/K). Anyway, good news. This is one of the biggest features I'm looking forward to next gen.
Nightengale
Member
I'd like to believe whoever saying's those are just joking, or never had the consoles pre-ordered to begin with.
Then again, every now and then I question my faith in the human race.
Can you just drop it. I said it seems like that, ie reminiscent of.
Uno Venova
Banned
If game boot ups are as fast as Killzone I won't be using that feature much, since using no power is still better than a low power state.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
You got it. I'm disappointed but not broken about it.
Everyone breath into the paper bags. I'm off to work.
Galactic Barret
Member
Damn, did not know that. Not that Ill be lucky enough to have one at launch, but that was a major feature I was looking forward to. That sucks.
dripdripsplash
Member
Ah okay thanks. Well that's a major deal for me. Suspend/Resume is what I personally associate with NextGen, looks so smooth on the One. I really want a PS4 but this sucks!
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Same could be said about everything. Next-gen games worth buying are essentially ports of current-gen games. Why buy a console when your Average Joe's COD look the same everywhere? Its the features that make some people move. Features like these are something people pay for because its convenience. Convenience is the price of admission here.
Come on, even Mark Cerny said it's an expectation these days.
Red Mage
Member
Pretty much. It's a new console launch.
CosmicGroinPull
Member
Oh shit. Game over.
You don't go in many Xbox One threads do you?.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Create a new thread for it and have fun.
dripdripsplash
Member
What's up with all these "entitled gamers" posts. Complete garbage.
We've known about this feature for going on 8 months, and not 10 seconds ago. No need to apologise though.
Darren_z33
Member
Do you actually think people saying they've cancelled their preorders are serious?
I am, but that doesn't stop me from importing one
Do you have a UK payment method too? Otherwise no Live for you.
BrainZEROX
Member
But it will come eventually, just not at launch. It is not cancelled, it will just come later. Some reactions here just boggle my mind... I wonder what was their reactions with PS3 FW v1.5... That was bare bone, PS4 seems feature rich in comparison.