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Xbox's "instant on" feature could consume 4 billion kWh - console
(hx) 09:19 AM CET - Jan,17 2021 - Post a comment / read (7)
The "instant on" feature on new Xbox Series S/X consoles could suck up a total of 4 billion kWh—the equivalent of a year's operation for a large power plant—from US owners alone through 2025. That's according to a preliminary report released this week from the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmentally focused nonprofit advocacy group. As the name implies, the "instant on" feature of the Series S/X (and the Xbox One before it) lets users skip the usual startup time when turning the console back on. That saves about 10 to 15 seconds of waiting per power cycle on the Series S/X, down from about 45 seconds on the Xbox One. (This is separate from the Xbox Series S/X's heavily promoted "quick resume" feature that loads the game state for recent titles directly from the system's fast SSD storage and works in either mode). The Xbox Series S/X initially drew 25 to 28W of "instant on" standby power at launch, but a recent firmware update caused a dramatic reduction, placing the new systems below the ~13W drawn by the Xbox One's "instant on" mode. The PlayStation 5, by contrast, uses between 1 and 2 watts when sitting idle in "rest mode."

A Microsoft spokesperson provided ArsTechnica with the following statement:
Users are given a choice during setup between the two power modes for the console: energy saving and instant on. To ensure players can select the option they prefer, they are not opted-in to either power mode by default. At Microsoft, we are committed to sustainability and, as we begin a new generation of gaming with Xbox Series X|S, we’re continuing to explore how we can reduce our environmental impact across the product life cycle—from conceptualization, design, production, and packaging, to what happens once our consoles are in the hands of consumers and at their end-of-life. As part of this commitment, we are evaluating additional methods to highlight the benefits of energy saving mode, but have nothing further to share at this time.
last 10 comments:
Sabot(10:05 AM CET - Jan,17 2021 )
Does anyone remember when TVs had on/off buttons? Then there was a campaign about stopping them being left in ‘stand by’ mode with the remote power button. Now they have a ‘instant on’ mode as well variable power usage. Just put a bloody button on them..... smacks of hypocrisy.

gx-x(12:26 PM CET - Jan,17 2021 )
People pay for electricity, I don't see a problem...My PC goes to sleep instead of shut down for over 7 years now.

How much electricity EVs eat? I bet one Tesla uses thousands of xboxes worth of power usage per day...and that's "green"

lorcro2000(09:32 AM CET - Jan,18 2021 )
There's a difference between necessary and unnecessary energy consumption.

The Xbox should never have had an option to use anything except energy saving. People can wait a few more seconds for the console to spin up.

Csimbi(11:03 AM CET - Jan,18 2021 )
I don't think it's going to get a green sticker (energy efficient), lol
Thank God for Thunderstorms! Those are going to take care of these problems.

gx-x(11:21 AM CET - Jan,18 2021 )
lorcro2000> There's a difference between necessary and unnecessary energy consumption.

The Xbox should never have had an option to use anything except energy saving. People can wait a few more seconds for the console to spin up.


yea, and driving EV is necessary...
Look, I've heard about energy vampires 30 years ago. This is nothing new. Even Adult Swim made fun of things like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gufWCiyK4E


Stop trying to force people to do the worse thing AFTER you have given them the better option...

Sabot(03:42 PM CET - Jan,18 2021 )
Just drop the electricity bill on your brat, then listen to them spout about climate change..

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