While I know with certainty that I can start a download on PS5 and then switch it to Rest Mode to lower consumption while it does its thing, I have no such faith in Xbox. Perhaps the fly in the ointment is that… it often seems that the Xbox sleep mode updates don’t actually work. Still, more emphasis could be placed on the difference in energy consumption and the features possible in each mode – Quick Resume works in both modes, and even after a full shut-down, for example – and give hard figures for users.
It does seem that the March update released this week has shifted the focus. So why the hell has Microsoft not been hyping up this functionality? Considering that there are millions of Xbox devices out there and that energy efficiency has been in the spotlight for the last decade, and is becoming massively more important as we see energy prices skyrocketing, why has Microsoft not be shouting from the rooftops about how this is now possible? Every incremental drop in power consumption helps when considering the population as a whole. If the console is in energy saving mode but the user has opted for automatic updates to be disabled, the console will only check for or download updates when the user manually does so from My Games & Apps.” From reporting on Xbox power consumption in January 2021, Microsoft told Ars Technica that automatic updates were actually possible while in energy saving mode:Ī Microsoft spokesperson clarifies that “if the console is in energy saving mode with automatic updates enabled, the console will wake, check for updates and download them during the maintenance window (if available), shutting down again after the download completes. The strangest things is that this isn’t actually a new feature.
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