>Microsoft-owned Xbox intends to force gamers to power down to fight climate change. In a news post, Microsoft announced its campaign for "building a more sustainable future of gaming."
>The company says that it wants to become a "zero waste" company by forcing gamers to switch to "shutdown mode" that saves energy. If two gamers used shutdown mode for a year, it is equivalent to planting one tree, Microsoft said.
>By 2030, Microsoft wants to become a "carbon negative, water positive, and zero waste company." According to Ars Technica, Microsoft started rolling out the update on January 23. Usually, an Xbox goes into Sleep mode when not being used. But this uses a lot of energy - Shutdown mode intends to change that.
Thoughts?
https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/news/xbox-will-force-gamers-to-use-shutdown-mode-591104.html
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Per usual will just play my PS5
I don't have an xbox
There’s literally no reason to leave your computers on and in sleep when you’re not using them.
Console yes. But isnt pc eating more energy when starting up instead of waking up ? Also isnt it bad for PC to turn it on/off frequently during day.?
>eating more energy
Idk
>isnt it bad for PC
yes it is
Yes, on and off in general is bad for pc parts because the expansion from heating and contraction from cooling when always powering on/off wears out parts over time. PC's last longer when kept in sleep mode instead.
BDO
>There’s literally no reason to leave your computers
I leave my old computer always on to seed my torrents
Keeps my bedroom warm in winter
I have game servers
I unironically want to waste electricity
i already use that mode, quick resume was one of the main selling points for me and it works with full shutdown, so what's supposed to be the issue?
I already use shutdown mode it's the real way to turn it off
I haven't turned on my series s in months
So first they make completely shutting down your console as difficult as possible and now they want to mandate it? I honestly prefer shutdown not because muh climate change, but because I'm a tight fisted israelite, it's just funny how they politicise their moronic stunt like the dumb burgers they are.
Is this the usual misinformation thread?
Xbox was mocked by PSgays last year because the default mode wasn't the shutdown but the sleep in Xboxes (PS is the opposite) and the cool kids save energy now. Microsoft set every new Xbox to shutdown mode by default since last year. Now they set every console to shutdown remotely because a bunch of people don't realize it is in sleep mode. But you can still set it back to sleep if you want to.
The PS4 and PS5 have always defaulted to rest mode instead of completely shutting down.
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/you-really-should-be-using-this-xbox-series-x-setting-right-now
The shutdown mode in modern electronics is the less than 0.5W mode. PS is in this mode by default while Xbox was not.
>put a sleep mode function into console
>"NNOOOOOOO YOU CANT JUST KEEP USING SLEEP MODE!"
why do people b***h about "problems" they created themselves?
What? people always wanted to shutdown their consoles/PC completely but it's the companies that made it harder to do in the first place.
Exactly, they are just re-adding a feature and spinning it to get leftist brownie points. You just know some Gen X manager thought of this.
what's the carbon footprint of Microsoft incescent telemetry and data collection from all of their services, software and products?
If it doesn't affect quick resume I'm ok with this
>Usually, an Xbox goes into Sleep mode when not being used. But this uses a lot of energy - Shutdown mode intends to change that.
I mean... What's the problem here?
>> To Fight Climate Change
Is a meme. Theres a literal war going on with tons of shit burning, fuming, exploding. Maybe tell russians to put their T90s in sleep mode too. This going green is just part of mega corp marketing and business as usual. We're already past the point of no return. Whats with this immortality fantasy anyway. We re all going to die one way or another, fricking sun will expire too one day. Clown world
>2 gamers, 1 tree
But isn't planting a tree a dollar? How about I give MS a dollar to frick off and beg the next person for money?
Isn't the quick resume feature only possible cause of the sleep mode? Sure it only impacts when you're done playing but wasn't that part of their marketing.
quick resume works even after being unplugged
the frick, neat
yea, and the new xboxes you can have multiple games in quick resume. it's a real time saver
I remember seeing at launch that Xbox used an ungodly amount of power to stay in its rest mode compared to PS5, like 5 to 10 times more watts. Not sure if that's been addressed yet but they should fix that first.
it had higher consumption at first but that's been addressed for a long time
their recent update allowed the shutdown mode to check for updates at off hours so you get the benefits of rest without using as much power
Ah, alright then.
wow xbox is gonna take 5 more seconds to boot up now. wtf is the big deal?
fricking barely, it starts cold faster than a PS5 starts from rest
they actually trimmed the boot animation recently because it was already started behind the scenes
My Series X is in the beta update preview program.
It sets your console to energy saving mode.
All you have to do is go into the console settings and turn it off.
A complete nothing burger meant to get people fighting over nothing, again
>xbox news
>indiatimes
if you play games firsly for gameplay, then 15 watt of SoC is enough for you.
I know that gaming journalists REALLY want to make this big article, but all the update does is switching default value of turn-off settings from hibernate mode to shutdown, and that's it. You can change it back in settings of you want to.
This. Cmon guys, it’s from fricking India times. Stop believing all the bullshit from the media.
India Times very trusted publication sir
Nah, it’s really not.
>*rides private jet on a weekly basis*
climate change is for poorgays
It's literally optional. They just changed the default setting. Stop b***hing about nothing.
but muh roleplay. I can't afford an xbox or the games so I need to roleplay from my thinkpad
>go to settings
>turn it off
it's that simple
kek these are the same homosexuals that made it so your computer never shuts down on windows 10.
Actually hybrid hibernation does shut down your PC. Xbox only had the option of full shutdown or sleep before. This new mode works more like hybrid hibernation but it can also download games and updates while powered off still. The security co-processor on the APU is doing it now.
It's still optional. Now the default setting is shut down mode which is still gay but not the end of the world. If they required it then I'd really have an issue.
Sleep mode is literally pointless AND costs you more money than just turning your fricking Xbox off.
Literally what is their to complain about?
we don't even know why the climate is changing though
Literally only Black folk and other non whites use sleep/standby modes.
>Cold starts in mere seconds
>Can still use quick resume
I mean, ok I guess.
lol
Is there anything that does not cost a leg and an arm in bongland?
Getting a paki to frick the missus
Yeah, a PlayStation 5 baybeeeeeeee
Assuming the PS5 default is also standby, why does the Series X use so much more power in standby?
how fricking expensive is electricity in the UK? it would cost a max of $5 per year running it at 10w in standby mode
How about I donate money to a tree planting company and not shut down the Xbox?
If 10 trees are planted, I wouldn't need to turn off my Xbox for 20 years.
planting trees doesnt even "fight climate change" anyways. it's all just bullshit marketing
I'll just leave mine on 24/7 then.
It's sleep mode is inferior to the PS4/PS5s anyways
What's funny is this update makes the Xbox function the same as the PS4/5.
>world goes to shit thanks to all the factories and corporations trying to save a few bucks at every opportunity
>Corporations: Oh well, I guess people just didn't shut down their Xboxes enough
I would use shutdown if every single fricking game and the console itself constantly gets humongous patches that keep me from playing my games after work.
fricking moronic companies
Shutdown supports game downloads and updates now. It's handled by the security co-processor now.
I don’t give a flying frick about saving energy. Boomers wasted the shit out of it and I have to work three times as hard as them for three times less salary. My PC is always on in High Performance mode. Suck my dick.
How does that affect me considering that my area is on green energy? (hydro-electric)
>our thermals are nightmare so we trust you are stupid enough to buy that we are doing this altruistically.
The amount of pollution produced during the manufacturing of these shits is enough to kill an entire marine species. If MS is so concerned about the environment why are they forcing people to get rid of their old computers by ending support to Windows 7, 8 and 10. That produces way more pollution.
shut down should have been default from the start.
Stop spamming this """outrage bait""" already
Ironic marketing for corporations doing the "we're green" shit again is still marketing for corporations doing the "we're green" shit again
How the frick is this news? You guys will just argue about anything.
Because liberals ruin fricking everything. Seriously I can’t do ducking anything anymore without having to hear from the fricking liberals.
>Corporation makes marketing ploy
>blame the liberals
are you angry at the boogeyman, too?
The company is the liberals you dumbass
Why don't they plant one tree instead?
>Planned obsolescence keeps making more and more e-waste
>Endless shilling of electric cars instead of propped public transportation
>Endless waves of cheap disposable plastic packaging instead of glass, paper and metal
>Poisoning entire acres of land to mine lithium for batteries and cobalt for solar panels
>Treating nuclear power like the devil
>Building more and more suburban hell scapes instead of more space efficient apartment blocks
>But global warming is YOUR FAULT, so you better turn off that Xbox
I hate baby boomers so much it's unreal
>Endless shilling of electric cars instead of propped public transportation
The oil and gas lobby in the thirties to sixties conspired to kill public transportation forever. Its never happening this century at a scale where it can make a difference.
So will this cuck me from using my Google Home to turn it on?
Just set the options back to what they are now.
SELL ALL YOUR MICROSOFT STOCK IMMEDIATELY
Just turn them all off permanently, really fight climate change.
Wait you guys unironically leave your computers and console on all the time? For what purpose? Is waiting 30 seconds for the system to boot too long for you?
where ever I am, I must also seed
my server is always on, my PC goes to sleep after 3 mins cause lol OLED tv as a monitor
>people complain about Xbox not doing this
>xbox does this
>people complain
Win win baby.
I fell for this fricking Indian clickbait frick. It's just new power options.