PS5 Does Not Have a Quick Resume Feature That Xbox Series X and S Have - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 April 2021 / 3,736 Views
One of the features Microsoft has talked about a lot for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S is the Quick Resume feature, which allows you to suspend several games at the same time and quickly jump back into them where you left off.
The PlayStation 5 will not have a similar Quick Resume, at least not at launch, confirmed GameSpot. On the PS5 you will have to leave the current game and load the next game from a cold boot. However, the PS5's SSD does mean games should still load fairly quickly.
While nothing has been announced, it is possible Sony will add a Quick Resume-like feature in the future.
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Well that is sad even though I wouldn't really use much, but since my son plays on my console from time to time that would help losing unsaved portions.
The only way you wouldn't use quick resume is that your not using the console. Quick resume is great even if you only play one game over and over. You can switch to Netflix and Youtube and in second get back to were you left off.
It's a pretty neat feature that should become standard on consoles.
So you think it won't even be able to resume the game suspended by swapping to netflix? Even PS4 do that you know?
I am very confident this will be added at some point.
IDK, the "card" like interface to jump directly into specific save game point or level etc seems pretty equivalent in terms of interface at least. Maybe it doesn't technically count as a "quick resume" in exact same way, but with startup and load very fast, doesn't seem like it will be much difference.
people need to stop being lazy and get used to all these o loading, everything being done so fast. You get used to everything being done so fastm you end up being succeptible to be losing patience quicker. Good luck having kids and learning patience and taking things a little slower.
Sony could add this feature in the future but the OS would take up even more space and the SSD is already limited.
A pretty useless feature, especially with the new load times. Anyways, I don't want to leave anything hanging in the background if I can help it, I want a clear table for the machine to work with. I'm funny that way.
I hope it gets added at some point, sooner than later.
Pffft... cold boots are so 2013. I often play through several games at the same time so I am very interested in that feature. I plan to buy a PS5 eventually so I hope they add it.
Surprised Sony didnt add that feature. Games are just going to get bigger and bigger. We see how many devs dont care how much space their games take on your console.
When games load between 8sec to 25sec or so.... not really a big deal.
You forgot the unskippable splash screens (dev/publisher/game engine/autosave notification etc.), intro cutscene, start screen, connecting to online services notification, checking hard drive for save files, checking for installed DLC and in some cases menuing necessary to even get to a loading screen. It adds up.
Just checked Control for the lulz and it takes 50 seconds only to get to the main menu. Doom Eternal takes 58 seconds. Soul Calibur 6 takes 1 minute 40 seconds.
I would also like to add quick resume is also great even if you just play one game because it still works even when you power off the console.
Hence, you can avoid a game's boot process and instead continue exactly where you were last playing. Maybe this is a feature people will appreciate when the consoles are released.
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