Why Xbox Series X Quick Resume doesnt always work

Date:
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 09:10:36 +0000

Description:
Xbox director of project management, Jason Ronald, has opened up on why Xbox Series X Quick Resume doesnt always work as intended at launch.

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If you own an Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S console, youve most likely witnessed the benefits of the Quick Resume feature. If youre out of the loop, though, Quick Resume essentially allows the player to switch between multiple games on the console without closing them down. This lets you pick up a game you previously suspended exactly where you left off, without requiring a time-consuming relaunch.

While a brilliantly convenient way to suspend and resume your games, Quick Resume isnt without its flaws, and Ive encountered more than a few situations where the feature didnt work at all.

This is occasionally the case with games that are new to Xbox Series X or the Xbox Game Pass subscription service, such as Hades or Boyfriend Dungeon, with which Ive personally experienced a lack of Quick Resume functionality. Xbox Series X vs Xbox Series S : which Xbox is right for you? Best Xbox Series X games : the Xbox games you need to play Best Xbox Game Pass Streaming accessories

Now though, thanks to Xbox director of project management, Jason Ronald, we have a much better idea as to why Quick Resume isnt always as seamless as wed like it to be.

Replying to a fans question on Twitter about why Quick Resume doesnt always work out of the box, Ronald said: "The team has been putting a lot of effort into hardening Quick Resume and we put some titles through extra validation
to make sure the experience is as intended before enabling it. Feeling good about the progress and you shouldnt see a delay for new titles soon." Analysis: why Quick Resume matters

Suspend and resume features have been a standard on consoles for a few generations now, with early examples including the PS3s Home button (which suspended a game, but kept it open in the background) and even the Nintendo DSs sleep mode. Quick Resume feels like an evolution of suspend and resume, and its far more robust in that it allows players to suspend and switch between multiple titles.

Much like backwards compatibility with older Xbox generations, and Xbox Cloud Gaming , Quick Resume is yet another feature the company has gone the extra mile in implementing. And Quick Resume is especially useful if, say, youre tired from work and just want to dive into a game without sitting through initial load times or those unskippable developer splash screens.

While Quick Resume does work as intended for the most part, it can be a tad frustrating to have come to rely on the feature, only to find out the game youre playing doesnt support it just yet. This can lead to loss of progress
if you havent saved in a while. But at least the Xbox Series X/Ss lightning-quick SSD can get games up and running again in a short amount of time.

Ive often been delighted by how well Quick Resume works overall, though, in places where its implemented. I sometimes even forget the feature exists,
only to be surprised when I load up Forza Horizon 4 and find that Im already in-game, bypassing that games lengthy initial load times.

Theres room for improvement with Quick Resume, then, but it sounds like Xbox is at least working to have the feature ready for all games at launch. This will help to relieve the uncertainty from players like me who rely on Quick Resume often to get back into the action as quickly as possible. Best Xbox Game Pass games



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