Geoff Keighley: "Xbox's Quick Resume is a Game Changer!

On Twitter:

"Quick Resume is a game changer! Load Times + Quick Resume makes moving between games almost like Alt-TABing."

"Overall: Massive “quality of life” improvements to Xbox experience, everything (including UI) is super quick and responsive. System is quiet, super easy to setup."

[masterfox]

Not sure what is the fuzz about this quick resume, we already have this in the current gen, maybe not as fast but we already have it and I don't think is such the big deal, it worked pretty good on the Vita as well, the real game changer is the jump from one generation to another and that is the demonstration of actual next gen games, and for me this is the real reason to own/buy a next gen console, it would be very disappointed if it wasn't this way but luckily there is always a gaming company that never disappoints their customers. ;)

[Army_of_Darkness]

Before it was "next gen starts when this new console comes out!".... Now it's more like, next gen starts when an actual next gen exclusive game releases!

[TheScotsman]

Looks slow and cumbersome, it's hardly fast, yeah faster but not fast, maybe they getting this out there before sony shows there own ssd technology. Which is the game changer and M$ knows this

[Neonridr]

@TheScotsman - as a PC player, it's nice but not a game changer. I can appreciate less load times, but please stop.

[sampsonon]

I think he means it's always about the bells and whistles with MS. Not the games, or we would be talking about the launch games. I think it's a cool feature for sure. Doesn't mean i don't understand this guys post.

[LordoftheCritics]

Games with sparse saving and checkpoints see the most benefits of this. I won't have to force myself to play till I reach a save point for all those games that dont have manual saving everywhere.

This will change our gaming habits in a good way.

[chiefJohn117]

Its not the same and Its a big deal, loading rdr2 after a few games of halo mp with some friends is completely Eradicated. Forget about ssds making load times quicker, resume removes loading completely

[Neonridr]

you sound like such a shill.

[Toncsipapa]

And here we come.. A ps fanbooooy

[CWheatley]

The only thing I can think of that makes this feature better is that you can have like 5 or 6 games in the save state at once...which is neat, but realistically how many people have that many games running - let alone playing - at once?

Edit: Also remembered, at least from experience on ps4, you couldn't have numerous games in a paused state at once - not even 2 games at once. So, this is kind of nice when switching between two games.

[FlintGREY]

Didn't the PSPgo do this?

[GOULDYBOBS]

Agree about the quick resume as I dont have the attention span of a goldfish.
But as for "next gen", please explain which port, multigen or remake you mean. Other than ratchet and wank

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

We have NOTHING EVEN CLOSE TO THIS on current gen please stop the bs.

[Tedakin]

I'm a huge Xbox fan but even I don't get the hype over this. It's a nice feature, but I mean it's not that big of a deal..... I'm not typically flipping between 5-6 games. I guess if even after days have gone by it keeps your game right where it was that's kinda neat.

[killbillvolume12]

You don't see what the hype is? The "Quick Resume" feature means players can reboot the console without saving and then almost instantly start the game up again from where they left off. It keeps your post. You don't have to save. You can turn off the console and turn it back on the next day and it will have your games saved in those exact locations.

[shabz666]

@tiqila

Wait that’s not the same though.

Imagine if you’re on your Switch playing Zelda and then you want to play divinity, you can switch to divinity and play and then switch back to Zelda exactly the same place where you left of in about 10 seconds. And this is for about 6 games at the same time.

What you are talking about is suspend state. Putting the system on sleep with the game app running in back ground. Quick resume is multiple game apps switching between each other.

Also you can’t do suspend state after you turn off the system , you can only do it in stand by mode for switch or rest mode with ps4 or turn off with xbone. This is a current gen feature that was brought in with ps4 and xbone. Not the same as quick resume.

[UnSelf]

“I can switch between six games anytime I want!”

Saitama: ok

Ytf would I wanna switch between multiple games? What kinda soda y’all be drinking?

[Lostbytes]

And? Why the hype? Try this with ANY Live service game, FAIL. Every live service game will log you out and put you back to the login screen after a set time. (Destiny2, Warfame, FO76, Etc) This really only benefits people playing managed checkpoint based games. I have never used the current quick resume, and never will use the new version. You will not even have the feature available. unless you have your console set to instant on.

[Sitdown]

@Tiqila
If you want to switch Switch games, you have to close out the software. If not, you get a message from Nintendo.

[DarXyde]

I would use it to boot up Dark Souls 1-3 and cycle between them every time I die and see which one I finish first.

[shabz666]

Lol nice I like this plan but I would assume you would disconnect from any online game.

[King_Noctis]

It is something new and useful. If you don’t see it as a big deal, would you rather everything stay the same as it is on the PS4/Xbox One?

[NeoGamer232]

I don't see this feature alone as a game changer. To me, as we go forward we are going to see that both Sony and Microsoft have great games. So then they will have to start differentiating their offerings. Microsoft is jumping on that with GamePass, but they also spent the later half of the last generation and early this coming generation in making console features to improve the overall gaming experience.

Quick resume is one, pre-downloading games you physically buy is another, the store revamp is another. etc. etc.

[Bathyj]

Well only in the sense you are literally changing games.

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

Have we ever gotten a confirmation that the PS5 also has this feature? I just remember a story about about a similar patent.

[purple101]

Not only does it have it... There is a feeling we will be able to jump in your mates game like an it technician controlled the mouse..to help them if there stuck! Now that's quick resume!

[boing1]

PS5 has it too. I think it's one of those new standard features any following console should have. Long time overdue.

[Saigon]

IDK, For me, I play one game at a time on each console and PC. I thought this feature was nice but I don't think I would ever use it as much regardless the company that implements it. I do use the quick resume at its current state. Maybe I can use the feature if a friend invites me to a MP game or if my kids want to play...IDK we will see.

[DaMist]

I'm actually excited for this and hope both consoles, supported. i'm constantly swapping between game genres for example (ghost of tsushima and persona5G) or between (forza horizon 4 and darksiders 3) and not having to load each game again should be neat

[Saigon]

@DaMist

I agree with that if that is how you play. I on the other hand have changed that play style a long time ago once RL took over. But like I said earlier; I have to wait and see; Still cool feature...

[Father__Merrin]

No it doesn't make it like alt tabbing. On pc if you have 4 or 5 games running in background and alt tab between them it will be horrible.

The "alt tabbing" between games on consoles like series X does is a game changer and this has happened on consoles first...

[DaMist]

I don't believe he meant that you can or anyone alt-tabs games on pc. I think he meant that the multi-task ease of use of alt-tabbing on pc (say between browsing, photoshop and spotify for example) is now available for games on console.

[Father__Merrin]

I can't have GTA5 running, DC's, AC oddessey, warzone and Fortnite all running at same time swapping between them

[I_am_Batman]

I'm not sure it's worth losing the SSD space for to be honest. Next gen games will be able to take full advantage of the available bandwidth and throw you into the game in no time anyway. Speed of access is obviously a high priority, so we might see a lot of options that allow the player to load into the last savegame, or join a multiplayer lobby right from the console's homescreen.

Personally, I'm excited about the elimination of loading screens, but I'm not fussed about waiting a short amount of time when starting up a game.

[chiefJohn117]

I am, it's definitely worth it
0 loading> bootup screens, developer captions, menu screens, loading

[I_am_Batman]

Quick resume uses a cache on the SSD to save your session. You still need to load the data from the SSD back into RAM when you want to continue playing so "0 loading" is technically incorrect.

Bootup screens and developer captions will not be necessary anyway. And like I said Sony/MS could implement a system-level feature that lets you load a savegame or join a multiplayer lobby right from the home screen. The only requirement would be that developers design the games around those features, but looking at trophies and achievements now being standard I don't see much of a problem there.

The only other benefit I see with Quick resume is that you can stop playing at any moment without having to put the console in rest mode. It would be cool if Microsoft allows the size of the quick resume cache to be adjusted so that people could free up some of that storage if they don't plan on using the feature.

[StoneColdCrazy]

Wait!! Now let's let the PlayStation fans speak😂 😁

[BioShockGX]

Who actually plays multiple games at the same time?

[chiefJohn117]

I do, my sister plays gta5 on the regular, I get 2 or 3 games of bleeding edge in to start my gaming then ill play whatever new single-player game i just bought or some halo mp and I currently dip into MK11 still. So at any given time I play 2-4 games every gaming session. And when RDR2 came out I was going back and forth between it and Metro Exodus. And i was was going back and forth between Ori2 and Sod2 when those games came out #TrueGamer its a game changer for me

[AcidDvl]

One of the most pretentious things I've ever read.

[chiefJohn117]

Call it want you want, saving me minutes between games is a big deal imo if it wasn't to you than you wouldnt care about ssds.

[King_Noctis]

The same thing could be said about PC. Who actually open two apps at the same time? Because after all, you could only use one app at a time anyway.

So, do you ever open two PC app at the same time and switching back and forth between them?

[BrainSyphoned]

I always have my phone game opened up on a second monitor while playing my main game on monitor 1. Usually with podcasts running in the background or YouTube split screened on monitor 2. Not to mention playing a game along side Cohh or your preferred streamer.

[IanTH]

That's a pretty disingenuous comparison. You can copy and paste from one thing to another. You can have a Word or Excel doc open on one screen (or split screen) and be reading information or watching a video to transcribe. Have Spotify open while you do anything else. There are things you can do on a PC where multiple apps can be open and you can use them at roughly the same time.

A game? You can't swap between multiple games and play them at the same time. Totally different use cases.

That said, I don't know why anyone would look down on a QoL feature like this. It seems nice. I mean, it wouldn't change my purchasing decision if one had it and the other didn't, but it's certainly nice to have. If PC had a similar feature, I'd probably make use of it now and then. But given I haven't used the feature for myself yet, perhaps it is even better in practice than it sounds in theory. Time will tell!

[Xavi4K]

while it take long ass time to find gambit team to play against in Destiny 2 I can play 2 to 3 rounds of MK...so yeah that is fun for me

[Deathdeliverer]

That’s a live game. Doesn’t work like that Xav. You can jump from single player game to single player game. It isn’t running live in another window. You can play single player MK and jump to a single player game of halo for example.

[Vanfernal]

It's a quality of life improvement... But a "game changer"? It's not like someone is going to choose one console over the other for this feature. A little hyperbolic imo...

[WoPe]

Do many players really change game so that this feature will be useful? Just dont get it but hope i find ways to use it.

[aaronaton]

Flipping between games....ah the Netflix generation is being catered for again.

[Sitdown]

Soooo, people weren't flipping between games prior to Netflix?

[CrimsonWing69]

How is it a game changer? it’s just switching between games

I’ve honestly never had ADHD when playing a game. I usually stick with one until I finish it and move onto another.

[VoiceOfUnreason]

It definitely caters to the Mountain Dew drinking, Dorito munchers out there.

Its pretty unreal to see a minor quality of life upgrade be peddled a 'game changer'..

At least they'll be able to quickly switch between the few good games they get in a generation though, right?

[Wrex369]

Honestly for most people this feature is about switching from netflix, to a game, and the multitasking capabilities that comes with a better CPU. I mean don't get me wrong it's a cool feature but I think the multimedia offering potential is basically where it's at, still exciting anyway

[GreatSako2020]

How come people can play 5 games within a short period. Normally, a gamer will focus on one game for a week or so. I see this benefiting Journalists and game reviewers as they need to complete many games for reviews. This is likely why they are hyped for this feature.

[TheGreatTopHat]

Ha! It's a pun. I get it! ::eye roll::

[Sitdown]

Haha, wouldn't it be funny, if that is literally all he meant, and people are battling for no reason.

[sampsonon]

As a PS gamer i will say that it is a cool feature. But i am still not buying the console unless i see game play of their new AAA in house games. That will be the only reason i would ever buy the new xbox. Where are the "look at how next gen our games are, look at the RT."? The gaming community is slowly allowing MS to change what is and isn't important to gaming. New AAA games must always come first, and never be just an after thought.

I watched a bunch of hands on videos and all they were playing were old games, old F ing games from 5 yrs ago or longer. On the most powerful console ever made? I mean C'mon already.

Games MS, Games.

[waverider]

Nope game change are games. This isnt. Not even close. But all we know the pr talk needed to try and sell stuff

[Hawk198666]

Who cares seriously? Absolutely useless feature that hardly anyone will use. Like rest mode on PS4, never use it.

[NukeDaHippies]

Errrr...I use that 100% of the time lol. I love rest mode.

[Phoenix76]

It's a nice feature to have, but not one I really see as being a "game changer" as it's already a feature that we have. Not only that, but how many people will really use after the initial buzz has died off? Or when people realise that having multiple quick load/save/resumes actually eats up available RAM memory. Ultimately affecting the performance of your games.

[Goukira]

Will the state be saved after i turn the console completely off? Or do i have to set the console to standby or sleep modus?

[jahcure]

sweet with the autoresume stuff..but here i am 2 gens later and i'm STILL waiting to hand my drawing to Milo

[FanboySpotter]

Quick resume will be nice and a time saver. When I'm so stressed with fromsoftware games i change to the next hdmi and i play mario kart 8 on switch or something to cool down then i go back to xbox and continue trying to complete sekiro.

Now I'll be able to quick resume another game in the same console as the one running sekiro? Damn I'm down for that 100000%.

It's not necessary to open more than 2 but it's more of a flex of a console to go "why? Because I can" nice.

[BrainSyphoned]

Skyrim will be open on my Xbox from day one till it dies.

[Harryvok]

Considering games load incredibly quickly on the new consoles, i think this feature is being a bit overhyped.

[galmi]

Loving the n4g energy lol, being this is a confirmed and positive news about xbox all of a sudden quick resume isnt all that lol, damned hypocrites all over this place

[Euthanasia]

Galmi yeah n4g is like this. It’s sad but it’s the reality here. If Sony doesn’t have this feature it’s not good or hopefully Sony has it too. Achievements/trophies or party chat it sucks or we want that too. Both consoles have there advantages. Be a gamer not a brand.