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PS4 has suspend/resume (sleep) mode
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gutter_trash
Banned
Time to go to bed honey!...........NOW!
yes dear!!!! (suspend)
yes dear!!!! (suspend)
Best new feature that surprised me. I'm sick of waiting for my PS3 to boot, load the game, wait for the initial credits, load my save, and finally start playing (not to mention if there is a OS or game update).
This plus background downloads and game downloads while playing sounds like it will make for a VERY fluid OS experience.
This plus background downloads and game downloads while playing sounds like it will make for a VERY fluid OS experience.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
So what if the power goes out or someone accidentally flips a switch in your room that controls that outlet?
Shai-Tan
Banned
It's great. My free time is often broken up by other things and booting up a console is enough of a hindrance that I will tend to do something more immediate. It makes it more appealing for those 15-30 minute slices of time and coupled with the remote play it could be in the kitchen, in bed, whatever. I almost never play a console game unless I know I'll have 1+ hours
Graphics Horse
Member
If there is a loss of power I'm assuming the RAM will be lost, although there are those hybrid drives which transfer RAM to HDD on battery power in the event of a power cut. But likely it'll be like the PSP, convenience feature but keep saving often.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Love this feature, though I would like to know exactly how much power it pulls in this suspended state. If for nothing else my inner geek likes putting numbers to things, and I will probably never turn my PS4 off with this.....so the more you know.
CouldBeWorse
Member
My megaton. I love this.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Pretty nice. I guess saves are officially obsolete.
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
This is quietly the biggest feature they showed off today.
All the share stuff is potentially a huge step forward, but not everyone has the bandwidth or social situation to get the most out of it.
Other than the share button, I don't remember a single new controller feature being demonstrated today. No touchpad use, no controller tracking shown besides Media Molecule's Move presentation.
The pause and resume functionality is just such a nice feature that addresses one of the biggest complaints about this past console generation: the time it takes to start playing a game with all the slow front ends, logos, ads, and game patches. Then it takes things a step further and lets us pause and resume at any time. Handhelds have been able to do this forever, because of the nature of how they are used, but it took them far too long to realize that sometimes you have to stop what you're doing and take care of life at home, as well.
I don't have kids, but have listened to enough recent fathers to think that this could be a huge difference maker for them if for some reason Microsoft DOESN'T have this on the way or decide to add it in response.
All the share stuff is potentially a huge step forward, but not everyone has the bandwidth or social situation to get the most out of it.
Other than the share button, I don't remember a single new controller feature being demonstrated today. No touchpad use, no controller tracking shown besides Media Molecule's Move presentation.
The pause and resume functionality is just such a nice feature that addresses one of the biggest complaints about this past console generation: the time it takes to start playing a game with all the slow front ends, logos, ads, and game patches. Then it takes things a step further and lets us pause and resume at any time. Handhelds have been able to do this forever, because of the nature of how they are used, but it took them far too long to realize that sometimes you have to stop what you're doing and take care of life at home, as well.
I don't have kids, but have listened to enough recent fathers to think that this could be a huge difference maker for them if for some reason Microsoft DOESN'T have this on the way or decide to add it in response.
Baconsammy
Banned
You'll still need to save your current game if you want to play a different game.
razgriz417
Member
Such an awesome feature, definitely my most hype inducing of the meeting
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Great feature. Sony is getting so much right!
Fuck that, just buy another PS4.
criesofthepast
Member
Playing while downloading I guess basically confirms installs are gone. Praise Jesus.
razgriz417
Member
I'm guessing the same thing that happens if the power goes out mid session :/ ram only holds data while it has power
I love this so much. I never even bother turning on my ps3 anymore because I have to wait for it to boot, select my game, load my save, and go from the save point to wherever I was before I had to save. I always just grab my vita and am instantly playing from right where I was before. It's beautiful.
DidntKnowJack
Member
Yep. Installs in the background now.
shinobi602
Member
So glad they implemented this.
Yeah good to see they planned ahead this time and are integrating things like network at a base level. Rather than make an OS then try and cram shit in afterwards.
and installing updates.. if we can just get right into a game.. awesome.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
I typically don't touch other games until I beat whatever I'm currently playing, but yeah you're right.
One per each title. Your solution is genius.
Would make sense since Vita can do it. With Cerny in charge of this shit I would expect all of PS3's problems (trophy syncing, slow downloads/installs, other OS issues) to be completely fixed.
Glass half empty.
Tell me about it. Huge feature all by itself.
TimeEffect
Member
But is this a PS4 patented/exclusive?
I mean, what's stopping MS from doing this?
I mean, what's stopping MS from doing this?
Baconsammy
Banned
Yep. Makes me wish they would have talked about how they handle games on disc.
There's nothing stopping them. Rumors are they're taking it one step further and letting you have multiple games open at the same time.
RobotMafia
Banned
Probably my favorite thing about the console. I LOVE that feature on handhelds and I will love it on a console. Just being able to pick up and play for 20 minutes is great.
RoboGeorgeForeman
Banned
Glad that the OS seems promising. I can't say I'm a huge fan of the social aspects, but as long as downloading and updating are less intrusive than they were on the PS3, I can't hate too much.
Why would you even want to have multiple games running at the same time? Hmm.. It may be useful in certain situations but not groundbreaking and not to mention the performance of the games may be affected.
I'm glad that both Nextbox (Probably) and PS4 will be able to suspend.
AgentOtaku
Member
*high five*
Spending the majority of gaming time with my 3DS and Vita makes you realize just how damn wonderful a well done sleep mode truly is
I still can't get over how ridiculous that part of the rumor was. What possible advantage would that bring to anyone?
I like the idea of having multiple discs in the system at once because I'm super lazy, but running at the same time? I would never use that.
AgentOtaku
Member
well said
EatinOlives
Member
My favorite feature of the Vita makes its way to consoles. Amazing.
And just as console+game bootup times were getting terrible. Turning on the PS3 and THEN waiting for one of those games with 10 unskippable logos was getting to be annoying as fuck.
And just as console+game bootup times were getting terrible. Turning on the PS3 and THEN waiting for one of those games with 10 unskippable logos was getting to be annoying as fuck.
TheBryanJZX90
Member
This is a great feature pioneered on the PSP Go.