Savantcore
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Pretty much this. It just doesn't take that long to turn off a game and then load it back up when you can play again.
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PS4 Owners, do you guys not missing Suspend/Resume feature?
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Pretty much this. It just doesn't take that long to turn off a game and then load it back up when you can play again.
No, not really. But what I miss is a fucking STABLE and FAST PSN. It's saturday 18:00 and sending PSN messages is still a pain in the ass. Errors, connection lost, 5min. till messages appears. I hate this sooo much. Sony plz fix this shit asap. It's embarrasing. Screw Supsend/Resume, they can keep it if they give me a proper online experience. I pay for this shit. Aaargh
petethepanda
Member
It'd certainly be nice considering the huge initial load times of stuff like Ass Unity and Far Cry.
squeakywheel
Member
After buying a super cheap Xbone from cowboom and enjoying that feature the last 3 months, it's hard to go back to the PS4. C'mon Sony! Get your Japan firmware team some help from the other markets' R&D.
Veritigo_X
Member
GTAV has the longest initial load times I've experienced on PS4 so far. It would be nice to just start up where I was, but it's a lot faster than the last gen load times. Every other game doesn't really matter to me because they load in less than 30 seconds.
Revolutionary
Member
PS4 can do that as well - you can suspend games at will when you're going to start a media app, and return right where you left off.
This thread is about suspending a game while the system is in a sleep mode.
And again, it's a moot point when the consoles have so many frequent updates (especially the bone) that shut down your suspended game anyway.
MotionBlue
Member
I lived 20 years without it.
WonderCheese
Banned
Still really hoping this comes eventually, it's fantastic on the Vita. I'm having serious doubts about whether we'll ever actually see it.
Pretty much. I rarely think about that function on the PS4, but I still think we should get it since that's what they promised.
I also have the compulsion to always close programs and software I'm not using on my PC and consoles, so if I have no plans to return to a game within an hour, I close it.
There is a suspend function while the console is running: if you're playing a game, return to home and open another app, like Netlflix -- a confirmation will pop up asking you if you want to suspend the game or close it. I usually close it.
MightyMonkeyMan
Neo Member
It crashes my Xbox One every time i've tried it, so nope don't miss it.
KURDISTAN YPG
Member
the resume/play option is in the system, if you notice when you share play it suspends the game you are playing, and lets you stream the host game, i don't know why sony is taking so long on it.
As a new Xbox One owner it's definitely a cool feature to have It's nice to not have to sit through loading screens and splash screens and weird logos I don't understand. It's kind of strange that the two big features Sony played up when they announced the PS4, suspend/resume and game DVR, work better/actually exist, on the Xbox.
There's also the chance you lived years without internet connected consoles, analog sticks, rumble, friends lists etc.
What is the point of this comment?
Sidewinder
Member
It is a very nice feature and they still owe us that, but I turn off my PC and console plugbarthingy overnight, so I would pretty much never use it. On Vita on the other hand I use it all the time.
KURDISTAN YPG
Member
DirgeExtinction
Member
Never tried it, so don't really care for it
backbreaker65
Banned
As a PS4 owner, I don't understand how Sony who had this feature day one for the PSP and PSV and not have it available on the PS4 18 months later, when it was announced as one of the core features. And I don't understand how they don't say shit about it at all.
Teletraan1
Banned
Just put a SSD that costs half what the device itself does in it and quit complaining. #notforthepoors
I dont even find the loading to be that long on a regular low RPM drive for GTAV. Maybe I am desensitized after Lego City Undercover on Wii U.
I would happily take that feature if it is faster obviously but I will get it when it comes. Being impatient on the internet is not going to make is show up faster.
I dont even find the loading to be that long on a regular low RPM drive for GTAV. Maybe I am desensitized after Lego City Undercover on Wii U.
I would happily take that feature if it is faster obviously but I will get it when it comes. Being impatient on the internet is not going to make is show up faster.
giant_frying_pan
Member
It would be nice, but I don't miss it too much. It's more important that PSN as a whole is made more robust.
I wonder if the year plus delay (and counting) on the feature is to ensure it works correctly with remote and share play?
I wonder if the year plus delay (and counting) on the feature is to ensure it works correctly with remote and share play?
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Yes you can. It "suspends" the game, but when you go back to it it's right where you left off.
Elitist1945
Member
As an Xbox One owner I wish my PS4 did it as well. So useful.
I look forward to BeforeU getting unbanned.
Suspend/Resume was SUPER IMPORTANT to him. Install times, remote play, shareplay, screenshots, not as much.
^ What this guy says.
cleveridea
Member
Didnt care before I got a Xbox One, now I really miss it. Not enough to buy a game on XBox one if it runs better on PS4, but its very useful for me.
The feature is particularly useful when you have a lot of interruptions in your use of time, like I do when remote working. I may works 30 minutes, wait 5-10 mins until someone gets back with something I need and get some game time in then get back to work.
When I have hours of continous time to play games, its not that useful.
The feature is particularly useful when you have a lot of interruptions in your use of time, like I do when remote working. I may works 30 minutes, wait 5-10 mins until someone gets back with something I need and get some game time in then get back to work.
When I have hours of continous time to play games, its not that useful.
FunkyPajamas
Member
It worries me that the longer Sony waits to implement/deploy this feature, the less likely it is to actually deliver on it. Like if it's not a part of the firmware/sdk, developers will continue to build their games without taking this into consideration and then we'll have issues with some games not supporting it, etc.
I wish we had some transparency from Sony on this.
I wish we had some transparency from Sony on this.
It's hard to miss a feature that you haven't had yet, so for now no, not "missing it".
This being said, it would indeed be nice to have in a few circumstances but what surprises me the most is that it was presented as one of the core features during the reveal in Feb 2013, and a year later after launch, here we are...
This being said, it would indeed be nice to have in a few circumstances but what surprises me the most is that it was presented as one of the core features during the reveal in Feb 2013, and a year later after launch, here we are...
I don't think that is a realistic fear, given that suspending is just a power save mode that keeps the memory turned on and games already support it because the PS4 already can suspend games to the background.
In addition the only realistic issue is the case of suddenly losing network connectivity, which games have to handle already.
What it can't do is keep these suspend sessions alive when it goes into a low-power state.
VisceralBowl
Member
No.
FunkyPajamas
Member
Hopefully you're correct. I don't want this feature to be this gen's cross game chat.
No, but that would be great. And is possible with some engineering effort, because they could write the RAM conents to the drive and then load it back when you switch back.
Of course writing 6GB of memory and reading 6GB of memory (in the worst case scenario atm) wouldn't make that hypothetical thing as quick as what is being talked about here where you can put the console in a low power state and then resume from that saved state which is held in RAM.
Is there any potential security issues with having data suspended in ram whilst the machine is off.?
Just conjecture on my part but with the other features Sony hasn't put on the PS4 that were on the PS3 it could be safe to assume security is at the forefront of their thinking.
They really don't appear to want user data written to the internal hard drive over the various buses for instance.
Just conjecture on my part but with the other features Sony hasn't put on the PS4 that were on the PS3 it could be safe to assume security is at the forefront of their thinking.
They really don't appear to want user data written to the internal hard drive over the various buses for instance.
AgentP
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I keep hearing this, but it seems fast to me. Maybe the 7200RPM drive is helping.
Yes there is. There have been several years of research into dumping the contents of memory from suspended machines.
The solution is to power off USB ports, which of course for the PS4 would be undesirable for a games console.
I don't think that is the reason this feature is late, but if they brought this feature but it wasn't possible to also charge controllers while in standby mode that would be very compelling evidence that security is on their mind.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I actually find it annoying on the Xbox One as I don't play the console often between my three systems. I'm always surprised by what is left on.
George Claw M.D.
Member
I'll probably rarely if ever use it. The PS4 gets used more by other family members than by me. Would be more useful if I were the only one using the PS4. But even then, I like to end my sessions with an official save when possible. Shit would suck losing a lot of progress to a borked resume, power failure, etc.. But of course I'd rather have the option than not.
Just hope it's more reliable than Xbone's implementation.
Just hope it's more reliable than Xbone's implementation.
Badlucktroll
Member
I had heard (On gaf, or an article or something) that GDDR5 memory requires more power to "keep alive", than the DDR3 in the Xbone. Thus, they are having trouble getting the GDDR5 to have enough power for suspend resume in rest mode. Rest mode would require more power, then it wouldn't really be rest mode, would it? I am sure the programmers will crack it in the future, but for now, no suspend/resume. It might also be issues with the FreeBSD based OS that the Ps4 uses.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=920239
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=920239