Roddslayer
Member
Turning it off during the weekdays and Standby on the weekend. Power consumption and wear and tear are my biggest concerns.
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PS4: Standby or Power down?
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LiquidMetal14
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Bingo. That's the way it should be. Always on stand by for remote play as well.
Or if I traveled and wanted PS4 access I would leave it on stand by so I can access it anywhere in the world.
I use standby since i'm not too concerned about the consumption, although I hope they can get something software related that would drop the consumption at least when downloading updates/games.
Just to clear things up, at least for my PS4 when I'm in standby and there is a download going on the wattage is around 73 watts (this also gets you the quick 3-4 second boot time). when it's not downloading anything it drops to 22 watts for me (this gets you the longer 20-25 second boot time). I have yet to see my PS4 drop to anything close to 10 watt levels since measuring with my wattage meter.
Just to clear things up, at least for my PS4 when I'm in standby and there is a download going on the wattage is around 73 watts (this also gets you the quick 3-4 second boot time). when it's not downloading anything it drops to 22 watts for me (this gets you the longer 20-25 second boot time). I have yet to see my PS4 drop to anything close to 10 watt levels since measuring with my wattage meter.
Felsparrow
Neo Member
And just to reiterate, because one guy's crappy post ruined it for most people it seems:
PS4 standby power is 10W.
Ars' original article was incorrect and the fixed it.
As for the OP's question. Standby once a week, but off most other times.
PS4 standby power is 10W.
Ars' original article was incorrect and the fixed it.
As for the OP's question. Standby once a week, but off most other times.
Power down ... Trust me, power down.
On Sunday morning, I was woken by an explosion - I'm guessing a squirrel messed with a transformer down the street and we lost power for just a moment. I heard weird noises from the PS4 as the power came back on. I couldn't start it back up at first, when it did come back up, there was a warning screen that the system was shut down improperly and corruption may have occurred.
So, unless your system has a battery back-up, you may want to consider powering off when not using for an extended period. Why take a chance?
On Sunday morning, I was woken by an explosion - I'm guessing a squirrel messed with a transformer down the street and we lost power for just a moment. I heard weird noises from the PS4 as the power came back on. I couldn't start it back up at first, when it did come back up, there was a warning screen that the system was shut down improperly and corruption may have occurred.
So, unless your system has a battery back-up, you may want to consider powering off when not using for an extended period. Why take a chance?
I also have concern over this, as it happened this past weekend for me. Power must have went off during the night, and when I turned the PS4 on, it gave a notice that it was shutdown improperly.
Yea, I am going to have to agree with this for now. I will do more exploring in the settings on whether we can change the orange light, and how exactly the system can be turned on once "off" vs. "standby" and decide. But I don't have a vita so I don't see much of a point in standby for it.
AustinFelix
Unconfirmed Member
Still, 10W on standby is better than whatever we use today while downloading/installing things in full power mode? Imagine the cost of that?
I don't think so, I think they said that feature was coming in a later firmware update.
It may be a power semi-outage like a brownout. Where clocks and things stay on, but some standby devices go off. This happened to us last night, as the PC went to full off from standby as well as the PS4, while the clocks worked fine, so it was not a real power outage that would reset them.
I've used both so far. Standby when I know I am going to be using the system remotely. Power off when I'm away and definitely not going to be using it. Like, today, I know I'm going to be too busy at work to even take a lunch break and remote play with my Vita, so I powered it off. Otherwise I would've been stand-by'ing that bad boy and rocking some Killzone today. =\
Do you have any auto power down settings turned on in System Settings? This shouldn't happen with Stand by, but that's all I can think of..
Do you have any auto power down settings turned on in System Settings? This shouldn't happen with Stand by, but that's all I can think of..
Allforce
Member
The benefit to standby became really clear over the last 3 nights, basically every game you've ever installed or even put into the system gets updated. All the f2p games like Blacklight and Warframe were up to date on Saturday without me doing anything but clicking the download button and then putting the console in standby on Friday night.
When my Killzone day-one-patched, it powered down the PS4. I had to turn it back on with the controller to complete the process. Maybe that happened?
Gillian Seed
Banned
Do you hold the button in to fully power down? Everytime I touch the power button it goes straight into standby mode.
You sure the power did not get interrupted during the night? That is the most logical explanation. When half of my house circuit triped due to my wife using too much out of a socket, my ps4 went straight into os checking mode too. No message about improper shut down.
This is it.
It's designed that way, it's a feature of PS4.
important features of PS4 revolve around standby.
It's not going to hurt your PS4!
You should be worried about power bill, than the life of PS4.
Sounds like power may have "tripped" for a short while, un-noticeable to you most likely but enough to cut power to the PS4s.
I hadn't touched my PS4 since putting it on standby last night but was able to remote play on the bus.
It may have been answered and sorry if it has but... When the PS3 was off It would still wake up during the night to download updates, etc. Does the PS4 still do this or does it have to be in standby?
I've been putting it in standby but if I can still download the updates when I turn it off like on the PS3 I'll start turning it off instead.
I've been putting it in standby but if I can still download the updates when I turn it off like on the PS3 I'll start turning it off instead.
Codeblew
Member
Maybe that goes down if you turn off USB charging in standby mode via the options. I did that since I bought the charge kit.
nope, standby closes your apps.
our power is usually pretty good, but if I had these issues I'd plug the PS4 into my UPS - 10W in standby would be fine to at least cover brownouts.
GillianSeed79
Member
Hold the PS button on the controller and it will give the option to go into standby mode or power down. I think I'm going to power down on weekdays and keep it in standby on weekends. Something about leaving it in standby mode all the time has me worried. It will probably be more useful later on in the gen when everyone's games libraries are more substantial.
EsotericManiac
Member
you can remote play with stand-by mode
that should be plenty
that should be plenty
Liferebooted
Banned
Always standby, causes less wear and tear on the system.
molnizzle
Member
Your PS3 wasn't off, it was actually in stand-by. Sony didn't give you the option to fully shut down on PS3 unless you pulled the power cord (or had an old fat model with the switch on the back).
Valkyr Junkie
Member
The PS3 was either on, or off (standby) as far as I know.
The PS4 can either be off, standby, standby while downloading (really more of a lowish-power mode more than anything, or on.
RadarScope1
Member
I sometimes go days and even weeks without having the time to game, and I typically won't be using remote play any farther than my couch while uh wife watches TV, so I'm powering down most of the time. If I know I'll be coming back later or using RP away from home I will give standby a go.
I also keep my consoles in a media center - so the space is enclosed on five of six sides of a cube. The space has gotten a little toasty while at full power (playing KZ) and I'm worried even a little heat will build up in there over time in standby.
I also keep my consoles in a media center - so the space is enclosed on five of six sides of a cube. The space has gotten a little toasty while at full power (playing KZ) and I'm worried even a little heat will build up in there over time in standby.
Auto-Reply
Member
No matter the amount of electricity needed, always off when i don't use it. There are probably tons and tons of radioactive waste produced by having everything on standby all the time.
Yea I'm beginning to realize that standby with downloading is essentially fully on aside from the video out (probably). Because a couple people are mentioning that standby is only taking 5 seconds to boot. That's much shorter than what I've been getting, which still seems quick but is closer to 24 seconds.
IHaveCandy
Banned
I think they'll be able to bring down standby's wattage when Suspend/Resume is added. I assume when that feature comes, they can reside everything on RAM and power everything else off.
No Vita access to the system. Nothing is "absolute" in this particular case. There are obvious disadvantages for a Vita owner.
CaptainZombie
Member
I'd like to keep standby on, but worry about power outages and what not. Would it be recommended to get a decent power battery backup for things like this. I have a pretty good surge protector on my stuff, but you never know.
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
I always turn mine off unless I'm downloading stuff or want to charge my controller with intentions to turn it back on within an hour's time or so.
DJ Lushious
Member
Standby all day and every day. Except for yesterday and today, because my house is without power.
The background downloads and saved game uploads while in standby are too convenient to pass up. Also, as a proud Vita owner, I want to remote play whenever I want. And as if those two weren't good enough reasons, the PS4 glows orange when it is in standby. That's my favorite color in the whole world and it's like Sony picked that just to please me. Oh, that Sony, never ceasing to please its fans!
The background downloads and saved game uploads while in standby are too convenient to pass up. Also, as a proud Vita owner, I want to remote play whenever I want. And as if those two weren't good enough reasons, the PS4 glows orange when it is in standby. That's my favorite color in the whole world and it's like Sony picked that just to please me. Oh, that Sony, never ceasing to please its fans!