PS4 Firmware 2.50: Suspend/Resume Timings Tested, Inconsistent Performance Across Several Games

PS4's much awaited feature, the ability to put the PS4 in suspend and resume mode is finally made available through firmware update 2.50

[aceitman]

Really omg he states 30 secs. To resume can be a killer of a wait. Smh. Anything under a minute to resume my game is fine.

[thrust]

Very slow

[mushroomwig]

Very slow? Compared to what? Actually booting up the game every time? I'll take the suspend feature over that any day.

[freshslicepizza]

youtube will be the main source to provide real context of how much faster it is from a hard boot.

[Dudebro90]

30 seconds is about the time it takes to load up the game proper. Pointless

[SamPao]

when your console is off?
sure

[OB1Biker]

Lol even if true the point is to resume the games where you left it. Not to rush and star playing in seconds
Gamingbolt looking for clicks and trolling as usual anyway

[UKmilitia]

lol really.
turn it on aload to dash,then load game,then load the actual save file/continue game.

its over a minute easy and then it could be from a checkpoint and not the actual point your at.

[Rimeskeem]

That's bullsh**

[Christopher]

What? It takes at least 15s just to load the console from being completely off.

Furthermore, this still allows you to drop a game at any point, no need to save or anything.

[Scarfy]

Article is pointless without context. For a comparison, they should time how long it takes to get from a normal boot back into the game. I'm betting it's longer than 30 seconds.

[NecotheSergal]

But that would mean extra work, why do that when you could just be biased and instead calling the feature 'Variable' or Subjective per game, you make it sound negative by calling it 'Inconsistent' as if it's just crap and doesn't work properly.

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

Every game is different, so of course the timing will be inconsistent. Not really a fair comparisson. It's like comparing GTA V load times with The Last of Us. Both of which have only one load time and it when you begin to play.

Why do the internet somehow has to nitpick all the time? Damn! BB takes like 10 secs. That's the only game I've tested so far.

Tip: If you disable the facial recognition log-in, it will be faster.

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

Also, It depends of what you left off in the game. It could take more processing than before.

With the feature already release, devs will fully optimize the games to load their games faster with this. Because those Games were already released before the patch, it may be the reason why they have inconsistent load times. This can only get better!

[fr0sty]

Oh my god, it takes an entire 30 seconds? You mean I have to wait 30 seconds instead of waiting for the PS4 to boot, logging in, selecting my game from the menu, waiting for the splash screens showing the logos to play through, waiting for the game to load, selecting my save file, waiting for the save and subsequently the level data to load, and then jumping right back into my game?

That's WAY too long! /s

[d0x360]

The point is probably on xbox its instant. Whether you shut the system off or load another app watch a movie whatever etc...hit the game button and in a second you are in the action.

It's because ms is using a VM and Sony isn't. They are just saving a state to the HDD which needs to be loaded. Its a half ass way to do resume but at least it's there.

[callahan09]

Only game I've been playing since the update is Bloodborne, and it's 10 seconds. I press power on my TV and on my controller at the same time, and by the time my TV is ready, the game is already fully booted up and ready to go, so my TV actually takes longer to turn on than the game haha.

[Genuine-User]

It took me 10-12 seconds to load up both Dragon Age Inquisition and Sleeping Dogs.

[Aceman18]

it took 10-15 seconds to load up DriveClub when i got home from work. so if some games take 30 seconds to load game(s) then i'm not going to lose sleep over it lol.

for those agreeing with this nonsense you really are sad smh lol.

[SoapShoes]

Took about ten seconds for DriveClub. Bloodborne is super fast too!

[DragoonsScaleLegends]

Why would it take 10 seconds the first time then 30 seconds the second time?

[DrumBeat]

Bloodborne just booted up instantly for me.

I literally saw the title screen for one second, then was right in the dreamworld.

[migrateddoor]

It's SUPER fast on gta5... Just saying lol

[SmokingMonkey]

LOL

30 sec wait, damn those 1st world problems can be a real b!tch.

[Mr_Luke]

Wait, something is wrong here... where are all the articles about "the firmware killed my console and my cat" and such?

/s /ot

For those who say that the suspend/resume can take up to 30 seconds and it's pointless, i say:

Case 1, console off: 30 seconds to turn on and enter the game (uhm... yeah, right... well, it could be). You then have to press, start, choose continue/load the savegame, wait for the loading to complete and play, somewhere, where you could save the last time you played.

Case 2, suspend/resume: 30 seconds to start the game where you left it.

So, even if they're 30 seconds... well, welcome suspend/resume. Finally.

[UnHoly_One]

I honestly believe that most of the people saying it is pointless don't understand how it works.

And/or they turn their console completely off, so they won't use this feature and therefore feel the need to argue against it.

[yuukiliu]

I saw the yakuza ishin title screen for literally 1 second after signing in and I was right where I left off. The boot took under 10 seconds in total.

[NobleRed]

Which drive have they used to run the test? The crappy standart drive? /rofl

Better upgrade to a SSHD/SSD

[Asuka]

not sure about this but i think the session is saved in memory whenever you suspend it, so the type of storage device wouldn't be much of a factor.

[Sir_Simba]

Its always this site.

[WickedLester]

I've only tried it with Driveclub so far and for me it took about 10 seconds from power up to when I was racing again.

[Asuka]

not really sure how this "resume" feature works, but my guess is that it'll save your current session in memory, and then when the system wakes up it simply reloads the session. If this is the case then there will always be varying resume times as memory has to be accessed and processes have to boot back up. Again, i'm just blowing smoke here so i could be wrong.

[uth11]

Remote Play initial connection seems much faster now

[Kal-V3]

All this bitching reminds me of Steve Buscemi in Reservoir Dogs. I'm not giving the waitress a tip cuz she only refilled my coffee 6 times, i wanted her to refill it 7 times.
Bunch of nitpicks!

[Bathyj]

The last thing he needs is another cup of coffee

[AutoCad]

30 sec? wow

[Yetter]

All I know is I haven't seen any articles or comments about bricked consoles after this update so it seems like it was a success and many welcome improvements. Keep 'em coming Sony

[Clogmaster]

I'll take 30 seconds suspend/resume over the huge amount of time it takes to boot up from Dragon Age Inquisition.

[Neo_Zeed]

Who cares? It's a dumb feature with modern games console games anyways. If it bugs you... SAVE your game instead.

Suspend would have been awesome on old NES games. Modern games don't need this except for on portables using batteries.

[Silly gameAr]

WTH are you talking about? How is this not needed or welcome on modern consoles?

[Neo_Zeed]

I've been gaming since the 8bit days. Games today are so much easier (with the exception of Dark Souls). It's either checkpoints every corridor or you can manually save just about anytime. Plus Resume is impossible for online games.

Suspend would have been awesome on the original Ninja Gaiden.

Have you played many games lately?

[PersonMan]

Is 2.5 stable enough to update to? Does anyone have any problems with it?

[ScaryMonkey]

These numbers sound like pure B.S.