Xbox Series X wastes 15 times more money in standby mode than PS5

Unlike the PS5 and Switch, leaving your Xbox Series X on standby mode, rather than switching it off, is more costly than you may think.

[purple101]

Ten times more. Only 13 times if you have a launch console which is automatically NOT out in energy saver mode.

The power usage equates to £60 English pounds per year. Which is the price of a game here.

[aaronaton]

Well you can triple that £60 for the next year or so for sure!

[Mr Pumblechook]

So even though the PS5 has had a price rise in the U.K. and is more EXPENSIVE than the Xbox Series X, and people were complaining about the price difference, if you use standby it’s actually CHEAPER over one year. Over the course of six years PS5 is £360 cheaper than Xbox Series X. Where is the mob with their pitchforks now?! 😆

[Jericho1337]

https://www.theverge.com/20...

“Energy Saver mode consumes about 20 times less power than Standby mode when the console is not being used or receiving updates.”

£59 ÷ 20 = £2.95… so XSX actually consumes less power than PS5 in its default setting.

I mean, useful to know for XSX owners but love the hilarious fanboy posturing going on here.

[SierraGuy]

It's so inefficient. What a pig.

[SullysCigar]

So if the energy prices do triple in next month, you're looking at £12/year to keep PS5 in standby mode, versus £177/year for xbox series. That's madness!

[darthv72]

who doesnt use energy saver mode? the Series boots up so quickly anyways from fully off that energy saver just shaves it down a bit more. Sure it may not be instantaneous as standby but its still pretty damn quick.

Now for my one X I still use, yeah using standby on that makes up for the longer boot from energy saver. Id even say energy saver on the series is still quicker than standby on a one x.

[dumahim]

The system startup may be acceptably quick, but you still need to load up the game too, right? FH5 isn't all that quick to load. With quick resume I'm probably going from shut down to back in game in like 10 seconds.

[MichaelKnight83]

That's true i have my Xbox Series X on energy save mode and the Xbox Series X still boots up pretty quick

[OptimusDK]

The major point and differnce here is nthat xbox Quick resume WORKS with energy savings and even if you turn it off completely. Try that on PS5. This comparison makes no sense as it is not comparing the same things.

It should compare XBOX energy saving mode with SONY sleep mode. Try calculating that

[KillBill]

@dumahim what are you talking about quick resume works even if you shut the system down completely.

[S2Killinit]

THA POWAH OF THA CLOOUUD

[SullysCigar]

Oof. Good to know bearing in mind the energy mess we're in right now. They reckon it will get worse before it gets better.

[Pocahontas]

Green energy fallout lol

[Eonjay]

The current energy stress affecting Europe was generated by Russia cutting off its gas supply. This is not happening because of green energy. Infact. the faster we move to Green energy the sooner we can get away from madmen who use supply chain attackes to bully other countries into letting them commit war crimes. Anyone who blames the current situation on green energy is either misinformed on part of the missinformation themselves. I can't wait for fussion to arrive and then people turn on it for being a non oil based green energy. The insanity is real.

[Father__Merrin]

@Eonjay

Russia are not to blame for energy crisis it was in the making long before, energy companies are making bonus profits because price cap has increased this cap needs to go back how it was.

PS the only reason why Russian energy isn't flowing to Europe as much is because Europe is putting sanctions on Russia

[Pocahontas]

@Eonjay The lies you tell yourself.

[Eonjay]

@Father__Merrin

I am making an attempt to reach into that bubble and give you information. Whether you accept it or reject it is up to you.
Among several reasons they have also increased because Russia has sharply cut its supplies of gas to Europe. This has pushed up the price of gas across the continent, including in the UK.

For more information check out this BBC article explaining the cap from 30 minutes ago: https://www.bbc.com/news/bu...

Russia is to blame for the sanctions. The EU didn't just wake up one day and decide to restrict their energy supply. That not a thing.

@Pocahontas
I want you to know that even though you accept misinformation its only because you lack the strength to stand up to it.

[SullysCigar]

Eonjay, it's just not that simple.

Look, we all digest the information we take in differently and form our own opinions - and that's fine.

When trying to counter what you believe is misinformation, however, it's never a good idea to cite the BBC.

[Pocahontas]

@Eonjay How about not being reliant on government sponsored media like BBC and see that being reliant on Russia for your lack of nuclear plants/coal is telling in and of itself. You’re not power independent so no matter what you call fact is actually spin. Green doesn’t work or cut it. EU is dependent because of incompetence. They could of invested into real power solutions before making future mandates that the grid just will never support. But please stop charging your evs.

[Knushwood Butt]

Interesting how Japan has been running on a much reduced nuclear generated grid for over 10 years since the tsunami in 2011. The nuclear plant near me has been out of service for over 10 years. I see solar and wind farms all over the place near me.

Yet people want Sizewell C, when there is still no way to dispose of spent nuclear fuel.

[TravsVoid]

I just did the math and it would only cost me around $14 a year with taxes and rounding up if I had a Series X. Personally on my Series S and PS5 I leave the option off because I don't like my consoles heating up while I'm not using the console. The main reason I can even see someone using them for is faster boot times but Series S is probably the fastest modern console to turn on from a cold boot.

[EvertonFC]

"heating up" pmsl

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Great information thanks for this

[solideagle]

it's funny switch only uses 40p...

Xbox: £59
PS5: £4
switch: 40p

all the figures are per year not month.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

To be fair, the Switch isn't as beefy as the other two performance-wise, so it makes sense that it uses the least by a wide margin.

[darkrider]

It's a portable hybrid.... Not a full fledged home console

[VenomUK]

@solideagle. The Switch cost is only 40p, which incidentally matches its resolution|!

[Brazz]

lol! Good one.

[EvertonFC]

Haha

[solideagle]

hehehe that's funny :) thanks for a good chuckle.

[EvertonFC]

I can't speak for others but can confirm ps5 using my smart meter is approx £4
Suprised at the Xbox though.

[Om4ever]

Considering the PS5 crashes most of the Time when in sleep mode, I'm not surprised 🤣

[Welshy]

I'd contact your retailer about that, because it's definitely not the norm.

There's a 99.9% chance your just trolling, but figured I'd throw that in incase you're being legit.

[jznrpg]

I only keep mine in sleep mode and I don’t crash at all ? Maybe you need to delete software and reinstall or get it serviced .
Or you don’t have one

[LiViNgLeGaCY]

Definitely the latter.

[monkey602]

Mine has been in sleep mode for nearly 2 years now and never crashed.

[Gunstar75]

Not getting much use them? Joke, clearly

[monkey602]

I knew someone was going to say that 😅 no its used religiously really

[ChasterMies]

My house has 2 PS5s, one since launch, and they have never crashed in sleep mode. Maybe check that you have the latest firmware?

[Desperadoo]

your unit is faulty

[The Wood]

remove the two middle words please

= sorted

[RickRoland]

The PS5 does NOT crash in sleep mode.

[Crows90]

My PS5 is in sleep mode all of the time. Has not crashed once. The only time its shut down is due to our power going out.

[dumahim]

And that's not even really a crash. It needs power to maintain it in standby so when power is lost, the game state is lost and you usually have to wait a little for a database rebuild.

[shinoff2183]

Ive never had that issue

[EvertonFC]

Not had one crash in sleep mode since launch, I'd send you're ps5 back for repair

[Welshy]

It's easy to not think too much of this since you don't see prices individually for your gadgets on your bill etc, but that's ALOT of money relatively speaking.

Reframe it as a subscription or up front cost to use the rest mode and it's a significantly harder pill to swallow. Hopefully it gets addressed sooner rather than later with the crazy energy prices these days.

[anast]

MS Xbox is having problems this gen. I don't see their products improving. If anything they are getting worse.

[NotoriousWhiz]

Wow, this report was poorly done.

The Xbox series consoles have two standby modes : instant on and energy saver. In Instant on, it uses wayyy more energy than the PS5's standby mode. In energy saver mode, the Xbox series X uses less energy than the PS5's standby mode.

[thesoftware730]

They will ignore this comment and run with a negative agenda.

This is after all SN4G.

[RedDevils]

Oh so you also chose to not read the article when wearing the MS goggle.

[mkis007]

Well the guy in the article says energy saver uses 10x more than ps5 standby mode vs 15x with it off...

[NotoriousWhiz]

Both of those numbers are wrong. Here are the correct numbers:

https://www.theverge.com/20...

https://www.playstation.com...

TLDR:
Xbox with instant on: 11 - 13 watts
Xbox with energy saver: 0.5 watts
PS5 standby without internet: 0.3 watts
PS5 standby with internet: 1.3 watts

So my bad for saying that energy saver was lower than PS5. It's actually a bit more nuanced, but when the network is disabled, PS5 has the lowest wattage, but XSX is not dramatically higher as the guy from this "article" is reporting.

[Smok91]

You mean to tell me having six games running in the background is using more electricity :)

[Welshy]

I think the issue is that it's not immediately transparent that it costs THAT much more.

Obviously one will cost more than the other, but that's a silly amount of money to literally just burn every year for a feature you might not even use (the 6 games in the background part).

[YodaCracker]

Quick Resume works on energy saver mode, so… no, it doesn’t have to use more electricity.

[Smok91]

Lmao it’s energy saver mode not save all energy mode.

[Elda]

I don't play mine that often to leave it in standby mode.

[Popsicle]

I have always done a full shutdown for both systems. Still good info.

[Ninjamonkey82]

Don't use standby are sleep mode if im not using the systems i turn them off. When i go out there unpluged

[Kosic]

I remember hearing something about this. So now my Xbox has been disabled from standby mode. It only takes a little while to boot up from a full shut down.

[stubee34]

I only use standby if im downloading overnight

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Interesting, I read an article earlier today showing somewhat similar results if the Xbox is using Instant on.

https://www.nintendolife.co...

[LoveSpuds]

Worth knowing considering mine has been on standby for 2 months solid, I should just turn it off!

[anast]

I turn my console off over night or when I am not going to play for an extended amount of time.

[monkey602]

Yeah when I got my xbox first I had it on sleep continuously for months. I havent used it much over the summer so I had switched it to full shut down. I'll be doing that from now on

[thesoftware730]

I have a solution....turn off your console.

I fully power off my SX and PS5 when I'm done playing.

[darkrider]

Green ps5.

[Father__Merrin]

Never realised this before I came across this article. I keep all devices on standby thinking its mere pennies per month. Looks like I will have to hard power off the series X from now on but standby is useful for remote downloads and updates during night dammit

[franwex]

When there’s games with constant big updates like Warzone a couple of years back using standby was worth the extra pennies. Right now during the summer I leave it on energy saver.

[Father__Merrin]

Doesn't energy saving still download updates though? My console was on the standby mode that you need for remote access etc. I've swapped to energy saving now

[franwex]

You are correct. I had a brain fart.

[TravsVoid]

It is pennies depending on how much you pay for electricity, it would cost me a little over a $1 a month if left in this mode 24/7.

[z2g]

Well… it does have a bigger gpu and faster bus/processor/ram

[masterfox]

is there a single next gen thing this console can do? seriously , no next gen games, plays old effing games! that's the motto for this console to sell(gamepass), not single next gen hardware feature, and now we know it consumes way more electricity, and finally you pay 500 bucks!, lol, good job MS "beautiful console". oh did I mention the god damn controller of the xbox still uses batteries?, indeed hilarious and this is actually more wasted money and wastes to the environment , just saying, I have no idea how some defend this thing, "bu... but.. Starfield dude, it will be the greatest thing!!!,",,..... Yeah like Crackdown and its mighty physics cloud technology, or how about Craig?, wanna keep going on mentioning the list of disappointments and lies MS game division does?.

[dumahim]

"did I mention the god damn controller of the xbox still uses batteries?"

You want to back to the days of being wired?

[masterfox]

your comment was more entertaining that the whole xbox gp catalog :D

[franwex]

Was the standby mode too much for you bro?

[Nacho_Z]

That's...not great. Interesting though I doubt many people had given it a second's thought I know I hadn't. I wonder if there's a difference when the consoles are running too.

[andy85]

This is pretty bad but I didn't realise people really left their their consoles 'on' ? For the seconds it takes to turn the XBOX and PS on just turn them off. Jesus by the time I've turned it on with the controller, put my drink down and sat down it's on 😂

[Einhander1971]

For how quick these systems fire up from a cold start. Makes no sense having things on standby.

[franwex]

It’s nice to download a game and when you get home it’s already installed or updates to happen overnight.

[EvertonFC]

certainly something to think about

[GoodGuy09]

You should just completely shut down your console imo lol. Switch is fine since it's a handheld.

[Petebloodyonion]

What's the point of this article aside from trying to paint the Xbox Serie X as a bad product versus the PS5?
How come the article fails to mention the .05 watts cost when it's in energy-saving mode?
Or fail to mention that the energy-saving mode has been the default one on the new console since March?

Here's a more complete article.
https://www.theverge.com/20...

[agnosticgamer]

So... Turn it off. It takes pretty much no time at all for it to start up because of the SSD. I always turn it off when I'm not using it.

[brewin]

Lol, much click bait. My god this is what we're considering news now? Just turn it off when you're done then it's using no electricity. You can also adjust the settings either way so it's a pretty moot point and a super lame attempt to add bullet points to some ridiculous console war.

[Hofstaderman]

It also wastes 15 times in exclusives potential. Just joking.

[YourMommySpoils]

You'd think they'd realize earlier. The waste with their battery controllers on the on top.

[Nintentional]

And PS5 takes up 15 times more physical space than the Xbox Series X and 50 times more space than the Nintendo Switch 🤷🏻‍♂️

[hiawa23]

Interesting as my Series X has always been in standby, instant mode. My electric bill did not change all that much from my X1X days, so fine wit it. My PS5, PS4 Pro I turn completely off unless I am updating or downloading something, but I am fine leaving the Series X in standby mode for the updates and stuff. My bill only increases when I wash and dry more or A/C runs more than usual, other than that my consoles really don't consume that much energy for me to make a change.

[S2Killinit]

Damn! Single handedly do your part in the climate fight. Lol

[Auron]

Ok..dont care.

[TheColbertinator]

Then I better toss it in the trash

/s

[Destiny1080]

when you buy a cheap knockoff expect problems like this

[DustMan]

Does anybody just turn their consoles off?