News hardware Reduce the consumption of your Xbox Series with this trick
Published on 06/09/2022 at 19:05
A console consumes a lot and it can cost you a lot of money over time. Here’s how to save power on your Xbox Series with this simple but effective trick.
Electricity prices skyrocket
It is no longer a secret to anyone, energy-related tariffs are getting higher and higher, and the salt content of the bills increases every month. The French government lets us know this by giving here and there advice and measures to reduce household consumption.
Indeed, the risks of shortage are high and this might raise the score even more. What worries is of course the arrival of winter when the demand and the need for energy will be more and more important.
This is why everyone must have some little tricks if they want to compensate for this situation a little, and among other things, do good for the planet. This is what Microsoft explains for owners of Xbox Series X or Series S.
A power saving mode on Xbox Series consoles
We often hear that PCs consume a lot of energy, and that increasingly powerful graphics cards are very resource intensive. But it turns out that game consoles like the PS5 or Xbox Series X are no angels in this area, and keeping the console on often can cost you at the end of the year.
But Microsoft has a solution for this. In addition to the reflex that you should have to turn it off regularly, it can be restrictive to have to turn the console back on every time you want to play, but also quite energy-intensive. That is why there is simply a power saving mode to avoid breaking the bank.
In reality, this mode is not totally new. It has been around for a long time but was not without its problems, especially regarding updates not launching when it was activated. A recent update just fixed the issues. For console models sold following this update, power saving mode now acts as an automatic sleep mode. But for others, iyou have to activate it manually:
- When the console is on, press the main Xbox button to open the guide
- Go to Profile & System > Settings > General > Power mode & Startup
- From the drop-down menu, select power saving mode in Power Mode.
When the mode is activated, the console is not off but in standby. In contrast, it consumes regarding 20 times less than with the classic sleep mode, according to Microsoft. It takes 45 seconds to restart which is significantly longer but if you don’t mind this delay, this mode is an interesting option to save precious euros.
