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CTOnews.com, September 5 (Xinhua)-- it's time for Xbox users in the UK or Europe to see which power mode the game console is using. Because in the UK alone, the energy ceiling has soared by 80%. Rising energy costs in the UK or Europe mean that mainframe Instant On standby mode can cost as much as £5 for many households.

Microsoft offers two power modes on Xbox game consoles. The Instant On puts the Xbox One S and Xbox Series S / X consoles in standby mode and consumes between 11 and 13 watts (depending on the model), allowing players to resume the game immediately. By contrast, the energy saving mode consumes only about half a watt, but this means that the user must fully start Xbox before resuming the game.

CTOnews.com has learned that while Microsoft has made energy-efficient mode the default setting for Xbox consoles launched since March, millions of Xbox One S and Xbox Series X / S consoles will use the more convenient Instant On mode. Over time, this may cost a lot. If users keep Xbox Series X in Instant On standby mode 24 hours a day, the total monthly energy use will be about 4.93 pounds (39.19 yuan) based on the upcoming UK price ceiling of 52 pence per kilowatt hour.

Even older Xbox One S consoles consume about 11 watts in Instant On mode, so it costs £4.18 a month, while Xbox Series S costs £3.80a month based on Instant On's 10-watt usage. Enabling energy saving mode on any Xbox host will reduce usage to less than 20p per month. Of course, using Xbox consoles to play movies or games will also have different energy consumption rates.

While the energy-efficient mode does mean a cold start of Xbox every time you boot, Microsoft recently accelerated the startup time of its game consoles. Now, the Xbox Series X startup process is five seconds faster, and even older Xbox One models are starting faster as Microsoft adjusts. This means that users have to wait about 15 seconds from pressing the power button on the Xbox Series X / S host to playing the game, but these changes can save nearly monthly Netflix subscription fees.

PS4 users also need to see which standby mode they are using. PlayStation 4 has different types of standby, rest, and shutdown modes, some of which include the ability to charge the host or download software updates. The default "off" standby mode uses only 0.5 watts, but other modes can use up to 3.4 watts. PS5 uses 0.5W by default in power saving mode, but still up to 2W when the network is enabled in rest mode.

If you are a Nintendo Switch user, don't worry. During active gaming, Switch uses only 7 watts in TV mode, which is much lower than Xbox's Instant On standby mode. When powered off, the Switch uses a maximum of 0.5W. If you are a PC gamer... Then it is best to pray that European energy prices will fall soon.

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