Ever since the release of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S this past November, there have been a lot of requests for Microsoft to improve the visibility about how the new Quick Resume feature actually works.
Microsoft has responded to this confirming that the team has received the feedback, and speaking as part of the Iron Lords Podcast earlier this week, Xbox Series X director of project management Jason Ronald elaborated further:
"As we've talked about, Quick Resume and kind of the user interface around it, is an area that we've had feedback on since launch. People want to understand a little bit better what's happening, they also want a little bit more control, especially for the power users."
Ronald went on to explain that the team is "actively" working on trying to find a solution for those who want more control over the Quick Resume experience, and that ultimately we can expect to see something later this year:
"So, that's feedback that we've taken on, the team is looking at various options. One of the challenges is, how do you bridge between somebody who is not, say, a power user and somebody that plays all the time? We don't want to overcomplicate it, but we've clearly heard the feedback... So we're actively working through various designs, and we'll probably have some stuff to share later this year."
Finally, Ronald also pointed out that being a part of the Xbox Insider program will be the best way to access these features first, and the feedback provided by Insiders "helps shape how the features actually land."
How are you finding Quick Resume on Xbox Series X/S? Let us know down in the comments.
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Quick resume would be good if two things happened…
1. It worked better( a lot of me games when i go back to them i end up having to quit and restart because my controller doesn’t seem to sending commands till i quit game.
2. Let me know which games support the feature and which ones are currently in quick resume.
3. When I start a game and another game would fall out of quick resume, a popup window where I can continue to start the game or start the other game so I can save it properly
Actually what will happen if one game on the console is on quick resume and I start it on xCloud and then after some progress I switch back to the console?
Do I loose the quick resume state (it loads the new save game from the cloud) or the progress I made in xCloud?
Quick resume kind of collide with play anywhere
I'd like them to give an option to have this functionality on or off with the off option allowing for a single game in pause mode a bit like the PS5 does. Assuming this would result in improved reliability I'd much prefer that.
Obviously I'd much prefer the full Quick Resume functionality but it needs to work all the time not just sometimes or its completely pointless. I just don't use it because I can't trust it so have to assume I'll lose progress unless I get to a full save point in my game.
I love Quick Resume! That said, please make more games compatible with it. Hellblade achievements don't unlock if you use Quick Resume and don't quit the game fully.
For me, if I could press the Xbox button, and have an option on there to open a list to see Quick Resume games I have suspended, that would be superb.
And also a notification when a game will be bumped out the list when I reach the limit of games I can suspend.
@CrazyJF
The Series version of Control is clearly lacking in many areas.
It's obvious they put all the time into the PS5 version, since that performs better and even has all PS5 Game Help and Assist Mode features.
Series X version had crashes, stuttering when text appears and no Quick Resume support just to name a few.
@Murray i did this when we we're playing Ori in the Gamepass club and I had to exit the game fully on my series x to sync up with my progress on xcloud.
They definitely need some more tweaks to it but Quick resume is fantastic. Next time I log into Fallen Order I'll by right where I left of in a matter of seconds. I do try and log off after saving still as a good habit but also I've started to fully quit multiplayer games so they aren't taking up a quick resume slot for no reason. At the moment all games load up really fast even from a full restart but i imagine as true next gen games start rolling in that will be a bit longer?
@gollumb82 i just missed out on an achievement in Fallen Order for finding all the stim packs and i was thinking maybe it's cuz of Quick resume
@Krzzystuff
Sorry to hear that. I lost 6 achievements in Hellblade because of Quick Resume... Pretty sure I'll replay it at some point, but it's still irritating.
@gollumb82 yeah i'm not replaying Fallen Order anytime soon as i have more games to play for the first time. Its funny how I don't care too much about achievements but when you earn it and it doesn't pop it's very frustrating... feeling a of being ripped of over a digital medal is odd.
I do like quick resume but many of the games I play are Live Services that just do not work with it.
I think we should have an option to turn it off. Both of the recent Ubisoft games I have to quit it, or the saves become corrupted or appear to be. I've also had some games crash or give me a total lack of signal to the tv and I have to have a hard reset.
@Krzzystuff
Couldn't agree more. I don't care about achievements much, but feel the same way as you when I earn one but the game robs me of it for some reason.
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