The price of electricity has become a controversial issue in recent months, due to the price increase that both in Spain and in Europe we have suffered due, among other things, to the war between Ukraine and Russia. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to any possible action to save something on our bill, and it seems that Xbox power saving mode It is an option to take into account to save a few euros.
According to an article written by Tom Warren, a well-known journalist from TheVergeActivate Xbox power saving mode could save £5 in UK. Although we cannot make an exact conversion to the price in euros in Spain (due to currency exchange and disparate energy prices), using this mode can save us on our bill, as we will detail below according to the data offered by Warren.
It’s time to use Xbox’s energy saving mode: we can save up to €60 a year
As we well know, Xbox consoles have two different power modes: Instant On and Power Save. While the first keeps our consoles on standby, the second completely turns off the device, which translates into really palpable differences in consumption: 11-13 several in the first mode and 0.5 watts in the second.
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Logically, this translates into higher consumption, which according to UK data, would translate to a total of 4.93 pounds of energy use per month by the mere fact of having the console in Instant On mode. Meanwhile, if we use the Xbox’s power saving mode, the consumption is reduced to 20 pence a month, which is a quite considerable difference.
The only advantage that exists from one mode to another is that in Instan On we will have our Xbox console turned on almost instantly. However, after the update released by Microsoft, if we use Xbox Series X|S power saving mode now starts up much faster on these consolesso both for one aspect and another, the most recommended is to use this mode.