The Xbox Series X is now officially faster compared to the PlayStation 5. But, before you get the pitchforks, hear us out first.
Over the past few days, Xbox testers noticed their bootup times getting faster. Eventually, Microsoft fessed up and admitted that they tweaked something. Josh Munsee, director of Xbox integrated marketing, confirmed that the company did some backend work to shorten the boot up animation from 9 seconds down to 4 seconds.
Mind you, the changes aren't limited to Microsoft's latest consoles.
Senior product manager lead at Xbox, Jake Rosenberg, explained in a follow-up tweet that Xbox One owners should have their consoles booting up faster. Unfortunately, Xbox owners will only feel the shorter boot times if they have their consoles set to Energy Saver mode. Unlike with Standby mode, Energy Saver mode fully powers off the console. This way, the console doesn't consume any electricity at all.
In total, the Xbox Series S/X boot process should now only take around 15 seconds instead of the usual 20. If you weren't a huge fan of the Energy Saver mode before, this should help persuade you to give it a try.
