Strictly out of interest, I wanted to ask earlier if this irresponsible way of causing insane, instant, bandwidth demands is breaking anything on the ISP/CDN side or even the console owner ?! Or is it just an interesting phenomenon that is handled without a sweat. Does it break the buck in anyway?
The thread started with bandwidth surges and now power hogging is mentioned, I wonder what else might happen as a side effect to a small number of console/gaming companies not taking a direct responsibility in how they release large updates in a way that is not organized or scheduled but is rough and abrupt. ~A On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 3:33 AM Tom Beecher <beec...@beecher.cc> wrote: > The discussion about what the consoles can or can not do is honestly not > solving anything. > > Saying that the consoles should or should not be doing a thing is simply > trying to throw the problem to someone else. > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 15:40 Carsten Bormann <c...@tzi.org> wrote: > >> On 2020-02-12, at 20:45, Mike Hammett <na...@ics-il.net> wrote: >> > >> > Aren't most modern consoles on whether they're "on" or not? IE: It's >> not a full power up from a dead stop, 0 watts power usage. >> >> >> https://www.anandtech.com/show/7528/the-xbox-one-mini-review-hardware-analysis/5 >> says two-digit standby power (which they say is needed for background >> updating). At least in Germany, nobody sane will leave the thing in that >> expensive mode (a watt-year is $3 here). Switchable extension power cords >> are being actively marketed here for these power hogs. >> >> Grüße, Carsten >> >>