The rise of digital technology made the perception of pollution invisible for some time, for decades and with the legacy of industrial revolutions, we got used to the idea of factories, smoke, waste and so on. However, all our digital activity leaves the same or more footprints and taking action is inevitable as the damage to the environment advances. On the gaming side, hardware companies are doing their part and Xbox recently announced changes for its consoles.
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Microsoft endorses its commitment to reduce the carbon footprint of Xbox
Through a publication on its official site, Xbox announced that soon its consoles will be the first “carbon conscious”, that is, through Microsoft technology they will see changes in their operation to reduce the carbon footprint and the impact on the environment. ambient. According to the gaming division of Microsoft, everything will happen through an update (already available for members of the Insider program) and the first change to notice is that the startup configuration will always be in Energy Saving Mode, that is, total shutdown, this to mitigate pollution via electrical consumption that occurs when having it for prolonged periods in Quick Start Mode.
Not to mention, you can *still* receive all your updates automatically at night with Shutdown mode. Make an even larger impact by teaming up with a friend and both switching to Shutdown mode! pic.twitter.com/2b8Y1bjahl
— Xbox (@Xbox) January 11, 2023
On the other hand, Xbox revealed that with the arrival of this update to all users of Xbox One and Xbox Series X | S an interesting modification will arrive, although for now it will be limited to the commitment of the countries that carry out an analysis and take actions to combat climate change. What happens is that the consoles will be able to receive updates even in Energy Saving Mode, since it will suffice to be connected to power and the Internet for the Microsoft system to detect the night times when it is better to download and install updates for games, applications, and system taking into account regional carbon intensity data. Basically, the console will detect when it pollutes less in its update process.
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On the other hand, Xbox will modify the Active Hours system, related to remote start, so that users can schedule the time that their consoles will be on while downloading a game or an update. In any case, when marking the closing time the console will turn off completely.
According to the Microsoft gaming brand, these changes will operate on 3 fronts: reduce the carbon footprint generated by the operation of Xbox consoles, use 20 times less energy by defaulting to Energy Saving Mode, and provide these options so that the consumption account of the user is lower.
Finally, Microsoft pointed out that the impact of these changes on their consoles may be such that for every 2 systems that apply them, the same amount of carbon equivalent to what a planted and growing tree would have done for a decade will be removed.
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