Yeah I absolutely love this feature. I haven't shut Luigi's Mansion 3 down a single time. Just press the power button on the pro controller and start back up exactly where I left off.
That's because it has a battery. Power off has to be completely off unlike the PS4/XB1 where Power off is just a standby mode.
There is nothing wrong with that. OP's anger on the first page ("what is Nintendo thinking?????", lmao) had me laughing, but there is nothing wrong with wanting to save power or at least not wasting it on equipment that is on stand by. As ERA says: "options are good". An option to power off your Switch would be good too.
The problem is is that the option 100% exists it just requires a few extra seconds and feet of effort to use said option. Turning the Switch "off" is possible just not from a remote like the Op wants .
I hope they aren't just trolling cause this post should hopefully change their mind if it is actually their thought process.
Yep. PS4 and XBO just go in a very low standby state when choosing the shut down function so it can still detect the controllers to power them on. The systems are not truly shut all the way off. Since the Switch is a portable device, if you're shutting the system down, you're shutting it completely down to save on battery life.
You waste more energy turning it off.
None of the consoles turn off completely unless you power them down and then unplug them from the wall or strip, or else you would not be able to turn them back on with controllers. it's a very low power state, much like sleep mode is designed to be for every device.
Yes, saying like that you are right, but you were answering to his concerns about home electrical consumption by a battery health remark, for me it's not accurate regarding his question. Same for my answer anout nomadic use, batteries are consumables parts of electronic.
Besides it not using any relevant amount of power, even if the option existed, since the Switch is battery powered, it wouldn't have any way of being turned back on with a controller. It completely defeats the purpose of the feature.
Whoops, this was just me being dumb since I leave it docked all the time, kinda makes me forget it's battery powered. Gonna edit my post so I don't wake up to more of this, lol
I don't. I really don't know why I don't take advantage of the standby features. I honestly don't have much of a reason, it's just been a habit.
That is standby mode then. Rest/Sleep mode is different for PS4/XB1 as they use significantly more power while in it.
Same here, i was even confused by the OP, kept thinking how i turned off my Switch all the time via controller.
It's any alien concept because most devices have no way to be turned off besides unplugging them from their power source.
if You fully shut down, the consoles won't wake up to controller. Pretty sure you can't do it short of unplugging the cord.
But your PS4 is actually still drawing a little bit of power even when "off" to search for this signal. Off on Switch is actually off 100% unlike PS4.
