Xbox finally lets Series X/S players turn off Quick Resume for problem games
Microsoft has rolled out a new Xbox Series X/S update, and honestly, this one fixes a small-but-annoying issue many players have been complaining about since the console launched in 2020: Quick Resume can now be switched off for selected games.
Quick Resume is one of those features that sounds macam magic when it works properly. You turn off your console, come back later, and jump straight back into your game without sitting through the full boot-up process. For single-player games, RPGs, and offline titles, it can feel genuinely premium — like the SSD is doing superhero work behind the scenes.
But for online games? Different story, bro.
Anyone who plays multiplayer regularly on Xbox will know the pain. You open a game that was suspended through Quick Resume, only to realise the servers have already kicked you out, your connection state is broken, or the game needs a full restart anyway before you can join a lobby. Instead of saving time, Quick Resume sometimes adds extra steps: force quit, relaunch, reconnect, wait again. Not exactly next-gen vibes.
With the new update, Xbox Series X/S owners can disable Quick Resume on a game-by-game basis. That means you can keep it on for titles where it actually helps, while switching it off for games that behave badly when suspended.
To find the setting, highlight a game tile, open the More Options menu, choose Manage Quick Resume, then select Disable Quick Resume on the next page. The feature was tested first through the Xbox Insider beta programme last week, and is now available more widely across Series X/S consoles.
Eurogamer tested it with online-heavy titles including Battlefield 6, Arc Raiders, and Call of Duty, and the feature works as expected. Once Quick Resume is disabled for those games, the console fully closes them when you leave or suspend the machine. The next time you launch the game, it starts fresh from the menu instead of trying to revive a half-dead online session.
For Malaysian and SEA players, this is a pretty useful quality-of-life change. A lot of us are jumping between live-service games, ranked modes, Discord squad sessions, and maybe Netflix or YouTube in between. If you are grinding Call of Duty, Battlefield, or any always-online title after work or class, the last thing you want is to waste five minutes fighting the console UI just to reconnect.
It also matters because internet conditions across SEA can be inconsistent depending on location, ISP, and server routing. Quick Resume does not magically preserve your multiplayer session forever, and many games are not designed to handle being suspended for hours. Giving players control is the better solution.
The best part is that Microsoft did not remove Quick Resume entirely. That would be a waste, because the feature is still excellent for offline games. Big single-player adventures like The Witcher 3 or Cyberpunk 2077 are exactly where Quick Resume shines: pause your session, go do something else, come back, and continue almost instantly.
So this update is not flashy, but it is the kind of console polish that actually improves daily gaming. Quick Resume stays powerful where it makes sense, and finally stops being forced onto games where it creates more headache than convenience.
Took long enough, but good fix lah.
Source: Eurogamer
