Xbox’s Quick Resume feature was quietly Series X’s greatest innovation

The ninth generation of consoles has tread a rocky road, to say the least. Sony and Microsoft released the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X smack in the middle of a pandemic. The console war ended by default, albeit with PlayStation releasing an anemic slate of games and Xbox practically abdicating the console business. Games as a service flew onto the scene and crashed spectacularly. But amid the turbulence, these consoles offered some bright spots — specifically, Xbox gave us Quick Resume.