Comments on: Your PS3 Costs You $250 Each Year

By: Neon Kitten

Neon Kitten — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:33:17 +0000

Here is the table of results this news is based on:

http://www.choice.com.au/viewArticle.aspx?id=106346&catId=100245&tid=100008&p=5&title=Computers%27+energy+costs

And here is their accompanying text:

http://www.choice.com.au/viewArticle.aspx?id=106346&catId=100245&tid=100008&p=4&title=Computers%27+energy+costs

They do not specify which version of the PS3 they tested, by the way. The 40GB SKU has a much lower power draw than the launch console.

I've never been much of a fan of Choice Magazine's tech tests, by the way. And this one's no exception. Why test a desktop PC *without* a monitor? Why test plasma TVs yet completely ignore LCD TVs, especially since plasmas are notoriously power-hungry?

Incidentally,

By: fbmfb02lfs

fbmfb02lfs — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:55:38 +0000

noobs ! I have a 60gb ps3 early adaption highest consumption possible … they actually use different levels of “electrickery” fuck choice magazine and its housewife-inspired content @#$%ing hell.

By: chugs

chugs — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:37:40 +0000

Well duh - the PS3 and my plasma produce so much heat that in my shoebox of a room it quickly raise to sauna like temperatures.

What the industry needs to make is a heat/electricity pump that takes that heat energy and converts it to meaningful electricity, perhaps powering some sort of laser mounted onto your PS3, or at the very least a novelty animal that dances to Rock around the clock.

In fact this winter I have not needed any heater whatsoever, which more then likely has a resulted in a net electricity reduction.

By: Scared

Scared — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:09:27 +0000

In out morning newspaper it said that the 360 was only slightly behind the PS3 in power consumption.

Wii is probably a lot lower because it doesn't need much power since it is using less powerful hardware.

By: Dizzle in your face

Dizzle in your face — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:40:47 +0000

Thanks for the info Kotaku. Now let me go back to playing GTA IV on my PS3.

By: attila

attila — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:38:59 +0000

What a crock – who leaves their PS3 turned on 24/7 like a fridge?

If you want to see where the 360 and the Wii sit, the report is here:

http://www.choice.com.au/viewArticle.aspx?id=106346&catId=100245&tid=100008&p=5&title=Computers‘+energy+costs

Interestingly, the 360 and even the Wii use more power in standby mode than the PS3, but the PS3 uses more juice in actual use. Considerably more than the Wii in fact.