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CHOICE, a consumer watchdog, has hit out at the retail mark up of goods in Australia, with specific reference to the cost of video games, considering the strength of the Aussie dollar – and has posted a submission to the Productivity Commission encouraging retailers to pass on the savings to consumers.
Kaiden or Ashley? Rescue or Harvest? How do you make decisions in video games? Video games were described by Sid Meier as ‘a series of interesting choices.’ Indeed, many good video games today involve choices that go beyond which gun to use or how fast to run through a room. Many involve decisions between two general strategies, or like the above examples between two characters or responses that affect the rest of the game. The question here is, how do those choices matter?
Did you know a Playstation 3 can suck up as much as $250 worth of electricity a year? I was aware it liked to drink hard from the teat of mother electron, but this sort of consumption is going to leave a nasty welt.
This news comes to us from Choice magazine, an independent Australian title that tests a wide range of consumer products without advertising or vendor bias. Choice has even gone so far as to recommend consoles be stamped with energy rating stickers, much like those you see on fridges and washing machines.
Choice‘s tests revealed the humble PC – minus a monitor – had the third-highest consumption levels, with plasma TVs topping the list. Makes you wonder where the Xbox 360 and Wii sit.
Videogame consoles ‘need energy ratings’ [News.com.au]
