PS3 Sucks Up Five Times as Much Energy as a Fridge, Ten Times as Much as a Wii

PS3 Costs $247 Per Year to Run

Aussie consumer agency Choice has put together a study of the power consumption of everyday household appliances and, surprise surprise, the leaf blower that is the PS3 comes out at the bottom of the league. Sony's console burns through 31.74 kWh per week when idling, which is five times the energy used by a refrigerator, and ten times the juice sipped by the Wii.

To be fair, a fridge is left on 24/7, whereas a console tends to be switched into standby mode a lot of the time. Those lazy readers who need a little prodding should take note of the costs of leaving their PlayStation running: over a year, it adds up to US$237. Compared to this, the MacBook Pro -- not usually known for running cool -- looks as thirsty as a desert cactus, a using only 3.66 kWh per week; almost one tenth the appetite of the PS3.

So, switching off between sessions could save enough cash to actually buy a Wii. Alternatively, you could put the hot PS3 inside the cold refrigerator and watch as your energy costs spiral out of control, laughing as the ozone layer burns away over your head and the melting ice caps bring the beach to your doorstep. You choose.

Comments

[David Linloop]

I choose "beach to your doorstep"!

[ed]

still not as high as a pc....

[Bob]

Its the fact it has 8 parallel processors in it

[joe]

Hey Xbox sucks. I hope you all know that . Everyone that owns an Xbox doesnt know anything about computers.Ill explain why. Someone thats know there technical stuff would build a PC which is better and also gets all games cheaper, and its also more powerful and capable of displaying better picture then the cheaply made Xbox that is notorious for burning up. Not to mention that there are no real xbox exclusives because they all eventually come out for the computer?!?. Thats pathetic, it defeats the whole purpose of buying the system.So you guys are telling me the only reason to buy an xbox is to get games that come out first and PAY for xbox live, thats really pathetic. Now if you guys new your hardware, or had any common knowledge of computers then you would know that the only reasonable console/s to buy, that also has new technology and better features and better hardware and not to mention DOESNT BURN UP is the PS3 or Wii. Xbox is like a cheap computer you pay alot of money for lacking functionality, flexibility and plain old good hardware. Not to mention the U.S. is the only country full of dummies buying Xbox's. Xbox does not sell in ANY other country, thats a fact. Dont you guys think thats telling you something? And of course i cant forgot that Xbox doesnt come with a free Blu Ray players up to 400 in value alone, and the built in wireless(another 100 on top of xbox price) and the built in laptop harddrive in the PS3. Thats right its a laptop hard drive a 2.5 and its switchable to any available speed and size thats out for laptops. Cool huh, to bad xbox has none of this. Im not gonna even get into how many GOOD exclusives PS3 has over xbox's about 2 that arent gonna even gona be blockbusters. Dont bring up that final fantasy crap because its going to be compressed for xbox and loose quality just like the game rage thats coming out and those are the actual words from the developers for rage. LOOK IT UP.Its from the old Dual Layer DVDs, lol. Only 8 Gb of storage vs Blu Ray more then 50Gb how can you compare that, thats like comparing a flash drive to a hard drive lol? Games now are already using more then that and Xbox charges to use extra discs and thats something developers will not do. lol. Nothing looks good for xbox in the future. Not to mention ever since Sonys update there is no difference between your Xbox live and PS network, It now has every functionality, and when PS HOME comes out it will have more!!And to top it off we dont pay. Look forward, trash your xbox, build a computer or buy a ps3. A PS3 or Wii is the only way you get real exclusives. As for developers saying Xbox is easier to make geames for, HEY thats there job, thats part of being a programmer, things change all the time. I cant believe they would say that, it makes them look like there not good at there own job or there just fanboys.

[samantha]

Wow, joe your the biggest idiot of them all. ps3's great exclusives? what hevenly sword? the god of war knock off. oh oh! what about lair!? the greatest game ever that fucking sucked! you have metal gear solid 4. thats it. and xbox360 gets it in a year anyway. we have removeable hard drives, your screwed with your 40, 60, or 80 that you bought. and its internal, lovely! ill admit in pure specs, its better, but i have a computer to be a spec power house, i buy a console for a game library and a kickass online service, ps3's game library is easily tripled by the xbox. its online service is going on almost 3 years strong. we have yet to even see ps3 home. so "joe" acting like you know everything...do us a favor..and shove your ps3 fanboy-ism up your ass.

[samantha]

Wow, joe your the biggest idiot of them all. ps3's great exclusives? what hevenly sword? the god of war knock off. oh oh! what about lair!? the greatest game ever that fucking sucked! you have metal gear solid 4. thats it. and xbox360 gets it in a year anyway. we have removeable hard drives, your screwed with your 40, 60, or 80 that you bought. and its internal, lovely! ill admit in pure specs, its better, but i have a computer to be a spec power house, i buy a console for a game library and a kickass online service, ps3's game library is easily tripled by the xbox. its online service is going on almost 3 years strong. we have yet to even see ps3 home. so "joe" acting like you know everything...do us a favor..and shove your ps3 fanboy-ism up your ass.

[coolness]

im getting a ps3 i tell you which is better most likely 360

[clybouw]

lol samantha is a fanboy