A recent report by the Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC) has revealed that video game console usage across America stands at approximately 16 billion kilowatt-hours per year—which is roughly the amount consumed by the entire city of San Diego. In other words, we are looking at some serious dollars going down the drain when we leave our consoles running for hours on end (not to mention the environmental impact). Even Energy Star has recognised the problem and begun setting standards on energy consumption for these devices. Obviously, the short-term solution to the problem would be to save your game and shut off the system when you are done—but it’s a bad habit that is hard to break. So, my question is: do you leave your game console running when you are not playing?
Results from “Do You Plan to Gadget Shop on Black Friday?“
Yes 18%
Yes, but I’m sticking with online stores. 17%
Yes, I will try online and brick and mortar stores. 11%
No 37%
Maybe 17%
[NRDC via Ars Technica via DVICE]
Rory
November 21, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Wii – Always standby.
Xbox – I usually turn it off unless I’m gonna be coming back to it in about 10 minutes, or if I ‘m downloading something I’ll leave it on standby.
Report Permalinkjohndoe
November 21, 2008 at 3:02 PM
There’s an option in setting to enable the xbox to keep running
if there’s a download in progress…then it will turn off.
ie: you turn off the xbox when not using as per usual…it will
stay on but turn off when downloads completed.
just thought i’d mention this.
Report PermalinkBen
November 21, 2008 at 7:15 PM
sometimes our PS2 is left on, because my parents don’t know how to turn it off. They don’t get that you’re supposed to hold the button down until it turns red.
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