PS3 Twice As Powerhungry As Xbox360
Sony’s PlayStation 3 uses a massive 380W of power, more than the average desktop computer, and far more than the 45W power need of the PS2. The PS3 uses more than twice the amount of power as the Xbox360 at 160W. This means that playing your PS3 console two hours a day will cost you an extra $80 a year. Most will probably spend far more than two hours; playing games, watching Blu-ray movies, surfing the net etc. The average PS3 owner can expect to add another $100-$150 extra on their yearly electricity bill.
Via Gizmodo UK
October 31st, 2006 at 12:11 pm
Remember Sony fanboys:
Twice as power hungry doesn’t mean twice as powerful, far from.
October 31st, 2006 at 1:56 pm
Bigger problem new EU legislation coming in to ban power heavy products soon. PS3 might get into legal trouble when that comes in
October 31st, 2006 at 3:20 pm
Sony is quite Shameless, with all the environmental issues we are facing, they simply don’t care!!! From what I know the Wii won’t even consume 30W… so 5 years of playing PS3 will cost the price of another PS3!!! Not to mention the extra polution… I admire Nintendo, they are so right!!!
October 31st, 2006 at 4:56 pm
Interesting that Wii has a cooking game and PS3 and 360 do not.
October 31st, 2006 at 7:18 pm
That’s bullshit, was posted by xbox360 fanboys tweakers.
They just looked at the box to see max wattage.
That’s only when the cpu is used 100% and the webcam would be on and online and hd writing and this and that and such..
It’s heavy on the juice, but not twice as heavy.
Anyway I’m gonna stop posting here, trolled the hell out of the ninty core and getting bored. cya noobs.
October 31st, 2006 at 9:08 pm
Just because the power supply CAN supply that much, doesn’t mean that it will constantly do it. Trust me, I know this thing doesn’t pull that much on a consistent level. It just has the potential to if it needs it.
Amazing how the power supply is so much weaker on the X360, yet they had to stick it outside the case in a HUGE brick. The ps3’s power supply is nice and snug inside its case, which actually makes the PS3 smaller than the xbox with the brick.
October 31st, 2006 at 10:54 pm
Yay Doom is finally leaving
November 1st, 2006 at 12:41 am
Thank God doom’s leaving. Now we finally can get out of the negatives in average intelligence here.
November 1st, 2006 at 12:59 am
Instead of frying an egg, you can roast a whole boar.
November 1st, 2006 at 2:51 am
Wow! I never thought that the PS3 could get more expensive.
November 1st, 2006 at 3:07 am
twice the heat??
November 1st, 2006 at 5:35 pm
Our prayers have been heard. Doom is finally leaving. YYYEEEEEEESSSSSS
November 1st, 2006 at 7:11 pm
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November 2nd, 2006 at 5:38 am
“Our prayers have been heard. Doom is finally leaving. YYYEEEEEEESSSSSS”
He finally realised that nobody liked him.