thewayofthepath on 02 December 2013
| Aielyn said: They would undoubtedly leave a small buffer, but there's no way that it's a third to a half of the power supply's capability. If the highest the Wii U went were 40 Watts, they'd only supply a 50-55W power supply, not a more expensive 73W power supply. |
Power supplies are most efficient in a (usually wide) region that is midway of their maximum rated capacity. The further to the extremes (low and high), the more efficiency drops off. Nintendo's choise of power supply seems completely reasonable versus the measured wattages people have been recording.
