Report: Xbox One and PS4 use up to three times more power than Xbox 360 and PS3

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manuel said:

Cobretti2 said:
$150 over 5year = 11.8c/kWh

where do people get electricity so cheap lol?

also 253kWh = about 77 days of 24/7 gaming/video watching, they working this out for casuals lol

Yeah, I'm paying at least twice that much here in Japan.

No wonder everybody can afford those ridiculous computer rigs with such low energy prices. :P

PC's actually use bugger all power when idle. My Core i7 3930K CPU will range from 15 watts to 150+ watts of energy.
All my GPU's switch off when not in use with the primary GPU powering down to just 10-20 watts.

When playing a game though... All bets are off. :) GPU's will easily drive up to 600-800watts alone.
However, even if a CPU has a higher energy consumption rating than a slower CPU, it can actually end up saving you money in the long run as the CPU can "Hurry up and get to idle" far faster, saving more energy overall.

Energy is 30c/kWh here though so it's not cheap, but if you can afford a high-end PC, surely you can afford high-energy prices anyway.

However do keep in mind, the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 on launch were certainly not as energy efficient as the later revisions, so expect power consumption to come down as the years go by and software updates are rolled out.