Ever wondered how much it costs to play your PS4 or Xbox One? - Wii u is there too...

[OneKartVita]

JRPGfan said:

OneKartVita said:
Good to see the ps4 has barely increased over the ps3. They're all reasonable numbers though for any of the console. What kind of numbers do high end PC's do?

much muuuch higher.

People have graphics cards that eat 250-300watts alone, and some people have like 2-4 of them (SLI or Crossfire).

Same with the CPUs, once overclocked its not uncommon to have 200+ watt cpus in pcs.

 

Compaired to like the 100-110watts a PS4 uses.

 

When people compare cost of PC vs console why do they always ignore this very significant cost?  Like they focus on things like paid online but ignore big costs like this (for pc at least).