By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Sony - Does the PS3 use much more power than the XBox 360 and the Nintendo Wii?

slimfatty on 15 April 2008

Well, the controllers are battery operated.



Around the Network
Borkachev on 15 April 2008

It's not just because it uses simpler chips, also because Nintendo focused on low power consumption when designing the console.

I'm not so sure of that. The Wii's standby mode is the most idiotic, unnecessarily inefficient process they could have come up with. Rather than have it come online once every hour or so to check for updates, the bloody thing runs all the time and gives off the heat to prove it. As you can see from the above link, the Wii uses nearly as much power when it's "off" as it does when it's on! That adds up.

Unless of course you disable WiiConnect24, as I did. But I shouldn't have to. They should revamp the way standby mode works, or at the very least disable it by default.



CaptainPrefrences on 15 April 2008

im guessing ps3.



superchunk on 15 April 2008

QUESTION:

If you turn WiiConnect24 off, how do you get messages from Nintendo/friends/etc?

Does it just auto-check when you turn in on?



fazz on 15 April 2008

I always leave all my electronics disconnected at night, including my modem.

I wonder if the Wii uses more electricity with games like Brawl that are much more stressing to the disc drive and the RAM.



Around the Network
thekitchensink on 15 April 2008

I don't know about the PS3 or 360 (though I'm fairly certain I heard PS3 uses more), but Wii won some type of greenhouse gas emission award, so it can't be using too much power.



Could I trouble you for some maple syrup to go with the plate of roffles you just served up?

Tag, courtesy of fkusumot: "Why do most of the PS3 fanboys have avatars that looks totally pissed?"
"Ok, girl's trapped in the elevator, and the power's off.  I swear, if a zombie comes around the next corner..."