What does the Wii run on rainbows?

That was smart of Nintendo. Make a great system that's also economically friendly. If that's the case, then in the hell doesn't Greenpeace acknowledge them for that? It's just wrong imo.

@Ovvovov: Haha, yeah. Actually by looking at Wiis and GC:s transformer units, Wiis transformer (max output) is rated 3 watts below GC:s, so they propably consume near the same in practice.
Since Wii uses the same tech with PS360, it's lower specs are seen as lower power consumption. It was stated in "Iwata asks", that with the tech used in Wii, GC:s power consumption could have been cut to a quarter.

No, but Nintendo simply used a slightly enhanced processor. Considering the time between the release of the GC and the Wii te normal technology advances already overcompensated the additional need.

Wii is for ecofreaks too I guess lol.

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Ummm, I understand what you're trying to say, but there are some technical mistakes in the OP. You don't use X number of Watts in an hour, Watts are an instantaneous measurement of power which is the rate of flow of energy. 1 Watt = 1 Joule/1 second.

That calculation is easier to do for physical systems, but there is an analogous equation for circuits that reduces to the same thing. Power = Voltage * Current. All those fancy devices that measure wattage are simply multimeters that do the multiplication for you.

Because Greenpeace is run by a bunch of nuts.

man WTF why all people say that the ps3 consumes that much energy, the ps3 as a pc has a bigger powersuply but it really doesnt use it all, i think it consumes more than the 360 but not by much

green peace isn't happy, they are the one that cause more pollution too nintendo is very low in enviromental

toxic waste is huge compared to using abit more power.

Some points:

1. As others said, the PS3 doesn't use 380 watts. Its power supply is rated for that amount. This is a good thing! More overhead available means the power supply is less likely to fail. It was a nice bonus they put in that they really didn't have to, because as we've seen this generation, people will happily buy consoles even with substandard parts.

Actual tests with the PS3 early in its life put its power usage at somewhere around 170-200 watts. But, and this brings me to point two...

2. The power numbers floating around the internet are outdated. All 3 consoles (well, I'm not totally sure about Wii) have received redesigns on things like their chip size since those tests were run, which greatly reduce their power usage. For instance, a 40gb PS3 bought today uses only 120-140 watts. I haven't heard numbers on the 360 or the MGS4 PS3 (there are a lot of conflicting reports about whether it has the 65nm Cell or not. I have a hunch that the older ones don't but the newer ones might).

3. There's no such thing as "watts per hour." Watts are a measurement of power, not energy, and already take time into account (1 watt = 1 joule per second).

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