Tue, Jun 03, 2008 | 19:58 BST
A PS3 consumes 500% more power than a medium-sized fridge
Hilarious. According to this Intology report, running a PS3 for a year costs five times as much as running an average-sized fridge.
Australian consumer group Choice found that a 12 cu. ft. volume fridge costs $50 to run for a year, while a PS3 costs $250 per year even if it’s just switched on and not used.
The sound you’re hearing is the roar of the world’s oil and coal reserves evaporating in God’s holy fire.
12 comments
#1
morriss
03/06/08, 8:00 pm
#2
DrDamn
03/06/08, 10:29 pm
/pendant on
400% more
/pendant off
#3
Psychotext
03/06/08, 10:43 pm
Imagine you’re running folding @ home.
#4
FireFly
04/06/08, 12:48 am
damn, I know people who don’t take off there PS3′s because when they’re not using it, their folding. But was this report based on a PS3 that’s on non-stop(like a fridge),or just on every now and then?
#5
deanimate
04/06/08, 1:32 am
i really hope people are pulling the actual plug out of the socket for their gaming consoles.
those damn things still drinking juice when you’ve supposedly “turned them off” really takes the biscuit and drowns it in the bloody sea.
#6
scuz
04/06/08, 3:48 am
yeah mines been on for a year now..
sigh.
#7
Blerk
04/06/08, 8:21 am
Isn’t $250AUD about 38p?
#8
Blerk
04/06/08, 10:51 am
I found the rest of the figures, which the fanboy-fuelled report you linked neglected to include.
Xbox 360: AUD$203
Wii: AUD$24.58
http://tinyurl.com/4mqrto
#9
Psychotext
04/06/08, 11:01 am
I wonder what the new models of 360 (falcon) and PS3 (40gb) pull.
#10
kasai
04/06/08, 11:51 am
I wonder what the new models of 360 (falcon) and PS3 (40gb) pull.
I would suspect the same maybe slightly less because of the smaller chip size. I would like to know the costs of running these consoles in the UK though using standard UK electricity charges.
#11
Blerk
04/06/08, 11:55 am
The 40gb PS3 has much smaller power requirements than the 60gb, so there’s probably quite a difference. I don’t think it’ll be troubling the Wii any time soon, though.
#12
Psychotext
04/06/08, 12:39 pm
Of course… there’s a chance those ARE the 40gb / falcon readings. /o\