Keen gamesblog watchers will know I have a bee in my bonnet about games console energy consumption, so it comes with regret that I have to announce another power hog in the next-generation line-up: the Sony PlayStation3.
It comes with even greater regret that I have to report that the Japanese console will eat more than twice the ghastly amount of energy consumed by the Microsoft machine, adding a whopping increase to annual household energy bills.
From Newslaunches:
The PS3 is a power hug and consumes around 380 watts of power more than double the Xbox 360's 160 watts and eight times the PS2's nimble 45 watts. So spending an average of 4 hours a day on the machine will add approx $ 80 to your yearly power bill.
Worth it?
via CNet and bambino_tostare
