![Email This](mailto:?Subject=Gaming consoles' hidden costs&body=Hi,%0D%0A%0D%0AI just found this:%0D%0A%0D%0A<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/nintendo-gamecube/" rel="tag">Nintendo GameCube</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/sony-playstation-2/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 2</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/retro/" rel="tag">Retro</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/microsoft-xbox/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/microsoft-xbox-360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a></p><a href="http://www.dxgaming.com/?p=6"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="Xbox 360 power supply (techrepublic.com)" id="vimage_1" src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/06/x360_power-supply.jpg" /></a>DXGaming.com set out to determine the energy costs of popular gaming consoles of today and yesteryear. Not surprisingly, DX Gaming found that Xbox 360 is making the largest contribution to your energy bill, costing as much as $20.10 per year to power -- compare that to the 92 cents (today's rate) needed to fuel the original PlayStation. <br /><br />Interestingly enough, Xbox 360 is also the most energy efficient console, squeezing higher performance out of each watt: 61.21Mhz / 1 Watt. The GameCube ranked second at: 30.81Mhz / 1 Watt. Also worth noting, for you penny pinchers, if you unplug your consoles in-between uses, you'll likely save a couple bucks worth of 'leaked' energy annually -- that goes for cell phone chargers and other electricity-dependant devices too. But please, don't unplug the 'fridge before going to bed.<br /><br /><strong>See also:</strong><span id="ppt624385"><br /><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/02/joystiq-readers-are-environmentally-friendly/">Joystiq readers are environmentally friendly</a></span><span id="ppt620321"><br /><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/05/22/joystiq-poll-do-you-leave-your-game-console-on-standby/">Joystiq poll: Do you leave your game console on standby?</a></span><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.dxgaming.com/?p=6>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/19/gaming-consoles-hidden-costs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/634783/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/19/gaming-consoles-hidden-costs/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking Blogs</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/19/gaming-consoles-hidden-costs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><p><font size="1"><hr>SPONSORED BY: <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">Age of Empires III - Real-Time Strategy Game</a> Control a European power on a quest to colonize and conquer the New World. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">AOE3</A> introduces new gameplay elements, as well as new civilizations, units, and technologies. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">http://www.ageofempires3.com/</a></font></p>%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp://xbox-360.x-hub.com/?a=360-news%26id=101){kind=link}
Gaming consoles' hidden costs
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DXGaming.com set out to determine the energy costs of popular gaming consoles of today and yesteryear. Not surprisingly, DX Gaming found that Xbox 360 is making the largest contribution to your energy bill, costing as much as $20.10 per year to power -- compare that to the 92 cents (today's rate) needed to fuel the original PlayStation. Interestingly enough, Xbox 360 is also the most energy efficient console, squeezing higher performance out of each watt: 61.21Mhz / 1 Watt. The GameCube ranked second at: 30.81Mhz / 1 Watt. Also worth noting, for you penny pinchers, if you unplug your consoles in-between uses, you'll likely save a couple bucks worth of 'leaked' energy annually -- that goes for cell phone chargers and other electricity-dependant devices too. But please, don't unplug the 'fridge before going to bed.
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