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June 3rd, 2008 @ 19:58
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.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 8:00 pm
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:29 pm
/pendant on
400% more
/pendant off
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Imagine you’re running folding @ home.
June 4th, 2008 at 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?
June 4th, 2008 at 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.
June 4th, 2008 at 3:48 am
yeah mines been on for a year now..
sigh.
June 4th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Isn’t $250AUD about 38p?
June 4th, 2008 at 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
June 4th, 2008 at 11:01 am
I wonder what the new models of 360 (falcon) and PS3 (40gb) pull.
June 4th, 2008 at 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.
June 4th, 2008 at 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.
June 4th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Of course… there’s a chance those ARE the 40gb / falcon readings. /o\