The power consumption of game consoles is constantly growing - data from a single study

The other day the results of an interesting study conducted by experts from Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University) were published. This study deals with the energy consumption of gaming consoles. It turns out that consoles consume a lot of energy, while in idle mode, when deriving the average, these devices consume more energy than in active mode.



So, about 68% of the energy consumed by game consoles in 2010 was spent by these devices, which are in idle mode. If you translate all this into dollars, it turns out 1.24 billion US dollars (10.8 TWh of energy). And this is not the limit, because customers are buying more and more consoles, and the energy consumption of these devices is growing. So, in 2010, about 1% of the energy consumed by households was spent on ensuring the operation of game consoles. This is 50% higher than in 2007.

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Unfortunately, there are no data for 2011-2012, only the results of the 2010 study are available. But it is clear that over the years, this trend is clearly seeking to increase. According to researchers, now the console is not just a device with which you can play games. This is a media center that allows you to watch videos and listen to music. So fewer people turn off their gaming devices after the game. Often they are left enabled for other tasks, and for these tasks, the prefixes remain enabled.



Experts believe that if all owners of game consoles turn on the option to automatically turn off the console when it is idle for a certain time, this will reduce the cost of "game" energy by 75% compared to the current level. Those. this is almost a billion dollars saved. Manufacturers have provided the device auto-shutdown function, but by default it is turned off, and to enable it, you need to go to the settings.



Another opportunity to reduce the energy consumption of consoles is to bring the console to the Energy Star standards. It is clear that this is already the case of manufacturers.



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