Posted 1 month ago
This is some serious coin -- if you don't turn off your PS3, it is about $125/yr in electricity. I guess around $12/mo!
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Source: alleyinsider.com
Quote: "Americans blow $1.1 billion dollars a year in wasted electricity-- up to $125 per household -- just by not turning off their PS3s and Xboxs when they're done playing. That's what the environmental do-gooders at the Natural Resources Defense Council (SAI's upstairs neighbors) discover in their new report on green gaming.
The NRDC's advice: Console-makers should incorporate a "sleep" feature into their consoles where after three hours of inactivity, games are auto-saved and the unit powers down. The PS3 has something..."
The NRDC's advice: Console-makers should incorporate a "sleep" feature into their consoles where after three hours of inactivity, games are auto-saved and the unit powers down. The PS3 has something..."
Full story at alleyinsider.com
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