40% of next-gen console power consumption is from standby mode

[blitzwing85]

I've never understood the need to keep things 'ON' or on 'Standby'.
I don't turn them off to save money or energy - I just turn them off because I've never known there to be a reason not to.

Unless I'm running a download of a new game or something, then there is nothing else the console would need to do if I'm not using it.


Then again, gaming isn't my main hobby so if I have to wait 30 minutes to download a new game then I'll wait. I am not going to leave it on standby 24/7 for that odd time I could remotely start a dowload ready for when I get home.

Only reason for it is if fibre is not yet available where you live really as that could take ages to download a game.

 

[TheVoice]

Because wasting power is bad?

0.01% of the time your console might have some background work to do, the other 99.99% it's just using electricity for no reason.

In future wasting power might be a liberty we can't afford. The EU are just being sensible. We waste far too much of everything and should start to reign this bad habit in.

Your quality of life will hardly be impacted to any meaningful extent.

But like I said, the option is there for the consoles to turn off completely if people want that. For me, it's not really an option because with the size of updates and downloads these days I'll be waiting forever when I do actually want to use the thing. Manufacturers should be encouraged to make their products more energy-efficient, but it shouldn't necessarily come at the cost of functionality or convenience. It is the whole reason we buy these things, after all.

Besides, manufacturing and retail are wasting such massive amounts of energy that the power usage of some games consoles in comparison is a drop in the ocean by comparison.

The cost is a none issue, the fact that Sky get away with crap hardware, not updated it and not improving for years is why they haven't spent on the R&D to make a better box. They can't be bothered, nothing else. If forced they would and it wouldn't be too expensive.

Of course the cost is an issue, they're made cheaply because they need to be able to effectively give them away (yes, the cost is part of the subscription/installation obviously). If Sky said tomorrow that they're making their boxes more energy-efficient, more powerful etc but now they're going to cost you £200 each, people would look elsewhere. The boxes are fit for purpose as they are though and as I said, they have energy saving options, so I'm not really sure what the issue is.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

PS4 uses 8.5W in "standby" (it's actually just in sleep mode) but how much when it is off as in proper standby? Probably less than 2W.

No point leaving your console in "standby" unless your downloading something IMO.

 

[Boomstick777]

The Wii U is the only console to use less energy than the console it replaced (Wii)

At full load the Wii U uses less energy than the Xbox One in standby mode.

This is what happens when people use AMD CPU / GPU in console

In a few years a couple of die shrinks re-designs the 'next' gen consoles will become much more power efficient anyways.

http://playeressence.com/wii-u-is-extremely-energy-efficient/
http://www.gamespot.com/forums/syst...almost-no-energy-and-produces-very--29328598/
http://wiiudaily.com/2014/05/wii-u-is-the-most-energy-efficient-next-gen-console/

 

[Psycho Sonny]

So the XB1 uses an extra 300W if you want to use it's HDMI pass through feature? over just using another HDMI slot on your tv which uses an extra 0W.

LOL

and to think some people are stating it's an amazing thing you can do with an XB1. With the amount of TV the average person watches I think it's better to leave that feature alone and watch TV like everyone else does.

How much does say 300W of leccy cost if used for say 4 hours a day x 365?

That's how much extra your paying to use that pass through in a year.