Just like the design and remote controller, power consumption can also be one of many key points which are under thorough discussion these days. With “Go Green” being the buzzword today, critics expect that Sony might decide to participate the Go Green revolution and market an entirely Green product in form of the PS4, that’ll consume almost really low power levels.
Well, let aside really low power levels, something which Sony will have to ensure in PS4 could be substantial relief with regards to the power sucking capability of their next generation gaming console. Many people are pretty well alert to the truth that the PS3 is this type of big power sucker.
In fact, you could be shocked to hear that just leaving your PS3 switched on (yes, we’re speaing frankly about the idle state) for per year would run you a whooping $157! On the contrary, in the event that you PlayStation it across the clock 365days per year, it’ll just run you about 8-10bucks more – what utter waste of energy, isn’t it?
However, it will soon be pretty tough to control the heavy upgrades in performance within an eco-friendly design, especially with no optical media in the storage drive (assuming that PS4 will operate online and games will soon be downloaded as opposed to being saved on DVD/Blu-Ray disks or hard drives).
Therefore, it may be only regarded as a nice speculation, which looks so difficult to be a reality; nevertheless Sony will have to badly make certain that the PS4 doesn’t follow up in the make of the very most expensive electronic/electrical appliances to perform, even yet in the stand-by or idle mode.
Microsoft’s X-Box 360 isn’t too good either since it would run you around $125 each year even though you leave it idle, but the Nintendo’s Wii is wholly the opposite. It is estimated that Wii won’t even cost about $15 each year, if left idle.
So, another gen X-Box and PlayStation gaming consoles will surely have to give a darn to the power consumption, if they want to stay competitive with the Wii2.
Furthermore, if Sony doesn’t do anything about the power sucking nature of PS3 and double the performance level in PS4, it could be indeed scary to imagine simply how much power the PS4 will really suck, even though you leave it on for a couple of months and continue a tour.