Good advice on buying game consoles

Follow the Trust's advice, and save electricity.

 3 simple tips for reducing electricity consumption:

  1. Ask about the power used in both the on and standby modes before you buy.
  2. Choose a game console with low power consumption (20-50 watts).
  3. Standby consumption should not exceed 2 watts.

The list below illustrates how much it costs to use the most common types of game consoles:

Product In use (W) Standby (W) Prices based on 10 hours use per week (Euro/year)
Nintendo Wii 18* 1.5*** 2.42
Nintendo GameCube 23** 0.1** 3.22
Sony Playstation 2 Slim 23** 1.2** 3.22
Sony Playstation 2 32* 2.7** 4.56
Sony PlayStation 3 Slim 90* 0.4**** 12.62
Sony Playstation 3 139* 1.8*** 19.33
Xbox 360 164* 2.4* 22.82

Source:
* The Swedish Energy Agency(external link only in Swedish)
** Danish Technological Institute (link to test 1)
*** Danish Technological Institute (link to test 2 only in Danish)
**** CNET (external link)

Page last updated 16.04.2010