How much is your console costing you?

[tekkaman_blade]

An interesting cost analysis that I never really considered until now. Apparently DX Gaming did an article on the energy wasted on a plugged in console:

Console
Energy
Leakage
kWh Wasted
Each Year
Annual
Cost

Playstation 1
0.2W
1.752 kWh
$0.26

Playstation 2
2W
17.52 kWh
$2.63

Xbox
0.4W
3.50 kWh
$0.53

Xbox 360
2W
17.52 kWh
$2.63

Gamecube
0.4W
3.50 kWh
$0.53

Dreamcast
0.4W
3.50 kWh
$0.53

Now when they boot up:

Console
Dashboard

Energy Use

Playstation 1
4W

Playstation 2
23W

Xbox
61W

Xbox 360
145W

Gamecube
20W

Dreamcast
17W

Now while playing:

Console
Console
Dashboard
Playing
Game
Game Played

Playstation 1
4W
6W
Jet Moto 2

Playstation 2
23W
30W
ATV Offroad

Fury 2

Xbox
61W
70W
Burnout 3

Xbox 360
145W
165W
Burnout Revenge

Gamecube
20W
21W
Mario Kart

Dreamcast
17W
22W
Crazy Taxi 2

P.S. I don't recommend just copy/pasting their html code, I tried that just to find out it looked horrible because of some weird/unique coding.