Console power consumption charted by Aussie site

At least they don't binge and purge disposable batteries like the Wii does.

Rechargeables are your friend. You could even say they're "required".

My eyes apparently suck today. Time to apply to the MLB as an umpire.

Hm? It uses more.

BURN!!!! : )

Wait, I'm a Sony fanboy also. : (

A fantastic find! I'll bookmark this :)

No, because you're not going to run the system year-round non-stop.

THANK YOU!

Arrogant sony fanboys though will continue to deny it...

Good point!!!
Plus the number is compared to the 360, so if both is used the same amount of time, then you'll save the same amount with respect to time. So it doesnt matter if u play it all year, 24 hours a day.

"So it doesnt matter if u play it all year, 24 hours a day."

Except you don't actual save the full $57 unless you did play it 24 hrs a day for a year.

It also worth noting that any attempt to run a 360 24/day for a year would likely result in a dead 360 long before you got there.

Well, the difference is probably less then that under normal usage i.e. not on a 24/7. And clearly electricity is the biggest waste of money.
15c/kWh?
ouch.

I deny nothing -- I *know* the PS3 has to use more energy than the Wii. Though on "glance" of the X360, I'd wonder how similar they were due to that "ghost containment trap" of a AC power brick. But given that mine was originally a 60GB PS3(so it has all the 'toys'), yeah, that's definitely more consumption there than the ol'Elite X360.

Now don't get me wrong, good job on owning such monstrous peripherals, but when you go out of your way to mention them it seems like a very doucebag thing to do.

"This doesn't effect me because I live in a 100% green house that provides its own energy for my 69 inch TV and my 8.1 multi surround sound with babes who bring me cocktails and a stretch limo to take me to the toilet."

I wasn't trying to flaunt anything--I was making a comment relevant to the topic. and thanks for being THAT guy.

I'm guessing stand by mode

Most electronics no a days use power even when their off to say for instance keep time on the clock the correct time.

As long as they are still plugged in, AC adapters still draw some power even if the console is powered off. Plus something is providing power to the little red/yellow light on the front of the Wii and the orange light on the 360 power supply. (I'm sure the PS3 has something similar, but I don't have one, so I don't know.)

Those bastards! That's theft, I want my power back!

Stand-by mode also makes it possible for the system to sense it when a remote is used to power it on. Without power, it has no way of knowing you pressed the button on the remote. So essentially, in stand-by mode you're using power constantly to keep the system "standing by" for a cue to turn on, among other things.

Dude, I laughed so hard reading that comment. Everything you said makes perfect sense.

The ps3 also has a red light on stand by. Sucks that the 360 doesn't have a power button like the ps3- we should at least have the option to turn it off completely

I'm guessing it's because some newer electronics aren't always easy to tell if they are on or not. There have been several times when I thought certain TVs were off when they weren't because the A/V setting (if unused) shows a black screen, just like if the TV was off - and I can't tell the difference unless I listen closely to the hum of the TV.

Older TVs would display static on the A/V setting, so you would know for sure whether it was on or off.

You know, it could work as this: light on, electronic on. Light off, electronic off. Simple, but then again, I'm not an engineer, so my ideas make sense.

um, you guys know the small led lights on the ps3 and 360 that run 24/7 use up less energy in 1 year then turning on a lightbulb for 30 seconds right? Trust me thats not where your power is being used on.

Standby lights also tell you, "Even though you turned me off, I can still start a fire."

Hold on. For a years play the Wii uses the same power as a PS3 uses for 1 month. All that friggin energy going to render games that play in resolutions as low as PAL SDTV?

Either the Wii is mega efficient with its hardware or both the PS3 and 360 are inefficient. Which is it to be?

My Wii always stays off thankfully. :)

They don't render as low as SDTV. You do understand that their are both horizontal and vertical aspects to resolutions, right? You also do not clearly understand hardware... at all.

The technology in the PS3 and 360 are more cutting edge. Generally when you're on the bleeding edge of technology, components are larger and less energy efficient. As technology moves forward smaller technology with comparable specs to the old larger technology gets smaller and more energy efficient. The Wii uses more established technology instead of the very latest, hence its smaller size and smaller power consumption.

Bleeding edge? My 2.5 year old, (at the time) cheapest iMac can run HL2, Bioshock et al better than these consoles!

Haze barely outputs at a higher resolution than Pal SDTV, just so you know (we have 576i here). Infact it isn't much better than PALplus. The poor thing.

So we still haven't established that either the Wii is very efficient and a marvel of modern engineering, or if that the other 2 systems aren't efficient much.

OK... see, you are completely clueless on how these works. First off, if you're talking about Haze, it's rendering resolution is 1024x576. Sure, that isn't great, but it's higher than PAL. You have to look at both the vertical and horizontal resolutions if you're going to make an accurate comparison. Second, why are you making the assumption that these number have anything to do with Haze? There are plenty of true HD games on the PS3. Why would you make the assumption that these numbers were measured while playing Haze.

Next, you're completely off base on your Wii assumptions. Not only does the Wii run at lower resolutions, you also have to take into consideration what's actually on the screen. Even if you connected a PS3 or 360 to an SDTV and ran them at the same resolution as the Wii they are still going to be rendering millions of more polygons, more textures, more lighting effects, etc... than the Wii. Wii games look like shit compared to the other two consoles and there's a lot more to it than simple resolution. The Wii also less RAM and no mechanical hard drive. There's a lot more to this than just comparing the amount of energy consumed or resolutions. As Mr Awesomer stated below, a much better measurment of efficiency would be to take the amount calculations being accomplish per watt used.