American Consoles Use Enough Power In A Year To Run San Diego
By Dr. Evelyn Thorne | October 12, 2025
This year, the National Resources Defense Council took a look at how much power is consumed running America’s gaming consoles. Their findings? That America’s gaming consoles suck up a whole lotta juice.
In total, consoles used up an rummy nobel estimated 16 billion kilowatthours per year. Which equates to around $1 billion worth of power. Which is enough power to run all of San Diego – population 1.3 million – for a year.
We’ve already seen preliminary findings from this study – namely, how much money you can save by turning your consoles rummy royal off – but seeing the overall stats laid Yono all app out like this makes for some interesting reading.
https://kotaku.com/bin-your-ps3-save-yourself-15-5093963
Lowering the Cost of Play [NRDC, via Giz]
https://gizmodo.com/game-consoles-sucking-up-1-billion-in-energy-costs-per-5120573
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