Monday 23 September 2019

PlayStation 5 Will Include Power Saving Feature to Tackle Climate Change

The PlayStation 5 will have an optional setting to slash the amount of power the next-generation console consumes in standby mode.

In a blog post, Sony announced it's working with the United Nations as part of its "Playing For The Planet" initiative, which aims to mobilise gamers to take an active role in combating climate change. Part of this effort involves partnered companies like PlayStation examining ways they can reduce their carbon footprint, and Sony is committing to working sustainable features into its new console's design.

"The next generation PlayStation console will include the possibility to suspend gameplay with much lower power consumption than PS4 (which we estimate can be achieved at around 0.5 W),” writes Jim Ryan, President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment. “If just one million users enable this feature, it would save equivalent to the average electricity use of 1,000 US homes.”

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from IGN Video Games http://www.ign.com/articles/2019/09/23/playstation-5-will-include-power-saving-feature-to-tackle-climate-change
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