PlayStation 5's energy-saving feature sounds great, but there are big questions
Just in time for the U.N. Climate Summit, Sony has some PlayStation news for the planet Earth: The PS5's energy efficiency will see some exponential improvements.
In a Monday post on the PlayStation Blog, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan starts by running through improvements made over time with the PS4's power consumption. He then reveals how those efforts will be taken further with the technically announced PS5.
An improved standby feature (which lets players step away from the console mid-game and come back later) on the console will draw just 0.5 W of juice. That's a big drop down from the PS4's standby feature. According to a 2014 report from the National Resources Defense Council, a PS4 in standby mode has a power draw of around 8 W. That number rises a bit if you're charging controllers as well. Read more...
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