The “instant on” Xbox Series X and S feature saves about 10 to 15 seconds of waiting when starting up the console. A report looking …
. The NRDC is a nonprofit advocacy group focused on the environment.
The report says that instant on will consume an additional 9W of power, or about 78 kWh a year. NRDC’s report assumes Microsoft will sell 30 million Series S/X consoles through 2025, and that’s where the 4 billion kWh estimate comes from. That’s the annual output of a 500 MW power plant and can lead to about $500 million in extra energy costs and 3 million tons of additional carbon dioxide.
“Given those numbers, our hope is that most users would be willing to wait for an extra 5 to 10 seconds for their console to restart if they knew the impact,” NRDC author Noah Horowitz toldInstant on will save 10 to 15 seconds of waiting per power cycle. But users might not realize that the console will use 9W or 10W of power per 24 hours, even if the console goes unused. Switching to “energy saving” mode lowers power consumption to 1W.
The NRDC urges Microsoft to change the Xbox’s default to “energy saving” mode, as it happens in Europe thanks to local laws. Microsoft toldUsers are given a choice during setup between the two power modes for the console: energy saving and instant on. To ensure players can select the option they prefer, they are not opted-in to either power mode by default.
Aside from the instant on feature, NRDC also notes that both the new Xbox and the PS5 consume a lot more power when streaming content from Netflix or. That’s 31W for the Xbox Series S and 70W for the PS5, compared to around 3W for streaming devices like Roku and
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