The Cost Of Gaming Is Dropping!!
20It's true!! Gaming is going to be cheaper!! Come 1st July '23, the cap on our electricity is lowering, which means we should be able to play our consoles for longer... right??
I recalculated how much it'll cost to run our games consoles, based on the new energy cap, and find out how much of a difference it makes to us in the longer term. How much will we save? How much more gaming time can we have without it costing more?
If you've got only one or two of these consoles, chances are you probably won't see that much of a difference on your bills but, given that I've got quite a few, it could make all the difference!
--- How I'm working it out ---
For each of the consoles that're plugged into the mains, I measured each of them using a Power Meter for at least one hour at a time in each of their power states: be that switched on, switched off, or in various different standby states they may have. This gave me a clear kiloWatt Hour (kWh) reading that we can use to calculate the costs. This makes things very easy to work out seeing as we're charged for electricity per kWh.
Calculation:
kWh * cost per kWh = total cost per hour
* 24 = total cost per day
* 365 = total cost per year
/ 12 = total cost per month
For any USB powered consoles, I used a Voltage Current Detector to measure their watt and amp usage. This was then converted into kiloWatts per hour, and we can use that to work out how much they cost - running and in standby! I did it this way because all my USB powered consoles are using USB ports built-in to my plug extensions. USB plug adapters take up a valuable plug socket, and they may introduce their own power draw (though admittedly, so might the built-in USB ports).
Calculation:
((volts * amps) / 1000) * cost per kWh = total cost per hour
* 24 = total cost per day
* 365 = total cost per year
/ 12 = total cost per month
If you're checking your own consoles, your results might vary. This video is intended to be a guide, based off of my own observations. The costs calculated are for just the consoles themselves. It doesn't include any additional draw from other devices, such as televisions, sound systems, power extensions, etc.
Main consoles featured in the video:
Phat PlayStation 3 [CECHC03]
PlayStation 5 [CFI-1116A]
Xbox Series X [1882]
Xbox One X [1787]
PlayStation 4 Pro [CUH-7216B]
00:00 Intro
00:49 What's happening, exactly?
01:48 The cost differences
05:31 Can we play for longer?
06:12 Conclusion
07:19 Outro
Source data for the charts featured in the video are from my own hands-on measurements. These are outlined in all the other videos in the Cost of Living Series.
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