That is appaling. (Score 1)

We are all aware of the massive problem caused by excess carbon emissions resulting from mankind's inefficient use of energy, and you'd think that in the country which launched the Kyoto protocol companies would behave more responsibly. If the PS3 is as successful as its predecessor, that will equate to more than 100,000,000 consoles, and even if only 3% of those were in use at any one time, that's still over 1 Gigawatt per hour of power drained from the world's energy grids.

I remember reading an interview with Iwata of Nintendo, who said one of the focuses when developing the Wii was to make it smaller and more efficient. This is highly commendable, and perhaps has something to do with Nintendo being based in Kyoto. All I can say is that I have my Wii pre-order and have no intention of purchasing a PS3 until they release the slim-line power efficient version.