Study finds Switch to be the most eco-friendly platform on the market

Pinching pennies

22 February, 2021 by rawmeatcowboy | Comments: 5

If you're worried about how much juice your gaming platforms suck up, then Switch is the system for you. That's what a new study from NerdWallet shows, anyway.

According to the site's survey, the Switch will cost the average user £101.43 in energy bills throughout its life. This is considerable lower than the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, which cost £165.77 and £200.24 respectively. The study also found the Switch to be the cheapest when it comes to cost for the average user throughout its lifetime, coming in at £880.05.

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sligeach_eire Exemplar

Mon Feb 22 21 06:28pm

I won't be clicking the link and giving that site any traffic. I posted this on Discord earlier and posted the direct source, Nerdwallet. There's some very interesting nuggets of information in there, the Wii was actually the cheapest console overall of all platforms. The Wii U was second cheapest and is a little marvel with extremely low energy consumption. We'd heard this before, but it's nice to get a reminder. Here’s the real link:

https://www.nerdwallet.com/uk/personal-finance/game-console-total-cost-of-ownership/

socar Master

Mon Feb 22 21 11:18pm

So what are you suggesting? That your source is better than the one that was actually given research and time?

sligeach_eire Exemplar

Tue Feb 23 21 12:09am

"That's what a new study from NerdWallet shows, anyway."

I think you're confused, the link I gave IS the source, NerdWallet, I even said so in my comment. Straight from the horses mouth, as opposed to the indirect link given as the source in this story. I wouldn't give them the time of day. Here is direct quote from NerdWallet:

"Interestingly the Nintendo Wii performs best in this study - costing just £646.24 over its lifetime. But even the Nintendo Wii U and the Nintendo Switch all cost less than £900 over the course of their lifetime."

But you know, that site, gotta create clickbait with a deceitful headline. Don't know if they acknowledge that the Wii and Wii U perform better in the main body of the article, I'm not giving them the click they're after.