Do You Leave Your Game Consoles Running When You're Not Playing?

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7 Comments

David Nazzaro

11/20/2008 4:23:47 PM ET

lol with the way energy prices are??? Also less u leave it running, longer it lasts lol

mac_murray

11/20/2008 4:36:26 PM ET

I wonder how much power the PS3 uses on standby?

Kevin

11/20/2008 5:48:35 PM ET

I never leave my Xbox 360 running because that occasional red ring of death scares the **** out of me.

John

11/20/2008 5:59:16 PM ET

I leave my PS3 running all the time running Folding@home. I only turn it off to update the Firmware.

TurboFool

11/20/2008 7:07:13 PM ET

Why would I want to waste all that power and risk damage to the console by leaving it on 24/7? I guess maybe if I had a PS3 I might consider Folding@Home, but considering the known power usage of that machine, I wouldn't bother. I can't afford it.

Kit

11/21/2008 5:49:06 AM ET

Never know when there will be a power outage, anyway. Why risk it?

delete

11/21/2008 6:45:23 AM ET

I use a power strip that automatically kills power to the TV, both consoles, the DVD player and most of the other devices whenever I turn off the receiver.