We are still quite some time away from receiving concrete details regarding the PlayStation 5, but Sony presents some interesting tidbits at the UN Climate Summit-- specifically involving the power-saving capabilities of the upcoming machine, of course.
According to Sony, the PS5 allows users to suspend gameplay at "much lower consumption" compared to the PS4, at around 0.5W. To do so, the machine uses an integrated system-on-chip with all components held on a single substrate, together with an energy-saving suspend-to-RAM mode. If 1 million owners take advantage of such capability, the company claims, it would bring electricity savings equivalent to the average consumption of 1000 homes in the US.
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