NRDC: Wii is greenest console of them all

by David Hinkle { Nov 21st 2008 at 3:29PM }

The NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) recently decided to put all of this generation's consoles through their paces and see which console reigns supreme in the eco-friendly department. As we've heard in the past, the Wii has pretty much dominated all of the competition in each field of study. When looking at power consumption, the Wii only uses 16 watts, compared to the 119 watts of the Xbox 360 and 150 watts of the PS3.

The full NRDC study can be seen here. Warning: it's pretty much all in pdf format.

See also: Nintendo vs. Greenpeace

[Via Examiner]

Tags: eco-friendly, environment, green, natural-resources-defense-council, nrdc

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Hardy @ Nov 21st 2008 3:59PM

They forgot to consider the amount of games people probably throw out for the systems.

Which I mean, people probably literally throw out Wii games because of all the shovelware as opposed to Xbox and PS3 games. :P

Also let's not forget about all the assesories... Zelda swords, wiimote tennis rackets, etc etc.

SoshiKitai @ Nov 24th 2008 2:16PM

...assessories? O_o

...like assessments? :P

Matt @ Nov 21st 2008 5:10PM

But ironically, Nintendo is the least green publisher. They use unrecyclable plastic and throw away all dysfunctional systems.

CJLopez @ Nov 21st 2008 5:22PM

Didn't Nintendo was in the darkest, humidiest part of greenpeace greener companie list?????

Gun Barrier @ Nov 21st 2008 9:55PM

what?!

Deozaan @ Nov 23rd 2008 5:38PM

Just goes to show how full of crap GreenPeace is.

Metayoshi @ Nov 21st 2008 5:32PM

Wait... Wasn't the Wii rated the most environment UNfriendly a few months ago by some other organization? Something about the materials used to manufacture it? Oh well... I'm going to keep enjoying it.

DanielWilliam @ Nov 22nd 2008 6:08AM

Of course its the greenest the gfx are bazillion years behind.

Well at least the games are fun to play ...

Gfx is pain -.- One of the best gfx is Strong Bad ...

I m Sewios !

Back in the days where the movie theater was becoming popular you determined the quality of the movie by the amount of times the movie ripped (stopped ) and had to be taped.

Well we are back there ... How often did your GoW movie rip ... too often :D

My Fallout 3 movie doesnt even start.
Quality management is for wimps ...

(Nice ! This was extremely off topic)

Brad Mecoli @ Nov 25th 2008 12:49AM

does that mean the gamecube uses 8? ;p

NRDC: Wii is greenest console of them all