Sony has announced its plans to join forces with the United Nations in the war on climate change – by cutting down on the power consumption of the PS5.
Over on the official PlayStation blog, Sony writes: “I am also very pleased to announce the next generation PlayStation console will include the possibility to suspend gameplay with much lower power consumption than PS4 (which we estimate can be achieved at around 0.5 W).
“If just one million users enable this feature, it would save equivalent to the average electricity use of 1,000 US homes.”
Those are some seriously impressive numbers! And Sony isn’t the only company that’s committed to the initiative.
Branded ‘Playing For The Planet,’ the likes of Google Stadia, Microsoft, Ubisoft, Niantic and Twitch have also all pledged their support for the UN’s plans.
“The video games industry has the ability to engage, inspire and captivate the imaginations of billions of people across the world. This makes them a hugely important partner in addressing the climate emergency,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
“We are encouraged by the commitment of these gaming companies, which shows recognition that we all must play our role in the global effort to lower carbon emissions and effect real change towards sustainability.”
This seems like an amazing step in the fight against climate change.
PlayStation’s Jim Cerny said in a statement: “At PlayStation, we believe games have the power to ignite social change through educating people, evoking emotions, and inspiring hope. We could not be more proud to be part of the Playing for the Planet Alliance and the commitments announced. We look forward to seeing what the industry can achieve together.”
Find out more about Playing for the Planet Alliance via the link right here.
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