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Not to mention it sounds like he's arguing against data center driven games. Which seems like the wrong thing to argue against. Add up all the energy used by
by daxfohl 7y ago
Not to mention it sounds like he's arguing against data center driven games. Which seems like the wrong thing to argue against. Add up all the energy used by the consoles and TVs and I'd imagine it dwarfs the data center energy.
- Nasrudith 7y agoThe transmission and encoding/decoding is probably significant however even if the processing may be more efficient in bulk- look at streaming vs downloaded energy useage for one. But it is still probably a win over retail distribution.
- daxfohl 7y agoAnd that said, talking energy to entertainment ratio, I'd think the proliferation of giant screen televisions that are just on all the time would be an even larger concern.