Wii U power consumption is less than half of Xbox 360 and PS3

According to Digital Foundry, the Wii U uses less than half the power of the Xbox 360 and PS3, making it the greenest console. The system uses just 32 watts of power during gameplay. Here's an excerpt:

We find that the Wii U is drawing around 32 watts of power during gameplay and despite running our entire library of software, we only ever saw an occasional spike just north of 33w. The new PS3 uses 118 per cent more juice under load, while our 2010 Xbox 360S was even less efficient, requiring 139 per cent more power for gameplay. We understand that Microsoft has revised the design of its console since it first launched, but the main CPU/GPU combo processor still uses the same 45nm process, so we don't expect to see any major game-changing efficiency gains.

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Source: GamesIndustry International