Power consumption is also one of the key points that people always discuss lately. With “Go Green” being the buzzword at the moment, critics expect that Sony have to decide joining the Go Green revolution and promote a totally Green product in form of PS4, which will consume extremely low power level.

Something that Sony will have to make sure in PS4 would be substantial relief in terms of power sucking capability in their next generation gaming console. Everyone know the fact that PS3 is a big power sucker.

In fact, you might be shocked to know that if you just leave your PS3 switched on in idle state for a year, it would cost you $157! What a waste of energy, isn’t it?

On the other hand, it will be tough to handle heavy upgrades in an eco-friendly design, especially with no optical media in storage drive (assuming PS4 will be working online and games can be downloaded,  not being saved on Blu-Ray disks, DVD, or hard drive).

Therefore, it is only a sweet speculation, which looks pretty hard to be a reality. Nevertheless Sony will need to badly make sure that PS4 does not follow up in the line up for the most costly electronic appliances to run, even in idle mode or stand-by mode.

Microsoft’s X-Box 360 is also not too good as it would cost you $125 per year in idle, but Nintendo’s Wii is completely the opposite. It is estimated that Nintendo Wii will not cost you $15 each year, if in idle mode.

As result, the next generation Playstation and X-Box gaming consoles will certainly need to pay attention to power consumption, if they want to stay competitive with the next generation Wii.

Furthermore, if Sony does not do something about the power sucking character of PS3 and double the performance output in PS4, it would be certainly scary to imagine how much power PS4 will suck. You can also discuss this issue in Playstation 4 Forum.