In the final episode of the year we come back to Dr Jackson Ryan and look more closely at his recent article researching the power use of our favorite Christmas presents, the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series consoles. To do that we have enlisted the invaluable aid of Dr Ben Abraham! Together they begin to draw a portrait of how the gaming industry might move towards sustainability over the course of this generation.

LINKS:

Read Jackson's article on energy consumption in the new generation here:

https://www.cnet.com/features/ps5-xbox-series-x-and-the-climate-crisis-facing-next-gen-video-games/

Jackson mentioned a self-regulatory initiative between the console makers on energy efficiency. Read more about that here:

https://www.eesc.europa.eu/resources/docs/games-consoles-self-regulatory-initiative.pdf

And a final Christmas treat: Ben briefly mentioned Joshua Aslan and whole-heartledly recommends his PhD thesis for anyone wanting to dive deeper into the power draw of gaming: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/853729/

As always, check out the Game Devs For Future discord to get acquainted with the IGDA Climate SIG and hopefully find your place in the fight for a livable future.

https://discord.gg/KW5XXWzCHq