40GB Playstation 3 Consumes 67W Less Power

According to Japanese gaming website Game Watch the new 40GB Playstation 3’s consume 67W less power than the other versions. They measured each value closely and took pictures as proof as shown below.

Original Playstation Power Consumtion40 GB Power Consumption

The comparison along with side by side shots of the two consoles can be seen at Game Watch’s site PC Watch.

They are one of the largest Japanese gaming sites around and often do such test so there should be no doubt this new information is 100% true.

So it looks like Sony has reworked the internals quite a bit in the last few months, to say the least.