Climate-Friendly Changes Coming To Gaming Consoles

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    • Publish Date: Sep 25 2019 4:06PM
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    • Updated Date: Sep 25 2019 4:06PM
Climate-Friendly Changes Coming To Gaming Consoles

Gaming is going green and some of the biggest game companies hope players will, too.

The companies behind PlayStation, Xbox, Angry Birds, Minecraft, Twitch and other video games and platforms pledged on Monday at the UN to level up efforts to fight climate change and get their throngs of users involved.

The promises range from planting trees to reducing plastic packaging, from making game devices more energy efficient to incorporating environmental themes into the games themselves. “I believe games and gamers can be a force for social change and would love to see our global community unite to help our planet survive and thrive,“ Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan said.

Ryan said Sony’s plans include outfitting the next-generation PlayStation system with a low-power, suspend-play mode. He said if 1 million players use it, they could save enough electricity to power 1,000 average US homes.

The idea of gaming green got new visibility with Monday’s commitments from 21 companies, facilitated by the UN Environment Programme and showcased against the backdrop of Monday’s UN climate summit. With an estimate of over 2 billion video game players globally, “this is the most powerful mobilisation channel in the world,” David Paul, the Marshall Islands’ environment minister said.

WildWorks intends to incorporate new materials about habitat restoration and reforestation into its children’s game Animal Jam, and to plant a tree for every new player. Microsoft plans to make 8,25,000 Xbox consoles that are carbon-neutral or don’t cause any net increases in heat-trapping CO2. Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment is offsetting carbon emissions generated by players charging electronic devices.

Google’s upcoming Stadia streaming service is financing research on how people can be inspired to change their behaviour through games. “They’re participatory. They require the player to take action. It’s not just absorbing a message from the outside,” said Erin Hoffman-John, Stadia’s lead designer for research and development.


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Gian Thacker BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL

As I am a gamer, I totally support Jim Ryan and the game makers who are willing to save electricity by using the new and upcoming PlayStation. Many players use PlayStation in the world, and with a new eco-friendly PlayStation coming up, many more players will join in. It is a great step to save electricity.

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