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The average Xbox Series X game draws 122 watts.

That’s an overall average — many 4K 60FPS games pull over 160W, and some are well over 180W. You also might be surprised when they’re gulping the juice: pause menus average 137W, far more than cutscenes and loading screens. Multiplayer lobbies average 122W. The company’s working on tools to help/shame developers into lowering those.

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