Digital Game Downloads Can Reduce CO2 Emissions by 96%
Feb. 16, 2020With the drastic changes in the global climate, it is of utmost importance to monitor the carbon footprint of all the different sectors and industries. Gaming is one such industry and major players in this industry have pledged to do something to reduce carbon emissions in the world.
A recently published comparison, named Console Carbon Footprint, between physical and digital copies of games revealed the amount of carbon emitted by the gaming industry in the last few years.
According to the CCF comparison,Fifa 19 holds the top spot, emitting 912,281 KG of CO2. Following Fifa 19, Red Dead Redemption 2 emitted 848,733 KG, Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 emitted 566,489 KG and Marvel’s Spider-Man emitted 326,808 KG.
The comparison also took account of playing time of popular titles. In this comparison, it found that Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is the game that causes the most damage to the environment in terms of play-time. The average time to complete the game is 40 hrs 24 mins. Then comes GTA-V and Fallout 76, both of these takes 32 hrs to complete.
Measuring the plastic waste emission, it was found that if Fifa 19 players got rid of their physical discs to get the new Fifa 20, the waste would amount to 128,479 KG of plastic.
So if you are a hardcore gamer yourself,just try to contribute your part in saving the environment. You can avoid buying physical copies of games and switch to digital copies. You can share and spread this message to other fellow gamers.
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