The environmental impact of a PlayStation 4 www.theverge.com

Far from being detached from the environment, the PlayStation 4 is an object hewn from its materials and inhabitants.
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The PlayStation 4’s 8.9 billion kilogram carbon footprint leaves out other environmental impacts like pollutants that don’t end up in our carbon-soaked atmosphere.
The numbers quickly rack up to an almost dizzying degreeHowever forcefully Sony makes the case, the PlayStation 4 is not special.