Which Next Gen Console Is The Loudest?

Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have now all released their consoles into the wild. Microsoft had a year head start. Nintendo has made a huge leap towards catching up and Sony is doing their best as well. Now that all three consoles are in the wild, Pregamelobby.com was curious to determine which console made the most noise. The results may surprise you.

[shikwan]

to see which console is 'better', it's time you start taking up other hobbies!!! Jeez Who F-N Cares!!

[Fan Tastic]

http://pregamelobby.com/

[Tut]

Refer to this topic. It is much more lively.

http://www.news4gamers.com/...

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[Dusk]

It's just an article measuring noise. I do find it funny, though, that with all the 360 bashing of it being so loud, that it turns out to be the least loud of the three.

[Sphinx]

I love my Xbox360 and all, but I've got to say it is definitely louder than my Wii, IMO.

[Marty8370]

X360 is far too loud.

[HaKeRsCanRotINHEL]

is far too Expensive! The Wii shouldn't be much louder than the Gamecube being that its basically the same hardware.

[MissAubrey]

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[Daewoodrow]

You only have one bubble. Why not save all these worthless comments and publish them all in one comment one day. I have friends in the book publishing industry, they can take that glorious comment and publish it as a book, entitled "What a douche would say: The story of a failure".
It will surely win the pulitzer.

[Harry]

If your xbox360 is too loud. Turn your TV down.

[specialguest]

virtually every Wii60 owners or owners of all three consoles will tell you that this isn't true. i've read several comments from different sites about this article and they're all pretty surprised about the results. whatever happened to fan noise level? hmm...

[uxo22]

I would have to say, that what is didn't take into consideration is that just that fan noise. Perhaps he didn't allow his test to run long enough for the systems to get warm enough for the fans to kick in. Test should have been performed after all three consoles have been running uninterupted for at least 1 hour.

[Trickedbullet]

The PC is far louder than all three consoles. I have had many pc's, and they all are pretty loud, at least fan based pc's. I personally dont even hear noise from any of the 3 consoles because of this.

[USMChardcharger]

you know it sounds like in the ps3 case, its increase in noise seemed to be heat related.

just saying the fans had to kick in to cool it (not saying it overheated or anything, it operated normally).

the wii loudest though...i would not have guessed that either.

[djbassay2k5]

is this really important, i doubt any of the consoles or the pc are jet engine loud. most people have the tv turned up loud while they are playing games anyway

unless youre a little kids whos trying to sneak in a extra few minutes of gamin past bed time

[sparco]

If they stood that 360 up then i bet ya it would be the loudest! Ive recently laid my 360 down because the noise level is just too high. I love ma 360, the games are fantastic, but when i have that constant werrrrrrrrrrrrrrr in my left ear it just gets sooo annoying lol. So ive moved it to a nice spot and laid it down n it has made a hell of a difference! It seems amazingly quiet now! I would recommend laying it down to everyone, and you'll notice the difference it makes.

All i think it is is the disc spinning inside. Standing up the noise was soo f'in high, but now its just like havin a normal dvd player runnin (but obviously with the slight noise of the 360 fan). Try it

[jerrell]

HA! This information helps us in what way????? Somebody has way too much time on their hands!!! Oh brother, whats next, which one accumulates more dirt!!! Worthless news....

[spacetoilet]

I don't know where he got his test machines, but In the real world, I have played on my brother in laws 360 and its loud like a PC. In comparison my ps3 is quieter than my slimline ps2, which in turn is quieter than a 360. Now I havnt seen a wii up close, but this article smacks of bull$hit.

[Daewoodrow]

you know, this could be true. It could be that although the 360 fan noise is the most annoying, it has the lowest Db rating. And the noise a wii makes might spike into a very high Db for a split second. Just goes to show how worthless this study is.

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

Yes, this is a very irrelevant post, but i liked it...

Unless it's overpowering your TV...it doesn't matter...although i'm sure the 360 might throw some Guitar Hero notes off...unless you have surround sound. hehe...i'm a fanboy

METALOCALYPSE!!!

[LuminousAphid]

If you play games quietly enough that you can even hear any of these consoles, please send them to me because you aren't using them properly.

[Havince]

Anyone actually thought it could differ between machines ??????

My mates Xbox sounds like a plane apparently whereas mines only loud when booting up and then its quiter than a pc. my other friends goes red hot whereas mine is just warm and after few hours no hotter than a pc. dont see point in this topic at all

[nice_cuppa]

i have the same 360 i had at launch....
low noise..it doesn't bother me anyway.
no noticable heat even after 10 hr gaming sesh's.
maybe im lucky...
my 360 sits under my tv ontop of my ntl box..
in my living room.

[nice_cuppa]

noticable...noticeable...notis able...noticabul... meh i dont care.

[miasma]

Maybe, i usually only barely hear my 360 upon start up. Mine is about 15 feet away under my HD set, so not much to think about, and forget about it when the 5.1 kicks in, i wouldn't be able to hear a car accident outside my window, much less the whirrrrrr sound.
See? it's all in how ya look at it :)

[darx]

Who cares about the noise of a console. I don't even notice my 360.

[mucho 99]

my ps3 only makes noise when it gets hot, and then it will get pretty loud. Otherwise, it's quiet, like a stealth bomber or somethin

[Harry]

It all depends on the generation of the consoles too.

When I got my Xbox360 it seemed to reverberate the whole house, yet made hardly any noise.

The Wii on the other hand makes noise but doesn't make loud vibrations.

[Fan Tastic]

http://pregamelobby.com/

[MicroGamer]

When you're focused on a game, you don't even notice the sounds the console makes. Especially if you have your console hooked up to a loud stereo system like many people do.

[General]

360 is louder but has better games :)

[ChickeyCantor]

i cant even hear the wii when playing games

[Marriot VP]

I don't even notice it. I find it hilarious how you guys think this is so very important.

My PC is like a jet engine because I have a really cheap cpu fan. Whatever, I'm used to it.

[HaKeRsCanRotINHEL]

owner should lay their console horizontally, ( if possible ) makes it easier to breath so too speak and improves its longevity.

[Harry]

True.

Also it's seems to vibrate a lot less, which is far more important than the basic noise.

I could hear my 360 from the floor below when it was stood up.

[xombi]

the 360 is the loudest...and certain games like cod2 & 3 shake like a beetoch in the dvd drive..ps3 purrs..

[JohnCarpenter]

so he should've used a digital measuring instrument. ;-)