Board 8 > Handheld battery life problems are exaggerated.

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I mean for Vita and 3DS...

How long are you going to be playing it without being able to charge?

3 Hours+ is perfectly fine.

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Road trip?

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From: Leebo86 | #002
Road trip?

This

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I don't think it got much press compared to the memory cards, but Sony announced an official portable charger for Vita. Should be pretty useful for that reason -

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USB Car charger $8

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You can't always charge in the car. My car doesn't have anything I can charge with.

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It's a little annoying, but as long as it's not worse than the PSP I'm fine with it.

plane trip. At park or something. Camping.

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Cars from the 90's have car charging ports.

what the hell are you driving?

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and how often are you road tripping and plane riding?

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Enough that its an issue.

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Doesn't it kind of defeat the purpose of a portable gaming system if the response is just "you can treat it like it's not portable and plug it in wherever you go".

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4 times this year so far. I always play it in the lobby. I dont want it out of charge before i even reach the plane.

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I'm not sure about the 3DS, but as far as the Vita is concerned, there's a nice solution out there for people who travel frequently, or play for long periods of time away from an outlet. Battery life certainly isn't a non-issue with portables, but as long as there are convenient ways to extend the battery life I'm fine with it.

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I usually can keep my 3DS in streetpass mode all day at work and play it on my breaks and lunches and it only loses about 1/3 of it's charge.

I just charge it again at night and it's good to go the next day

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pjbasis posted...
It's a little annoying, but as long as it's not worse than the PSP I'm fine with it.

Bad news, both handhelds will have shorter battery life than the PSP.

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and how often are you road tripping and plane riding?

Every couple months.

as far as the Vita is concerned, there's a nice solution out there for people who travel frequently, or play for long periods of time away from an outlet.

What solution is that?

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Well geez guys, can't you survive a flight without playing videogames for more than 3 hours? Bring a book, listen to music, take a nap, etc. etc. etc. ...you bunch of whiny geeks

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Look I don't care whether you think playing more than 3 hours of games is lame or overkill or whatever (I myself never bring handhelds on a trip, mostly because I don't game that much anymore)


The point is that a portable system with 3 hours of battery life is really short and everyone who says it isn't a 'big deal' will say it is when battery life of the next handheld is 1 hour. You shouldn't accept that the standard is being lowered just because you yourself don't have a problem with it yet.

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Topic is so dumb. They aren't exaggerated. We know the exact amount of time the battery lasts, and that time is too short for some people's needs. Whether or not you need 3-4 hours is irrelevant. There are tons of people who often ride planes or have long commutes that would want a little more life out of their portable systems. It's not like you can play it until the battery dies anyways. Most of the time you're going to turn it off when you get the low battery warning because you don't want it to shut off while you're still playing..

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Okay, let's make The PSVita 300 or 350 so we can play longer without charging.

um. What do you guys want? You can't have everything in this world!

muddersmilk posted...
What solution is that?

Posted it earlier in this topic. Basically, a pocket-sized portable charger from Sony -- it can last longer than a plane flight from New York to San Francisco.

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From: SnoicFactor | #013
4 times this year so far. I always play it in the lobby. I dont want it out of charge before i even reach the plane.

Track down an outlet?

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My PSP have like 3 hours battery life and I'm fine with that so I really don't care about any of this stuff.

The only problem is that my PSP's battery dies so quickly when it's totally off... my battery is super old though.

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From: Black_Hydras | #023
Track down an outlet?

Then it's not portable.

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Okay, let's make The PSVita 300 or 350 so we can play longer without charging.

um. What do you guys want? You can't have everything in this world!

The solution is not to bring out a handheld system until you can do it with a longer battery life and at an affordable price.

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How long are you going to be playing it without being able to charge?

and how often are you road tripping and plane riding?

Well geez guys, can't you survive a flight without playing videogames for more than 3 hours? Bring a book, listen to music, take a nap, etc. etc. etc. ...you bunch of whiny geeks

Track down an outlet?

Oh, why don't you just give up on playing games forever? Then you won't have to worry about battery problems? Or always carry 100 feet of extension cords with you wherever you go? So you can always plug it in. Maybe you just have to restrict yourself to playing only five minutes at a time? A shorter battery life isn't a problem if you look at it that way.

For God's sakes, the lowered battery life of the latest handhelds is an inconvenience plain and simple. You can come up with lame excuses where it couldn't be a problem if you deliberately confine yourself and how you use them, but that doesn't change the basic truth that these handhelds less portable and more limited than ever before.

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From: beavis666x2 | #025
Then it's not portable.

How isn't it? You're still playing it at the airport -- the only thing different is maybe rather than sitting in a chair playing you're sitting on the floor by an outlet playing.

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Remember when the Game Gear was trashed for its short battery life? I'm pretty sure it lasted more than 3 hours.

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Just a reminder that battery life for everything is getting shorter. Look at cell phones. My old flip phone would last a week or two, but my smartphone lasts a day. I've also had it die in 8 hours sometimes, too.

Basically, we're at a point where "portable" electronics are being increasingly tied down to outlets. Technology has allowed the performance of electronics to increase drastically, but battery technology has not kept up. This is true for handheld game systems and smartphones. It's a general trend with portable electronics.

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From: muddersmilk | #029
Remember when the Game Gear was trashed for its short battery life? I'm pretty sure it lasted more than 3 hours.

A) Early models had a 3 hour battery life. Later models went to 4 hours.
B) These were AAs, not built-in rechargeable batteries, that were in question.

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You must be on something if you think the gsme gear even lasted 1 hour. You got 30 minutes for 6 aa batteries.

And it'd be nice if the vita even had 3 hours proper, instead of the junky settings on it to make that figure.

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