6 reasons to be hyped and a few to worry about the NS

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Soundwave said:

Captain_Yuri said:

Ummm... Not from a usability standpoint... People can say how impressive it is all they want but it is going to get rekt in the reviews and public perception if it is only 3 hours. If it ain't at least 5, most people won't like that aspect at all and it is important enough to be a deal breaker. It was one of the biggest complaints of the wiiU gamepad.

Considering it is a new very efficient arch and it is meant to be portable, if they don't have a battery that lasts 5+ hours... Then they goofed it.

3 hours for a single gaming session is enough for me. If you need more I'm sure they have an expandable battery or you can carry a battery pak. This is a device not designed for a pocket anyway, so if you have a bag, unless you have the smallest bag ever made, you'll have space for a battery. 

I'd rather have the higher graphics performance than having something less capable but I can get an extra 2 hours of charge out of (whoopity doo). I'm going to guess too that the Switch can run for longer than 3 hours if it's a less demanding game, 3 hours is just for the higher end games, but if a developer makes say a 3DS or Vita tier title with somewhat better graphics, that for 4-5 hours is probably more than doable. 

Good but most people aren't you. Its this type of thinking that makes hardware sell badly... Just because it is acceptable for you doesn't mean it is acceptable for the masses. The masses do not understand or care what it's running, they care about whether or not they can carry it around and go places. If it is portable, it should be designed to be portable... Not designed to be kept near a charger.

2 extra hours of battery (in addition to 3 hours) is a big deal and I stated that as a minimum... 3 Hours of battery life is legit, nothing. If they were going to have such a small battery life, they shouldn't have bothered with this concept to begin with because it really isn't "Play at home or Take it to Go" concept. Because no one can take it go with that small of a battery life and if the point was to keep it at home in the first place, then they should have just made a regular console instead of half-assing the portability. 5 hours should be the minimum for demanding games and it should be even more for less if they want it to not get hammered by the reviews...