Switch battery life: 2h 48m when playing Zelda

[d21lewis]

RolStoppable said:

Nem said:

Don't you wish? The thread was for those saying it was going to be 3 hours minimal in a previous discussion. 

The battery life is even less than the 3 hours Nintendo touted. This is absolutely terribe for any portability, sorry to say. Fans can come up with all sorts of excuses, but they know no portable console would get lack of flaming if it presented this kind of battery life. Also, i bet its even worse if you play an online game like mario kart.

Point at hand: The Switch is terrible at beeing portable. This news isn't for me. :p

This isn't news. A battery life of 2.5-6 hours was announced by Nintendo on January 12th, shortly after Nintendo said that more demanding games like Zelda will drain the battery in about three hours. If you ran into anyone on this forum who said otherwise, you already had Nintendo's official benchmarks to point to.

I typed a long ass reply. Then, the site crashed.

Short response: my 3DS was sleeping instead of being turned off. Meanwhile it we Street Pass gathering and counting steps and stuff. Vita still does similar stuff but lasts longer, though.