Will the Switch ever get a Direct competitor?

[Bofferbrauer2]

Wyrdness said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

I know 5 persons who had a Game Gear but not one came even close to such bad battery life, 3-5 hours was the consensus we had.

Anecdotal as I know 10 people who had a GG and they struggled to get an hour out of the thing I even had one and had the same issue.

Anecdotal for both of us I guess. I never heard of such low battery life before, and couldn't find evidence of such short battery life either. Unless you guys bought the cheapest NiCd batteries, as they where total crap no matter the brand. What batteries you used mattered a lot for the Game Gear. just look here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpfvy_iZxCc

With more modern batteries the Game Gear lasted 7.5 hours, twice as long as the OG 3DS.