Higher capacity battery with a flip open or clip cover for easy battery changes would have made this a non-issue.

It's one of those reasons why the only people who complain about PSP battery life either:

A) Don't actually own one; just like to complain. 

B) Own one but haven't figured out that the little plastic cover on the back contains a battery that can be swapped out

C) Own one, have located the battery cover but are too stubborn to buy an extra battery yet insist they should be able to play for 10 hours straight on a single charge because portable gaming is "what I do."

The only reason why it's an issue with the 3DS is because quite frankly, battery power has never been an issue before with any of Nintendo's handhelds.

I'm sure some peripheral company will sell a higher cap battery and maybe even a replacement battery cover that doesn't need a screwdriver and four screws to remove. Actually had one of those for the GBA (used a thumbscrew to secure the cover) and it worked well.

@airas  yeah, because im pretty sure that game was on par with the Quakes, Duke Nukems, and dooms of those days. Nope they wasnt

You said FPS games were nonexistent on old portables.

I showed an example of an FPS on the Game Boy.

^^^i wasnt talking a specific year, im talking the whole generation. Wolfenstein 3d was released a year later than MIDI (GB version) and i think its safe to say it was leagues ahead of that game. But kudos to them for even trying

@airas  ok, thats cool, thanks for the history lesson, but that game wasnt anything close to what the Wolfensteins and Dooms did eventually. Hell the GB version was probably a pretty poor point.

the battery isnt a issue for me, as long as the games i buy are good than i will be happy.  :)

I am sure the battery life in comparison to a DS would seem poor but 3 to 5 hours seems a reasonable amount for continous.

But you are here all the time! How do you have time with that!

Something tells me you can have both, you just have to make concessions, and the companies aren't willing too.  A better battery could certainly have given better life.

wht he said