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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 19 September 2012
VicViper said:
Sal.Paradise said:

I was laughing at the battery developers thing, not even touching that glasshouse comment.

 I can daydream that Nintendo would be willing to tighten their profit margin to accomodate a better gaming experience on their console!

And that handheld (and smartphone too since we're on the subject) manufacturers were willing to put more money into better batteries. 

Yeah, I feel pity for the poor anonymous battery makers (now I'm picturing them funny too). They probably make the best ones they can - but then here come's apple and doubles the power of their processor and resolution of the screen! They must all go... "damn! back to the lab!"

The problem is this trend will continue for a long time, imo.


I wouldn't blame the battery developers though. Nintendo is the one who choose to use cheap batteries for their products, as of recently.



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Sal.Paradise on 19 September 2012
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
VicViper said:
Sal.Paradise said:

I was laughing at the battery developers thing, not even touching that glasshouse comment.

 I can daydream that Nintendo would be willing to tighten their profit margin to accomodate a better gaming experience on their console!

And that handheld (and smartphone too since we're on the subject) manufacturers were willing to put more money into better batteries. 

Yeah, I feel pity for the poor anonymous battery makers (now I'm picturing them funny too). They probably make the best ones they can - but then here come's apple and doubles the power of their processor and resolution of the screen! They must all go... "damn! back to the lab!"

The problem is this trend will continue for a long time, imo.


I wouldn't blame the battery developers though. Nintendo is the one who choose to use cheap batteries for their products, as of recently.

Are you crazy? No one battery can hold all thatWiiupad power. 



FrancisNobleman on 19 September 2012

Sucks.

But I don't usually game for more than half an hour at once so.....

I get bored pretty easily.



Kresnik on 19 September 2012
VicViper said:

If it's like the DS/3DS (which looks like it is) it's quite easy to replace the battery, but not practical, you need a screwdriver. Other than that it's like a cell phone battery.

But the real problem here is where to recharge the battery outside the gamepad, as there's no especific charger for it, so yeah, two gamepads are needed, which is not really a good solution. Maybe down the line there'll be a battery pack, that comes with a charger.


Thanks for the explanation.  That kinda blows, in all honesty.  But I guess I'll tackle that problem when I get to it!



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NiKKoM on 19 September 2012

What's the problem? 1 charge and you could finish most games nowadays...



 

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Pavolink on 19 September 2012

Wait?! No! That's not right. I mean, why should I have to pay for more battery life when I have payed already for the gamepad (which is not actually cheap)?

It's not acceptable, by any way. I believe no big capacity in the HDD is good decision, but this low battery not >:|



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VicViper on 19 September 2012

I'm more interested in knowing the length of the power cord.

I rarely play my 3DS unplugged. The gamepad would can be the same if the cable is long enough.



BlkPaladin on 19 September 2012
VicViper said:
I'm more interested in knowing the length of the power cord.

I rarely play my 3DS unplugged. The gamepad would can be the same if the cable is long enough.


I'm guessing it will probally be the length of the 3DS cord, and that is a decent size.



Roma on 19 September 2012

well no problem here as when I'm done playing i will put it on its thingy and if i need to charge it while playing I'll just stick that thing in it and there problem solved!



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Kenology on 19 September 2012

Fine by me. I can always charge and play simultaneously so the battery life won't bother me much. It'll just be like having my Mac with me on the couch right now. I get about 3 hours before it starts crying for juice, at which point I just plug it in.

No idea why some of you (the usual suspects) are making something out of nothing.