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Dulfite on 11 December 2016
Einsam_Delphin said:
Dulfite said:
The fact that, unlike the 3ds and all previous generations, the games on Switch will be home console quality titles and not super cheap budget games like all handheld games are, makes me not want to complain about battery life.

So it could last 10 seconds and you'd be okay with that? :L

Seriously though, home console quality is fine and good, but above all they should make sure it's still a good portable, that's what the majority of their userbase plays on.

I'm saying with 3+ hours of games like a full HD Zelda game on the go, I'm not going to complain whether its 3 hours or 8 hours. Obviously, if it only lasted an hour, that just wouldn't work, but rarely am I in a situation where I play a video game for 3 straight hours, let alone one on the go. The only thing I will need the long battery life for is on roadtrips or on planetrips



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KingofTrolls on 11 December 2016
Dulfite said:
 the games on Switch will be home console quality titles and not super cheap budget games like all handheld games are, 

Come on, some games like Killzone Merc or Freedom Wars are OK.



theARTIST0017 on 11 December 2016

HYPE!!



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Lonely_Dolphin on 11 December 2016
Dulfite said:
Einsam_Delphin said:

So it could last 10 seconds and you'd be okay with that? :L

Seriously though, home console quality is fine and good, but above all they should make sure it's still a good portable, that's what the majority of their userbase plays on.

I'm saying with 3+ hours of games like a full HD Zelda game on the go, I'm not going to complain whether its 3 hours or 8 hours. Obviously, if it only lasted an hour, that just wouldn't work, but rarely am I in a situation where I play a video game for 3 straight hours, let alone one on the go. The only thing I will need the long battery life for is on roadtrips or on planetrips

Ah gotcha, you should be good to go then. I'd complain if it were only 3, but yeah I'd still buy it anyway.



Dulfite on 11 December 2016
Einsam_Delphin said:
Dulfite said:

I'm saying with 3+ hours of games like a full HD Zelda game on the go, I'm not going to complain whether its 3 hours or 8 hours. Obviously, if it only lasted an hour, that just wouldn't work, but rarely am I in a situation where I play a video game for 3 straight hours, let alone one on the go. The only thing I will need the long battery life for is on roadtrips or on planetrips

Ah gotcha, you should be good to go then. I'd complain if it were only 3, but yeah I'd still buy it anyway.

I would if it were realistic for me to ever play that long on the go, but it just isn't anymore. If I'm physically moving around out of my house, I don't really want to look at a screen I'd rather enjoy walking with my wife or doing activities etc.



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hershel_layton on 11 December 2016
Wright said:
burninmylight said:

The last portable device that gave you that much battery life didn't have built-in WiFi, was on a much smaller and screen and had FAR weaker hardware. To get that experience, you'd  have to turn off the WiFi on your handheld and stick to VC games. I'm pretty sure you want more out of your 3DS and Switch than that. :)

I don't think being content with five hours is "settling." Not for me at least, because outside of a plane trip, I can't think of any situations where I have five hours to play video games away from home and not within convenient range of an outlet. Maybe when I was a kid, but not now.

It doesn't matter whether I want more or less of an experience (for the record, I hardly ever play online - if any at all, on consoles -), it's just that five hours is an atrocity. My laptop can't barely lasts 6 hours (under minimal brightness!), and if I have to stick it around in power sources that much time, the "portability" aspect of it becomes moot. It screws me up when I'm at class, because depending on which one (or the assigment I'm doing) I can't connect it anywhere. It's just dumb. Anything less than half a day shouldn't be acceptable.

I don't even know where the hell you'd find the time to play 4-5 hours outside of your home...a laptop is completely different



 

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Knitemare on 11 December 2016

If it can get more than 5 hours, itll be a must buy ASAP for me.



                          

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cosmic_drift on 11 December 2016

Unless there are people out there who play video games for 5 hours straight, I don't see the problem here.



Wright on 12 December 2016
hershel_layton said:

I don't even know where the hell you'd find the time to play 4-5 hours outside of your home...a laptop is completely different

Plenty of places and situations that could make you play more than 5 hours outside your home, and doesn't have to be consecutively. Can't play more because the battery life is terrible, but everyone's happy with it so who cares I guess.



Pavolink on 12 December 2016

My expectations will be set on 4hrs.



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