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Forums - Nintendo - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will run for 3 hours before draining the Switch’s battery

d21lewis on 17 April 2017

Three hours.

By then, I'll be raped by enough blue shells that I'll want to quit anyway.



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irstupid on 17 April 2017
Captain_Yuri said:

Makes sense to me. I guess it 3 hours will be for most AAA games.

Although 30% is kinda low

Don't bother thinking about 30%

BotW time isn't much different when brightness is on max or on the lowest setting. Now playing Mario Kart online is where I woudl worry. I would guess that would drop it down a half hour. But brightness don't seem to affect switch games too much.



StarOcean on 17 April 2017

Piss poor battery life as usual



Shadowcat on 18 April 2017
Cloudman said:
3 hours seems like a pretty good number for a game like MK8. I can't imagine I'd play for that long anyways.

Yeah who needs more than 3 hours between finding power outlets anyway? The battery life will be bumped up to 4+ hours on the Switch Lite, Holiday 2018 though.



Rocketjay8 on 18 April 2017

How about with airplane mode on with low light?



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Goodnightmoon on 18 April 2017

3 hours for AAA games sounds about right



Mystro-Sama on 18 April 2017

Still waiting for that better battery Switch.



Soundwave on 18 April 2017
Mystro-Sama said:
Still waiting for that better battery Switch.

The chip exits, it's a Tegra X2 (Parker). If you put it inside a Switch it would run the same games 5-6+ hours on the same battery I believe. 



Mystro-Sama on 18 April 2017
Soundwave said:
Mystro-Sama said:
Still waiting for that better battery Switch.

The chip exits, it's a Tegra X2 (Parker). If you put it inside a Switch it would run the same games 5-6+ hours on the same battery I believe. 

Really? So why doesn't Nintendo use it? Too expensive?



Soundwave on 18 April 2017
Mystro-Sama said:
Soundwave said:

The chip exits, it's a Tegra X2 (Parker). If you put it inside a Switch it would run the same games 5-6+ hours on the same battery I believe. 

Really? So why doesn't Nintendo use it? Too expensive?

It's just coming out now. 

My guess is Switch/NX was supposed to launch in fall 2016, so they opted for the Tegra X1 as that would be the only chip available for that time. The X2 probably costs a little more right now too. It'll come down in cost in a year or so, and you'll probably sell Nintendo use it in a revision(s).