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Falcon095 on 29 August 2008

Damn, i was thinking of getting one of the new bundles with an 8gb memory stick but this is a problem for me because i mainly play handhelds when i travel (long travels), i'll wait to see if i'll buy it or not.



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Dogs Rule on 29 August 2008
twesterm said:

 

@Dogs Rule

I know what games are on the PSP, there's no need to paste a huge list to try and impress me because it doesn't.

If you had bothered to read the introductions to the lists, you'd see that it was of games that can be purchased online therefore that run off the memory card which would reduce your perceived battery life problems despite the fact that most every PSP owner in this thread have been content with the life of its battery.

The last thing I'm desperately looking for is your approval or to impress you.



Onimusha12 on 29 August 2008

Sony never learns...

Someone tried arguing with me that you could just buy multiple PSP batteries for like $5 a piece and just interchange them for extended life on trips, lol.

People stopped trying to defend UMD a long time ago, maybe it time we stop trying to rationalize the terrible battery life.



Batman...WTF? on 29 August 2008
Lord N said:

This whole campaign against the PSP's battery life is really petty and pathetic.

So what if the DS gets 10 hours? When is the average person ever going to need a handheld's battery to last for 10 hours straight? Five hours for the PSP is fine. It's not like it's the Gamegear which only lasted 1.5 hours and you had to stay plugged into a wall at every moment you played it.

Do you think it would be selling so well if the battery life were that big of a deal?

It'd be selling better. My DS can sleep forever. Let a PSP sleep for a bit, and your playtime ends.



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Blacksaber on 29 August 2008
321tttrini4everz said:
Snesboy said:
skeezer said:
I don't see what the BIG deal is >_<

 

 

DS lite has a battery power of 20 hours, give or take. PSP has a battery life of 10 hours playing games, 12 hours playing music (with the screen off) and 3 hours playing movies.

 

DS has two screens and it's battery power is double that of PSP, kind of sad dontcha think?

The Nintendo DS contains a rechargeable lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 850 mAH

The PSP includes an 1800 mAH

 

do some research please

 

DS is now 1000 with the Lite..



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Hawkeye on 29 August 2008
Kasz216 said:
So... the library lasts for like... 1.5 hours now?

Guess i'm getting a wall plug with mine for sure.

If its like my 7 month old (heavily used so far) PSP battery only 1/2 hour shorter, it will last for 5 hours when playing a game from a disk with max brightness and 1/4 to 1/3 of max sound.

 



Dgc1808 on 29 August 2008

Not too bad of a trade off..... the battery is already like...... 7 hours on low light..... 6 and a half isn't too bad.....



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Deviation59 on 29 August 2008
Batman...WTF? said:
Lord N said:

This whole campaign against the PSP's battery life is really petty and pathetic.

So what if the DS gets 10 hours? When is the average person ever going to need a handheld's battery to last for 10 hours straight? Five hours for the PSP is fine. It's not like it's the Gamegear which only lasted 1.5 hours and you had to stay plugged into a wall at every moment you played it.

Do you think it would be selling so well if the battery life were that big of a deal?

It'd be selling better. My DS can sleep forever. Let a PSP sleep for a bit, and your playtime ends.

I've accidentally put my PSP into sleep mode instead of powering it off a few times. I can turn it on a day or two later and it's still good for a few hours of play.

 



Gnizmo on 29 August 2008
izaaz101 said:
Aprisaiden said:
Snesboy said:
skeezer said:
I don't see what the BIG deal is >_<

 

 

DS lite has a battery power of 20 hours, give or take. PSP has a battery life of 10 hours playing games, 12 hours playing music (with the screen off) and 3 hours playing movies.

 

DS has two screens and it's battery power is double that of PSP, kind of sad dontcha think?

lol -- do you even own a DS?

 20 hours... 20 hours ...

 7 - 9 hours is the best you will get out of a DS. My DS lite often runs out of battery in around 5 hours (but its a few year old now )...

 As for PSP the battery lasts between 4 and 6 hours... which to put it simply isn't good enough.


 In the end imho both PSP and DS need to improve battery life. Recharable built-in batteries are nice, but having recharge my handhelds once and day when im playing games isn' fun ...

 

My DS is a year old and I get 12 - 15 hrs/charge on the 3rd brightest setting. Maybe you need a new battery.

 I get 20ish hours out of a charge with the lowest brightness setting and no sound. I require high battery life though so I do my best to maximize it. 10ish hours really isn't enough for me. I forget to charge things constantly. I have to turn my phone off all the time at work so I can actually make calls later in the day because I will forget to charge it for days. less than ten hours is as good as telling me I can only play the system every other day at best. I know I am not the norm, but there are people out there that really do use battery life to its fullest.



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insomniac17 on 30 August 2008

Less battery life? Don't get me wrong, I love my PSP to death, but the short battery life does bug me. (Lucky for me, I usually get home to charge it before its completely drained). It's a good thing I wasn't all that interested in upgrading from my 2000 anyway. =D



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