PSP Battery Life Shorter than Stated

[Gryph]

SCE main man Ken Kutaragi said some stuff to say, here is some of it.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=5251[/url'>']"A puzzle game will last longer, but Ridge Racer will probably be shorter than that," he told the site, referring to the battery life statistics released by SCE last week - which claimed four to six hours of battery while playing games.

 

The figures quoted by SCE rely on playing with headphones, without using the wireless multiplayer capabilities of the device, and with screen brightness set in a specific range - leading to widespread speculation that using the full power of the system will bring the battery life down closer to the originally rumoured two hour level.

Source: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=5251

[L.S.D]

SCE main man Ken Kutaragi said some stuff to say, here is some of it.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=5251[/url]]"A puzzle game will last longer, but Ridge Racer will probably be shorter than that," he told the site, referring to the battery life statistics released by SCE last week - which claimed four to six hours of battery while playing games.

 

The figures quoted by SCE rely on playing with headphones, without using the wireless multiplayer capabilities of the device, and with screen brightness set in a specific range - leading to widespread speculation that using the full power of the system will bring the battery life down closer to the originally rumoured two hour level.

Source: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=5251

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I knew it! There has to be a catch!

[wacko_jacko]

Maybe the DS has a fighting chance after all.

[Ghosty]

2 Damn Hours? Might As Well Buy A Flash Cart For My Gba And Watch Porno.

[Weirdy]

2 Damn Hours? Might As Well Buy A Flash Cart For My Gba And Watch Porno.

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I second that

[Mag]

Oh god, to think this is only Ridge Racer, you can just forget long hours of playing with Grand Turismo 4

 

btw.. Any info on the battery source for DS ? as in DS running a game like Metroid: Prime Hunters ?

[Tidus]

XD Sony want Big N to earn more money!XDXDXD

[Jjangthekid]

damn sony.i thought they were better than this.

[Ryuken]

Sony should get rid of PSP cuz it sux and work on something else like a better PS3

[Gryph]

Sony should get rid of PSP cuz it sux and work on something else like a better PS3

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That's a very dumb idea.

[Agozer]

I have to take my hat off for Sony because they are actually trying to make it into the handheld business; there's been way too much bitchin abou tthe battery life and whatnot.

 

Just test the thing out at the store (when it's released) before you grind it to the ground.

[Ryuken]

Sony should get rid of PSP cuz it sux and work on something else like a better PS3

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That's a very dumb idea.

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i don't mean get rid of it but like release it later when it's betterr, cuz most of the first version of PS2 broke after a few months and it would sux for that to happen for the PSP plus the battery life of PSP sux, so Sony should make it better before it release the PSP. It'll be even better to make a PS3 then make PSP

 

Edit: i forgot there's different groups working on the PSP and the PS3

Edited November 3, 2004 by Ryuken

[Gryph]

Sony should get rid of PSP cuz it sux and work on something else like a better PS3

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That's a very dumb idea.

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i don't mean get rid of it but like release it later when it's betterr, cuz most of the first version of PS2 broke after a few months and it would sux for that to happen for the PSP plus the battery life of PSP sux, so Sony should make it better before it release the PSP. It'll be even better to make a PS3 then make PSP

 

Edit: i forgot there's different groups working on the PSP and the PS3

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That's more like it. The only reason they are releasing it so early in Japan is to cut into Nintendo's sales of the DS. The battery life is absolutely abysmal and will be the biggest crutch of that system.

 

And they are working on the PS3, they've been working on it for a while. Sometime in the past few months the CELL chip made jointly by Toshiba, IBM, and Sony went into final stages of development.

[Ghosty]

I Personally Think Sony Should Leave Handheld To Nintendo, And When They Do Decide To Make A Handheld Concole, They Should Get Some Nintendo MakersEr.

[sf2_ryu]

damn only two hours for the psp oh well i hear th DS is gonna be good!