Nintendo’s CEO is being quoted as saying handhelds with a battery life of under 10 hours are “absolutely meaningless,” after his company just announced the 3DS only has a 3 hour battery life.
Nintendo CEO Iwata was previously quoted rubbishing the PSP for having a short battery life:
“For games, it is absolutely meaningless if your console doesn’t have a battery life of 10-20 hours.”
The 3DS has a battery life of “3-5 hours” in normal 3DS games, and a 3.5 hour charge time.
He is however true to his word in another 2004 interview:
“I actually don’t think you can’t use the DS for things other than gaming.
However, to make it do all kinds of things, and to give it all kinds of functionality, you end up pushing up the price, making it bigger, and reducing the battery life – this is a mistake, I think.”
It wouldn’t be as much of a problem if the system used standard batteries. Except that too many people don’t know what NiMH batteries are. I guess it couldn’t keep time without constant power though.
All the same, I’d LOVE something like an extended battery pack for my DS. Or even just a thing I can plug in that funnels power into it from some AA or AAA batteries.
3h is absolutely fine. O.o
Karma is such a bitch, isn’t it?
CPU & GPU usage as well as large screens will eat into the battery. Hence… the DSi has a better battery life than the DSiXL. The 3D functionality requires a bit more power to work obviously.
If someone wants a long battery life, the DS-Lite is the best way to go. But I like the DSi the most. 😉
I’m glad they acknowledge the battery life. Something Sony didn’t bother to do from the looks of it.