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Battery life isn't a big deal for me. What I want to know is how durable the two sticks are especially on a handheld. I don't want to end up with lose sticks on my vita that end up making the character moving on its own.
@peicanada
Hmmm... Ill make this as short as possible. You seemed raged about this whole vita tgs thing.
So... Looks at 3ds with its capabilities and graphics. Then looks at psvita. Wttf its embarassing that the 3ds has the same battery life as the vita.
Hmmm... Ill make this as short as possible. You seemed raged about this whole vita tgs thing.
So... Looks at 3ds with its capabilities and graphics. Then looks at psvita. Wttf its embarassing that the 3ds has the same battery life as the vita.
I have an old Windows Tablet PC(slate format with a stylus) that actually runs a version of Windows XP and it has a battery life of 6-8 hours. It's not really all that portable because of that. So 3-5 hours on a handheld is just SAD. It's probably why I haven't bought a handheld since the GBASP.
@SayWord
"Wttf its embarassing that the 3ds has the same battery life as the vita."
Er... no, it doesn't. At least It doesn't seem so, since the 3 hour minimum on the 3DS is with all features turned on and brightness at maximum.
On the Vita, the minimum is with brightness at default, without network play, bluetooth and using earphones. We can assume it would drop with everything on.
"Wttf its embarassing that the 3ds has the same battery life as the vita."
Er... no, it doesn't. At least It doesn't seem so, since the 3 hour minimum on the 3DS is with all features turned on and brightness at maximum.
On the Vita, the minimum is with brightness at default, without network play, bluetooth and using earphones. We can assume it would drop with everything on.
To me, battery life is an issue with every device. Smartphones piss themselves away in like 30 minutes if you start playing games. That's even worse that the 3DS or Vita because the phone is a lifeline.
The iPad is one of the only modern gadgets with an LCD screen that has acceptable battery life and that's only because its an iPod with a gigantic battery stuck on.
Really if we're so damn advanced and technologically evolved like everyone is saying lately, everything should get a month on a charge like the Kindle. But clearly our tendency to shove arbitrary eye candy into things vastly outstrips our ability to invent decent battery technology.
The iPad is one of the only modern gadgets with an LCD screen that has acceptable battery life and that's only because its an iPod with a gigantic battery stuck on.
Really if we're so damn advanced and technologically evolved like everyone is saying lately, everything should get a month on a charge like the Kindle. But clearly our tendency to shove arbitrary eye candy into things vastly outstrips our ability to invent decent battery technology.
While the 3DS has similar battery life, it's worth noting you don't need much more than that because there's no games on the system.
The Vita on the other hand has loads, so some extra juice would've been handy.
The Vita on the other hand has loads, so some extra juice would've been handy.
@Mulk
Is your tablet PC capable of playing video games?
If so I doubt your battery would last an hour. My 2010 ACER laptop with a 6-cell Li-ion battery get's just under 2 hours of HD resolution gaming (Deus-Ex: HR in 720p comes to mind).
Is your tablet PC capable of playing video games?
If so I doubt your battery would last an hour. My 2010 ACER laptop with a 6-cell Li-ion battery get's just under 2 hours of HD resolution gaming (Deus-Ex: HR in 720p comes to mind).
My iPod touch lasts for like 3-4hrs while gaming with no Wifi turned on...
Can not wait for buy a Vita!
Can not wait for buy a Vita!
@el conrado
Still really fucking embarrassing if you ask me. What you are saying that both handhelds have a 3 hour battery life with all capabilities on max, and look at the number of features you listed compared to the 3ds lol. Reallllly fucking sad. But as I said battery issue isn't an issue to me, for both 3ds and vita.
Still really fucking embarrassing if you ask me. What you are saying that both handhelds have a 3 hour battery life with all capabilities on max, and look at the number of features you listed compared to the 3ds lol. Reallllly fucking sad. But as I said battery issue isn't an issue to me, for both 3ds and vita.
Isn't it time for hardware technological advancements to slow down until battery technology reaches a point to sustain it, or at least for battery limitations to be taken heavily into account from a design perspective?
"I don't care about the portability of this portable device since I only use it at home." Why bother buying a portable system at all then? Lamest excuse ever.
May as well play a CONSOLE and avoid a cramped neck and hands since the PSV's claim to fame is "bringing the console experience to a handheld".
Battery life should be a primary concern in portable systems. My iPhone 4 has a better battery life than the PSV... and iPhone's are known to have awful battery life. I guarantee this thing is going to die in under 2 hours while on 3G. Where does that leave PSV in the grand scheme of things?
May as well play a CONSOLE and avoid a cramped neck and hands since the PSV's claim to fame is "bringing the console experience to a handheld".
Battery life should be a primary concern in portable systems. My iPhone 4 has a better battery life than the PSV... and iPhone's are known to have awful battery life. I guarantee this thing is going to die in under 2 hours while on 3G. Where does that leave PSV in the grand scheme of things?
There has to be better battery technology out there already. I'm not surprised at this, just disappointed.
I rarely play anything for 3 to 5 consecutive hours, so this shouldn't be a problem. I do wonder if there's going to be a charging cradle similar to the one the 3DS implemented. As much as I disliked the 3DS, I loved the idea behind the cradle.
@SayWord
"Still really fucking embarrassing if you ask me."
Yeah, for BOTH of 'em.
Let's not forget that while the PSV sports more "juice", the 3DS is powering two graphics chips and three screens.
So, woop-de-doo, give the PSV a star! It has the same battery power than a fully featured 3DS while NOT running the most important feature of the 3G version.
Now THAT'S embarrasing.
"Still really fucking embarrassing if you ask me."
Yeah, for BOTH of 'em.
Let's not forget that while the PSV sports more "juice", the 3DS is powering two graphics chips and three screens.
So, woop-de-doo, give the PSV a star! It has the same battery power than a fully featured 3DS while NOT running the most important feature of the 3G version.
Now THAT'S embarrasing.
I have my smartphone for gaming on the go.
I use my 3DS and psp for when Im bored if my 360 or if Im watching TV I will play some game and watch TV in the background.
So this news sounds good to me.
If people are getting mad at Sony, they should be mad at them for NOT RELEASING THE VITA IN THE US BEFORE CHRISTMAS GOD THEY ARE IDIOTS.
I use my 3DS and psp for when Im bored if my 360 or if Im watching TV I will play some game and watch TV in the background.
So this news sounds good to me.
If people are getting mad at Sony, they should be mad at them for NOT RELEASING THE VITA IN THE US BEFORE CHRISTMAS GOD THEY ARE IDIOTS.
To all those people who are saying the Sony Defence force is being hypocrites for not hating on the PSVita's battery life, know this. The 3DS gets three hours of battery life with the 3D turned on, and that was the main gimmick of the system. The main gimmick of this system is the great graphics and power, and that lasts 5 hours. That's a big difference I'd say. Of course everyone would want a battery that lasts 8 hours, and surely both will get that in their next iterations, but jesus. Stop your whining.
Im a bit dumbfounded. Apart from games, the thing that most people complained at the 3DS release was the battery life. I was expecting Sony to do everything to avoid the mistakes 3DS made, but nope. Same battery life.
@bmart008
"The main gimmick of this system is the great graphics and power, and that lasts 5 hours."
I love how you take the maximum ammount of time possible from the quote like it was a given.
By that token, the 3DS lasts 5 hours with 3D on!
No, it doesn't, and nether does the PSV play for 5 hours. they both last for about 2, and it goes down for everything you add.
So yeah, hypocresy is pretty much a valid thing to point out still. If it's a problem with one, it is with both, or not at all.
"The main gimmick of this system is the great graphics and power, and that lasts 5 hours."
I love how you take the maximum ammount of time possible from the quote like it was a given.
By that token, the 3DS lasts 5 hours with 3D on!
No, it doesn't, and nether does the PSV play for 5 hours. they both last for about 2, and it goes down for everything you add.
So yeah, hypocresy is pretty much a valid thing to point out still. If it's a problem with one, it is with both, or not at all.
"No, it doesn't, and nether does the PSV play for 5 hours. they both last for about 2, and it goes down for everything you add."
I said this backwards. I meant they last for about 2 hours, and that number goes up with every feature you remove.
Brain fart.
I said this backwards. I meant they last for about 2 hours, and that number goes up with every feature you remove.
Brain fart.
@kjones.
The problem with the 3DS is that the 3D is never really "off" unless a game has the feature to turn it off, or if you're playing a DS game.
The problem with the 3DS is that the 3D is never really "off" unless a game has the feature to turn it off, or if you're playing a DS game.
God damn, shut up about "the 3DS gets .5 more hours than the Vita if you stick a paper clip in, or "Vita lasts longer than the 3DS if you hold it at a 38-degree angle". Seriously, the comparisons are getting lame. If you want a 3DS then buy a 3DS, if you want a Vita then buy a Vita, but stop trying to justify one over the other using battery life.
Now, as to why people are more OK with the Vita's battery life, that's very simple; it's because the 3DS launched first. The 3DS provided the standard for this gen of portable consoles. It's the same with price, Vita's $250 looked a WHOLE lot better because the 3DS launched at $250. A new standard was set, and the one that set that standard took the brunt of the criticism. That's the way it works.
There is also the fact that people expected this from the Vita because of its specifications. A screen that size powered by a quad-core CPU? Everyone was already assuming the worst. The 3DS, on the other hand, had a lot of people thinking that it would last longer than it does. People will ALWAYS be more upset when expectations are not met, even if the two figures end up being the same.
So Destructoid's chapter of Nintendo Loyalists have very little grounds for outrage in this particular instance, I'm afraid. The reasons why people aren't as upset are somewhat understandable.
Now, as to why people are more OK with the Vita's battery life, that's very simple; it's because the 3DS launched first. The 3DS provided the standard for this gen of portable consoles. It's the same with price, Vita's $250 looked a WHOLE lot better because the 3DS launched at $250. A new standard was set, and the one that set that standard took the brunt of the criticism. That's the way it works.
There is also the fact that people expected this from the Vita because of its specifications. A screen that size powered by a quad-core CPU? Everyone was already assuming the worst. The 3DS, on the other hand, had a lot of people thinking that it would last longer than it does. People will ALWAYS be more upset when expectations are not met, even if the two figures end up being the same.
So Destructoid's chapter of Nintendo Loyalists have very little grounds for outrage in this particular instance, I'm afraid. The reasons why people aren't as upset are somewhat understandable.
my iPad and my iPhone 4 last 10 hours if I use them the whole day.. my PSPgo and DS lite also live quite long. Don't know whats happening to the world that stuff (except from apple) wont last more than 3-5 hours.
"The star that burns twice as bright burns half as long."
I hope that someone out there will get the reference.
I hope that someone out there will get the reference.
Yeah, I was kind of expecting this. Actually, My estimate was about an hour less.
Diabolically pleased with the outcome.
Diabolically pleased with the outcome.
The need to invent better batteries. Until then, meh. I said the same about the 3DS, being the generous Sony fanboy I am.
The PSP, PSPgo, and the 3DS all have a battery life of about 5 hours. The only time that becomes a problem, is when you're really gaming and there's no battery charger anywhere.
Don't worry everyone.Quit your crying.
I'm going to create a solar panel adapter for both Vita and 3DS.
It will probably be bigger than a Pizza box,but it will work ;P
I'm going to create a solar panel adapter for both Vita and 3DS.
It will probably be bigger than a Pizza box,but it will work ;P
Does this thing have a charging cradle like the 3DS? It makes less than stellar battery life a non-issue for me.
So that puts it at the same battery life as the 3DS? Since the Vita has more power than the 3DS, what's the 3DS' excuse? That's probably why everyone is okay with the Vita having that short of a battery life.
People are more OK with the PSV having the same battery the PSP had, considering the leap in tech they have. People are angrier at the 3DS because it have less battery life than the DS, also having a leap in tech.
If the successor of a product seems weaker in some aspects than their antecessor, it sounds like a problem, even not being one.
The PSV is in all aspects better than the PSP, but the 3DS is not better than the DS in all aspects. That is the comparison most people are doing.
If the successor of a product seems weaker in some aspects than their antecessor, it sounds like a problem, even not being one.
The PSV is in all aspects better than the PSP, but the 3DS is not better than the DS in all aspects. That is the comparison most people are doing.
Way I see it, it's going to be a powerful system, way more powerful then the 3DS seems to be, and it gets the same battery life as a 3DS. Which says something about both companies, if you ask me.
If Sony felt the (unnecessary) need to slash the specs down, I bet we'd see double or even triple the battery life out of this -however it wouldn't be quite the monster they're really wanting to maul us with. So, here we have 5 hours of gaming life -and I'm okay with that.
If Sony felt the (unnecessary) need to slash the specs down, I bet we'd see double or even triple the battery life out of this -however it wouldn't be quite the monster they're really wanting to maul us with. So, here we have 5 hours of gaming life -and I'm okay with that.
@ManWithNoName
"The PSV is in all aspects better than the PSP, but the 3DS is not better than the DS in all aspects. That is the comparison most people are doing."
I'm sorry to keep harping on this, bt if that is the reasoning, the people doing it need to reevaluate their facts.
Both systems are superior to their predessesor in every way except one, and they both are worse on the same one, so this position has no merit.
"The PSV is in all aspects better than the PSP, but the 3DS is not better than the DS in all aspects. That is the comparison most people are doing."
I'm sorry to keep harping on this, bt if that is the reasoning, the people doing it need to reevaluate their facts.
Both systems are superior to their predessesor in every way except one, and they both are worse on the same one, so this position has no merit.
El conrado the vita actually does multitasking and whatnot. If the vita gets 3-5 hours playing uncharted, that's better than the 3ds to me. I'm more concerned about what it gets playing little big planet, escape plan and especially that iOS game.
People are more lenient because the 3ds came out first and the vita does a hell of a lot more. Both on the social front and the graphical department.
People are more lenient because the 3ds came out first and the vita does a hell of a lot more. Both on the social front and the graphical department.
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