Warning: PS3 firmware 4.45 crashing consoles
Dragon's Prophet preview: how to catch your dragon
Report: Respawn Entertainment co-founder left due to personal conflict
Oculus Rift secures $16 million in venture capital
Max Payne 3 slowly dives onto Mac this week
Evening Reading
by Brian Leahy, Jan 07, 2011 5:00pm PSTAnother weekend is upon us and that means it is time for gaming and relaxing. What will you be playing this weekend? How are you all progressing through your inevitable gaming backlog, which most certainly grew in number after the holidays and the Steam sale?
You'll find out what the Shack staff is playing in Xav's Weekend Discussion post.
Gaming News of the Day
- Weekend Confirmed Episode 42.
- Million dollar contest returning for MLB2K11.
- Lord of the Rings Online continues to find success in free-to-play.
- Civilization Worlds (Facebook game) seeking alpha testers.
Links from Morning Discussion
Check out: "Nintendo 3DS good for only 3 to 8 hours of play time per charge" - http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/08/nintendo-3ds-good-for-only-3-to-8-hours-of-play-time-per-charge/?icid=engadget-iphone-url
Remember those all-night Mario Kart DS and Advance Wars marathons? Looking to recreate the magic with the 3DS? Bring a wall charger. Nintendo's just unveiled its best-case scenario figures for the 3DS' battery life, and compared with its predecessors, it ain't pretty. The official numbers are three to five hours playing per game, or five to eight if playing an older DS title (and up to three hours 30 minutes to fully recharge). So... three to eight hours under the most ideal circumstances. Let's look at the family album: the DS is 10 to 14 hours, DS Lite 15 to 19 hours, DSi 9 to 14 hours, and DSi XL 13 to 17 hours (all figures also from Nintendo). Can't say we're entirely surprised; Haus of Mario Chief Satoru Iwata's own words back in October were "it is inevitable that Nintendo 3DS will be a device which requires more frequent recharging than Nintendo DS." Think of it as an extension of the warning label. You can never be too careful, you know.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 15 replies.
You must be logged in to post.