PlayStation Vita battery life: 3-5 hours of gameplay

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• No thanks. : shirif
• Which is longer than anyone will play it. : baron calamity
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  well that's unfortunate I guess. I hope this thing isn't super expensive. : Hemtroll
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    The price was already announced: $249 for wi-fi and $299 for 3G. : dpgagnon
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      oh really? Time to start saving up then! : Hemtroll
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        I hope you don't mean for the vita : JohnnyRey
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          no I actually mean the gamecube : Hemtroll
          • Much better choice. : JohnnyRey
• and there's the deal breaker : dantastic
• im guessing the 5 hours is being extremely optimistic too... : rtrson
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  and by 3-5 they mean 3. : smax
  • 5 if you're playing doom 3 : 60days
  • I guess it depends if you use 3G or not. : razlebol
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  You guys are complaining, but considering the Vita's performance and the number of options it has going, ... : Lone Swordsman
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    I do ... the majority of my handheld game playing is while traveling - airplane (mostly), train, taxi. An... : johnhead
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      My Aircanada flights to London (and wherever else) have a multi-regional power plug in the headrest next ... : jayacheess
      • My 9 hour flight to Greece had a projection screen in the front of the cabin, and no plugs. It sucked ass... : Rag and Bone Man
  • yes, because i want to always remember to bring my charger with me wherever i go, or buy 2-3 just so i ca... : deathofrats
  • it's a portable gaming device that is only portable for 3 hours : dantastic
  • That kinda defeats the purpose of a portable to be near a power outlet every 3-5 hours. : jingletard
• * 3 D S ' D * well, with better graphics. : mrazzino
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  You guys are funny. I think the Vita's looking really promising so far and I can't wait to get my hands o... : dpgagnon
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    DS was 8-10 i believe, if not longer. That is my standard of measurement, not the iphone. : deathofrats
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      DS is old gen now. DSi and 3DS were significantly lower. : dpgagnon
      • Yeah, which is why I won't upgrade until the battery life gets to at least 8 hours again. : deathofrats
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    really? standard? I get a full Chicago to London flight out of both my ipod Touch and iPad. : johnhead
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      My Touch runs out of juice after 3 hours of gaming (where the game is actually demanding, like Infinity B... : dpgagnon
      • I played Civ Rev the entire flight over ... : johnhead
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  http://twitter.com/#!/KazHiraiSCE/status/114138555810459648 for those without twitter @KazHiraiSCE : multisync
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    i...uh. what a tool. : deathofrats
    • it's not real... : kaankasim
• Well, that's a pass then. I was so looking forward to buying this too.. : deathofrats
• Hahahaha! : pigvomit
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  I'll probably get it anyhow. It's probably about the same as the iphone when you use it to play games. : razlebol
  • Also, can the battery be changed? : razlebol
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  Why the hate for Vita? I think it looks good and has the ability to do really well. : Demius
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    Uh... the hate for the Vita? People are pissed about the battery life. Same with the 3DS. : pigvomit
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      some of the above comments were basically slanted at the "i wouldn't even play it for 3 hours" and that d... : Demius
      • Haters gonna hate. : dpgagnon
• It's disappointing, but it doesn't sound too surprising considering the hardware. I'm not buyi...ooooo Wi... : PointlesS76
• Not surprising. If your smartphone could push 3DS/Vita style graphics, it'd be dead in a few hours as wel... : HockeyJohnston
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  :( Battery tech is so far behind. : cetra00
  • This is really the main issue. Things just won't get that much better without a major breakthrough. : TrptJim
• just like the Game Gear I see. : creep
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  I just don't get why they would not put a larger battery in there...they could have designed it to be so.... : Johnsexyelder
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    They probably wanted to keep it affordable for us folks, I'm sure if they crammed a 3500mah battery in th... : Xencer
    • the thing is, they'll be making so many of these things that I think could have afforded to make a batter... : Johnsexyelder
• This is pretty much the same as the psp portables so who cares... People will hate to hate but it's the d... : TotalRecall
• This thing is more powerful than any smartphone and has battery life that is just as comparable. Running ... : manlyman
• I got this out of my PSP, then bought the extended battery and went 'awwwww yeah'. : Majuju
• This and 3DS (and iphone etc etc) show that the processing and display tech is moving faster than the bat... : apocreg