Sony announces PSP's battery life...

[A Black Falcon]

IF it is and with such a low batter life it should be.

IF by 'should' you mean 'better'...

The rechargeable batteries I have take about 3 hours, and doesn't the GBA take several hours to recharge?

Ah, so another overly optimistic assesment by OB1? It'd hardly surprise me, he seems determined to be a PSP fanboy or something...

I would think it'd be more than an hour... and that recharge time is a big minus. It means that that spare battery really isn't 'optional'... but since this is Sony, I'm sure they'll make you pay extra, and quite a bit extra, to get the thing...

Except that it's an additional charge on top of the potentially high price you are already paying. Of course you could not get an extra battery, but then you'd have to contend with the short battery life.

Exactly... and $20 or more is quite a lot more than $2-$5 for a SP plug adapter...

Yes, having a rechargeable battery is a good thing, having a short battery life, however, is not.

But as OB1 says, three hours IS a good battery life! :bang:

But not compared to Nintendo's next handheld.

We know nothing about it, but I'm sure it'll crush the PSP...

The GBA's 2D capabilities are better than the SNES', but it still can't do 3D well. The SNES is the most similar to the GBA than any other console.

If the GBA could stand up against the PSP then Nintendo wouldn't be rushing to get their next handheld out the door around the time the PSP comes out. That is a point you seem to be ignoring.

"rushing" is just about the last term I'd describe to explain what I see as the pace Nintendo is going on the GBA successor... we know NOTHING about it...


So... the question is, what should the next GB have in it? What should it have, and what do we wish it had... :)

-GB compatibility (somehow, it'd help a LOT)
-large optical media
-power greater than a PSP (which will be DC-level... at best...)
-long battery life (this is KEY, and its always been central to what Nintendo has done with the GB... battery life has been, all along, their central focus... and its been what brought them above most of their competitors for years...)
(oh, and 3-6 hours isn't long)
-bigger screen
-analog stick and d-pad (needed for 3d games...)
-as many buttons as a major console controller (8-12, not 6)