18th May 2004, 6:09 PM
No, you have serious comprehension issues. Did I ever say that it was a absolute, impossible to change fact that the PSP would have a 3 hour battery life? No. I did say it was very unlikely it would have a 10 hour battery life, sure, and I still think that. See, I said plenty of times that speculation and analysis is all we have to go on. And you know what? I think that IGN can do a decent job in speculating on battery life. Sony didn't invent some magical new technology. They are running this on known tech. So, the range it will be in is known. Now, might some games get 10 hours? As IGN said, it's possible, if the game minimizes disk use and graphical power (like their example of Bust-A-Move). HOWEVER. You are deluding yourself if you think that their analysis is totally invalid. See, their points ARE things worth considering.
-The PSP has some powerful hardware -- strong graphics chip, video playback, powerful hardware...
-It uses a media that moves
-It has a huge, very bright screen
Now, with just those things we can make some pretty good assumptions. But they had a few more good points.
-Many console games these days stream data; post-GTA, it's pretty common.
-The more the game pushes the system technology, the more it'll press the battery. As in, the highest tech games that push the system the most will likely also be the ones that reduce battery life the most. And games like to press systems as much as they can.
Now... you are saying that purely because we don't have ABSOLUTE FACTS that all of this is totally invalid. That is frankly an incredibly stupid position, one that I'd only expect someone as dead set in proving their opinion right as you would take...
But anyone else can add up the facts and see that this will have a definite issue as far as battery life.
How long will it be? I really don't know. I expect it'll be above 2 hours, but well below 10... 3-5, maybe 4-6, might be decent guesses for games. But that's just a guess... I don't know. But my point isn't that, it's that you cannot categorically ignore IGN's nice article and the good points it makes on battery life just because you wish it wasn't at least somewhat accurate.
Oh yeah, and that article makes me say that $299 is a good starting guess for the price of the PSP... assuming Sony will take a big loss.
-The PSP has some powerful hardware -- strong graphics chip, video playback, powerful hardware...
-It uses a media that moves
-It has a huge, very bright screen
Now, with just those things we can make some pretty good assumptions. But they had a few more good points.
-Many console games these days stream data; post-GTA, it's pretty common.
-The more the game pushes the system technology, the more it'll press the battery. As in, the highest tech games that push the system the most will likely also be the ones that reduce battery life the most. And games like to press systems as much as they can.
Now... you are saying that purely because we don't have ABSOLUTE FACTS that all of this is totally invalid. That is frankly an incredibly stupid position, one that I'd only expect someone as dead set in proving their opinion right as you would take...
But anyone else can add up the facts and see that this will have a definite issue as far as battery life.
How long will it be? I really don't know. I expect it'll be above 2 hours, but well below 10... 3-5, maybe 4-6, might be decent guesses for games. But that's just a guess... I don't know. But my point isn't that, it's that you cannot categorically ignore IGN's nice article and the good points it makes on battery life just because you wish it wasn't at least somewhat accurate.
Oh yeah, and that article makes me say that $299 is a good starting guess for the price of the PSP... assuming Sony will take a big loss.
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