The charge time will be longer than the play time.
Yes, if you play extremely demanding games on max settings.
But anyone who doesn't configure their console to save even a little battery life shouldn't complain.
How does that work, 2.5 hours playtime and 3 hours recharge? Is that even possible?
Because a lithium battery has a very specific charge cycle. The first 20% of charging is done quite slowly (low current). The next 70% is done quickly (high current). Then the last 10% is slowish again. There are plenty of articles out there that explain this. Now there are newer battery tech/charge solutions that use higher current for faster charging (Samsung is one). But it looks like Nintendo elected to not use one of these or they could not fit this charge solution on the PCB.
Nintendo doesn't really seem to care about the Casual Market anymore. They're strictly catering to Nintendo fans now.Why is there so much bad news. Did no one at Nintendo care?
With its formfactor I think its gonna be build like any modern tablet, i.e. everything glued and soldered together.
Will Nyko save us?
They never tried to sell it as a portable replacement. In fact after the reveal trailer, they came out and outright said that it's a home console and shouldn't be looked at as a portable. You can take it out, but it's not the new DS, like some members want to believe.
The news just gets worse and worse...
At least on the Wii-U gamepad, we had the option to switch the battery for a longer lasting one!
They could sell Power Banks, though that means you have to carry with you a battery tethered to your Switch via USB cable.
(Joy-Cons attached: about 398g)
You're phone isn't inherently designed to play games all the time. The Switch is.You can bring a charger with you. If I'm using my iPhone continuously playing games, it also drains battery faster than it charges, so I'll keep it plugged in if possible. Fucking chill out with the Nintendo hate guys.
You can bring a charger with you. If I'm using my iPhone continuously playing games, it also drains battery faster than it charges, so I'll keep it plugged in if possible. Fucking chill out with the Nintendo hate guys.
Well, this seems to indicate that its a Type C connector, that's only using USB 2.0 power standards, so basically no fast charging (hence the insane charging time). That fucking suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks.
Fast charging would be the saving grace of this damn battery life issue.
I don't see how it couldn't have Quick Charge that's basically the whole point of USBC
Nintendo doesn't really seem to care about the Casual Market anymore. They're strictly catering to Nintendo fans now.
No it doesn't.JUST. Even the 3DS charges in faster time.
Now they don't need to remind you to take a break!Guys, think.
This is done so you can take a break between gaming sessions. Play for 3 hours, rest for 3 hours.
Nintendo is just looking out for us, that's all.
That fee is going to be $100, I can feel it.Read the OP?
What?! 3 hours charging time is "insane" now?
We only had the option because they deliberately gave you an undersized battery to begin with, which is something I have never once seen elsewhere in the history of portable electronics.The news just gets worse and worse...
At least on the Wii-U gamepad, we had the option to switch the battery for a longer lasting one!
I feel sorry for those actually looking at this as a portable first or even half of the time. Imagine what the battery life will be a year or three in. Nintendo is in full go fuck yourself mode with this thing, and it seems like with each of these blunders it's their most passionate fans getting screwed hardest.
It is when USB Type-C fast charging exists. My Pixel XL with a 3450mah battery recharges in 40 minutes from dead. It uses standard USB 3.1 fast charging protocols, that Nintendo and nvidia could have used.
Using a USB 2.0 host is short sighted and probably a limitation of the board nvidia have built.
4310 mAh????
BIG mistake Nintendo, my phone almost has that and has a screen that's a couple of inches less in size.
You're touting this as portable??