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[lenovox1]

What is 3DS battery life to compare?

3 to 5 hours for the original Nintendo 3DS.

 

[Phamit]

Any Infos on Connectors? Wouldn't be a problem if you could use a powerbank

 

[Hydrus]

Why are people shocked? The freaking Gamepad gets 3 hours. This thing looks like it has fans cooling it and can run Skyrim remastered on it.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

I don't expect good battery life .
Battery tech has not caught up to power that mobile chips can have if they go all out .

 

[MUnited83]

3 hours max sounds ridiculous.

I don't really trust her. Other sources?




It is not a portable.

It is a portable.

 

[JetSetRadio]

Dock rumour is good, 720p on a 4k tv would be nasty, 1080 is fine for me.

 

[_Clash_]

3 hours truly is DOA

No way.

Needs to hit 5hrs

 

[z0m3le]

If it means it is close to XB1, that is 3 more hours than that system and PS4. Not like you have to use the function, but it will be nice to go back and forth on the light rail to work for me.

 

[Neoweee]

3 hours?! Christ... How the fuck do you even call that portable?

Hopefully 3rd party batteries will be able to save us

Battery replacements are limited, because of how it slots into the dock. Can't really add any size to the machine.

 

[DNAbro]

Yikes. That's not great battery.

 

[Kusagari]

So the portable aspect is utterly worthless

 

[moltonasty]

tablets have way better battery life than 3 hrs, so I have a hard time believing this

 

[Oersted]

Why? Just curious. She was pretty accurate with her reports in the months leading up to the reveal.

She fell for the NX controller.

 

[Killer Queen]

You guys really expected more?

Yeah, I expected maybe 4 max

 

[Nightbird]

What is 3DS battery life to compare?

EDIT: Sounds like the honeymoon period is already over lol. 24 hours at NeoGAF!

about the same for the first model

 

[wideface]

Ouch... 3 hours is not so good.
Hope they improve it for retail.

 

[LordKano]

Couldn't battery life be poorer in dev kits rather than final retail units as this is ore launch and the system has been fully optimized?

It definitely could.

 

[BitStyle]

I don't really trust her. Other sources?




It is not a portable.

I'm talking about its portability. I know that it's a hybrid.
You won't be able to take it on the go very long at all.

 

[Phediuk]

Were people really expecting better battery life from this thing?

All evidence pointed to the Switch being the next Game Gear in that respect.

 

[watershed]

3 hours max is bad. I was hoping for 4 to 5 max at least and praying for 6 max. 3 is just so low.

 

[GDGF]

Gonna need a third party battery.

I was hoping for four hours at least.

 

[bjaelke]

Hopefully you can switch battery pack.

 

[Crunch2600]

I was thinking about this but was very hopeful considering the size of the system. Three hours is almost unacceptably short, so will wait and hope until actual figures come out closer to launch.

 

[frankie_baby]

Hoe would a game that requires the you h scree, like Mario maker, work in the dock?


Anker portable battery packs are going to be big sellers come Spring.

wouldn't be surprised to find it can stream to the dock but Nintendo probably doesn't want to show that yet for whatever reason

 

[SocksAndShoes]

Uh....wow. That's not good at all.

 

[Vinc]

If the dock DOES have processing power, even minimal, it would be truly amazing if it functioned as a reverse Wii U and allowed streaming from the tablet to the TV, allowing dual screen play or Wii U support via VC. Also, it would be very cool to have media apps on the dock while playing games on the tablet, like running Netflix solely on the dock and watching TV Shows while grinding in Fire Emblem on the tablet. Cool use case right there.

Shame about the battery life. I wonder if there could be some sort of battery add-on that plugs in where the joycons do.

 

[Despera]

Can I charge the Switch with a power bank when it's detached from the dock?

 

[oti]

Battery tech holding us back once again.

 

[Mariolee]

Why? Just curious. She was pretty accurate with her reports in the months leading up to the reveal.

I trust her, but even so she has been wrong on a few things before just like any other leaker. For example, BGE2 was not revealed with a special CG trailer with the Switch reveal.

 

[STGHMAAV]

From the trailers, it seems that you can charge the tablet itself "on the go" just like a phone. I expect the tablet to be somehow compatible with powerbanks.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Shit my Purple 3DS was never 3 hours on full battery. It was closer to 4-5 hours max.

Well Nintendo weren't lying with their "Home console first and foremost" PR lol. Staying docked 99% of the time.

With Wifi, 3D and everything on ? I doubt it.

 

[hughesta]

It's gonna be 3-5, most likely. Ubi's devkit shouldn't represent the battery life of the main console. I'd be shocked if that isn't improved.

 

[LordKano]

tablets have way better battery life than 3 hrs, so I have a hard time believing this

Tablets don't run huge 3D games with high definition graphics for longer than three hours.

 

[LordOfChaos]

I wonder if the dock is where the fan is, and blows air up the Switch's butt and up through it's head (you're welcome for the visual)

 

[Volotaire]

Was expecting 3-5 hours.

What a shame. Hope the final unit adds more juice

 

[Vana]

Honestly most of the time I would be pretty much okay with a 3 hour battery life, since I would put it in the dock when I go home from work it will be charged at full every day. Same as for the WiiU gamepad, despite being very low, I almost never run of battery since I have it. Could be problematic for longer trip though.

 

[texhnolyze]

That sounds like a battery power of a smartphone for playing games.

 

[bunbun777]

Expected 4 but was hoping for 6+. I got micro'd.

 

[Oregano]

Why? Just curious. She was pretty accurate with her reports in the months leading up to the reveal.

Well I don't believe Laura is being deceptive or misreporting anything but it might bit necessarily be accurate with the final version.(hopefully)

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Tempting to say that this means the Switch is DOA as a handheld, but I'm more inclined to think that users will simply find external battery solutions to extend their usage.

But it's disheartening nonetheless. Nintendo better get the bad news out now rather than waiting til the last minute, ala Sony and the PSVita.

 

[Nirolak]

I doubt the additional processing in in the dock, but rather just using either upclocking on the Tegra, or ARM's big.LITTLE architecture and switching to the faster processors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_big.LITTLE

 

[sir_bumble_bee]

Sounds about right. 3DS battery is pretty bad too. 3 hours, for me personally, is enough if I'm in an area where I can't play while charging.

But it's disheartening nonetheless. Nintendo better get the bad news out now rather than waiting til the last minute, ala Sony and the PSVita.

Yeah, I'm hoping for this too. Clear the air a bit before bringing everything back up when they start announcing software.

 

[deim0s]

Knew it.

3hrs of play time sucks.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Battery expanding accessories confirmed

 

[Guymelef]

Need clarification after Nintendo words...

Additional performance thanks to dock? or less performance on handheld mode just to save battery?

 

[Hoo-doo]

Great, so it's a hybrid between two form-factors, yet it utterly fails at both.

Taking this with a grain of salt. Might as well not make it portable at all if this were the case.

 

[Anth0ny]

Hopefully you can switch battery pack.

they should sell battery packs

ez money

 

[Plinko]

She fell for the NX controller.

She also explained that (and took blame) in detail in the article.

 

[Regiruler]

It has to perform processing and it has a higher resolution than the gamepad while also being thinner, of course it was going to have an awful battery.

 

[Rodin]

That's around what i expected.