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Wii U gamepad takes 2.5 hours to charge, works 3-5hours
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MoogleWizard
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I suppose you can also use it with the cable hooked to the console,so for a stationary console that should be fine, and since the controller weights a whopping 500g I can't see myself playing longer than that anyway.
Alex
Member
Four hours for a controllers battery life, which is ten times lower than the current average is pretty sad. Especially when all it's doing is fueling NFC streaming to a very low resolution display and has no real guts of consequence. I figured it'd be around ten, considering an iPad can do around that with internet and video streaming all while handling the download, processing, decoding, etc itself (as opposed to the console) on much more powerful hardware and a gargantuan screen.
I didn't figure it'd be much, if any more, since they have to keep the hardware price down on the tablets, but 3-5 hours? Come on. I don't even marathon things anymore, Diablo III is like the first time in ages I actually put a lot of time into one game in single sessions and even I don't find that acceptable.
Having to get up and plug in a controller every single session is just weak and I have to say though it takes some serious fanthing tendancies to outright lash out at people for not being ok with a 3-4 hour battery life on a controller. If you're fine with it, cool, whatever, some people aren't.
I didn't figure it'd be much, if any more, since they have to keep the hardware price down on the tablets, but 3-5 hours? Come on. I don't even marathon things anymore, Diablo III is like the first time in ages I actually put a lot of time into one game in single sessions and even I don't find that acceptable.
Having to get up and plug in a controller every single session is just weak and I have to say though it takes some serious fanthing tendancies to outright lash out at people for not being ok with a 3-4 hour battery life on a controller. If you're fine with it, cool, whatever, some people aren't.
No your not. You cant take it out of the room. Its not a 3DS.
The charger ie always close by. Just charge it when your done.
Monty Mole
Member
One thing I love about the 360 controller is it takes AA batteries, so I never have to charge the damn thing. I've got a drawer full of them ready and waiting 
Mr. B Natural
Member
Wired, semi-portable motion controller...Gaf is ok with this. Gaf is ok with this...in 2012.
An iPad costs $500 (at a minimum), and a good chunk of the cost of building them is the battery. There's no way that Nintendo could put such a large battery in a controller when the entire console & controller package will cost significantly less than an iPad.
That's the question we are all asking ourselves.
I don't like wires, don't think many other people do either so it is a problem.
Every other system has wireless controllers. What's the point of having the tablet if it is a gimped controller with big disadvantages to the other controller options. The Wii u being the controller that is the target for development is bothersome. Microsoft's approach seems to be better, even though I've yet to see either come up with a good reason for the tablet to be there.
rapid32.5
Member
by covered you mean, instead of playing with an Ipad we play with a laptop ?
Then put the controller down and do something else or use the other controller w/o the screen
I would just hate to charge it after every session. I mean I don't even charge my iPad after every use.
I like to be able to set a controller down and pick it up days later with no worries that it might be dead.
HYDE
Banned
Thank goodness huh. It looks beautiful too, I will be buying two just to play old school games.
Really? Where was this hate for wires for the past 6 years of the PS3
PdotMichael
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Mr. B Natural
Member
And we just stooped a little lower.
Why do people keep comparing the ipad with the controller? One is a stand alone unit, the other is a controller for a system. Not to mention the fact the wii u will most likely be cheaper. Why do people expect the same specs?
Or just not buy a WiiU
Jacksonlee
Member
but the hardcore controller is only for select multis, i heard.
bengraven
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Byakuya769
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Charles Barkley - Turrible.
The PS3 is wireless and lasts a lot longer than 3 hours.
If it's that big of a deal, then don't. I simply don't understand the outrage. 3ds only last 3-5 hours and it's a handheld yet it gets a shit ton of love on gaf.
It will probably come with a cradle like the 3DS which mean charging it is just a cade of putting it down. I'm sure GAF can cope with that.
Jacksonlee
Member
is anyone defending this?
is anyone defending this at all?!
is anyone defending this at all?!
yeah, it's a home portable !
just leave it in the charging cradle overnight when you go to sleep
sheesh
how hard could that be
Various Artists
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I don't think this is going to work out too great. I understand why it can't be better but still.
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Seeing as how the WiiU Gamepad is not meant to be portable, I don't see the problem with the battery life.
My TV and consoles are like 12 feet away, if Nintendo gives me a 10-12 foot cable then I would feel slightly better
just the sane and rational
Based on pics it's a standard mini usb. you can get a 15ft one on amazon right now for $4.
Didn't they also mention it having a wall charger?
SolsticeZero
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I have to charge my PS3 controller maybe once a week, and I use it a lot.
Yep. Exactly. But you know it will only come with a 3-6 foot cable max.
Crazymoogle
Member
Your iPad is a $500+ device with a laptop grade battery. And it's battery life tanks with constant wifi usage.
The Wii U Gamepad is likely to be basically a $100 device with a portable console grade battery that can only function when constantly communicating via wifi (and probably bluetooth).
I have no doubt that Nintendo shortchanged the battery capacity as they have with every other system they've made, but I also think it was pretty unlikely that they would ever consider putting in even half as big a battery as the earliest iPad had.
I think the more interesting thing is that, if the port stays the same, there's no wired route - you can plug the gamepad into the wall but you might be SOL in highly active wifi environments.