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I'm currently playing through Children Of Mana on DS Lite at hour 12 right now, and I'm on my third charge.
DS's "sleep mode" drains batteries much fast than PSPs (once had a game of FFVII on "sleep" for 3 weeks)
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PSP's battery life has been hit for massive damage!
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I think either the rest of you are liars or just not charging your systems completely, or have defective batteries. My batteries in both handhelds are great.
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My PSP got around 5 hours of ROM playing (333mhz mode?).
Either way I wouldn't like to play a 333mhz PSP on the road again. No way. As someone else already said - I'd be more impressed if they coded it better and got the same graphics output on a lower speed setting.
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As for the battery, I can play some wipeout on my morning commute to work, get an hour of Bleach eps on my lunch (PSP really needs a stand for watching videos) and then some GTA:VCS on the way home with 2/3 of the battery still charged.
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You MUST be on the south side!!
Kidding!
Seriously, you from Chicago? Cool.
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I think theres quite a few from in or around chicago here. At least there used to be.
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I ride the 'el' all the time, and I use my DS on the longer trips. However, my daily commute is from Clark & Division to Monroe on the Red Line so it hardly seems worth it to use for my daily commute. I would agree with you though, I see more PSP's than DS's, but not a lot of either. Everyone seems to love their Ipod's more here in Chicago.
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I already said I started the game with a half charge. Period. The battery started going red last night, as I surpassed hour 12 (truthfully, I could beat the game right now, but I want to wield the Dragon Sword, thus need grind about ten levels). Thus, I would be on my third charge as of putting it in the charger this morning. So according to my numbers, I am correct and not lying. But hey, why believe me. Here are the stats taken from Wikipedia as sourced by Nintendo.
"Extended battery life compared to the original DS. With a full charge on the lowest brightness setting, Nintendo states the charge will last between 15 and 19 hours; on the highest brightness setting, five to eight hours (both are dependent on the type of game activity). After five hundred charges, the battery life drops to roughly 70%. The original DS was supplied with a 850mAh battery, while the DS Lite has a 1000mAh battery. "
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You're both right. The PSP's CPU was capped at 266Mhz, but the majority of games still ran at 222Mhz. So, it depends on which speed you consider to be the "standard" I suppose.
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Bottom point is that the frequency has a quadratic influence on the power dissipation. So battery life will be lower, but since the chip isn't the only power consumer and since game can be optimized for lower battery drainage (i think developers already do that) the battery should last over 3-4 hours.
Besides wasn't the battery of the PSP made so you could change it quickly?
Also keep in mind that lithium batteries drop in capacity over time. if you own it for 3 years now, the capacity could be down to 60-50%. Just like computers, the first time they last 3 hours, and after 4 years i have 30 min left :s.
Yet laptops are way hotter i know, and i didn't kept the power level at 40%... yet i don't think the average consumer knows that, or like i: does that.
There's a website about that batteryuniversity or so. But im just an RF-engineer, not a chemical expert.
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Really looking forward to this game. And for #2 (JodyAnthony)- if you're serious, go buy and play both God of War games asap. They are two of the best action games ever:
GOW: http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/919864.asp
GOWII: http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/932295.asp
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Nope God Of War is good but def not onoe of the best action games ever.
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"An opera about a man and a woman, how delightfully obsurd!"
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Plus that PR dept.......oh the PR.
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Innovation is driven by software, not hardware. If you honestly believe it was the hardware alone that made the DS what it was and what the Wii will hopefully be one day, you're a tragically stupid individual and I'm only sad your mother didn't abort you with the coathanger she stole from Salvation Army while he had the chance....
Damn I'm mean.... I almost felt a tinge of guilt at that bash. But then I remembered this is the internet and seperated from reality. And in reality, I bet you're the best damn frycook your diner has ever seen.
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And yeah, *anecdotally* I never had a battery life problem with my PSP, or my DSLite. I love both my babies, I'm just glad they're not kneecapping the PSP games anymore. Let's see what this puppy can do!
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Oh and everyone just ignore sheppy... he loves to dis Ninty (and its fans) at any chance he can get...
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