Sony To Psp Developers:
<div class="IPBDescription">"Our battery sucks. So fix it."</div> <a href='http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=4667' target='_blank'>Linky</a>
Basically the article states that Sony can't be arsed trying to prolong their battery life, so they developed a program to emulate their battery. So when developers are making a game, they know how long it will take before the game runs out of juice.
Add that to the media which they choose to use, mini-cds/dvds, and your looking at one gigantic strain on the battery life.
One gigantic kick in the **** for game developers. It's like Sony just doesn't care that their battery sucks the big one... and then they have the gual to tell Developers to work around the PSP's shortcomings. Goodo.
Nintendo just won the power consumption round.
Carts and flashpacks for the win.
CDs and lasers for the battery draining lose.
Basically the article states that Sony can't be arsed trying to prolong their battery life, so they developed a program to emulate their battery. So when developers are making a game, they know how long it will take before the game runs out of juice.
Add that to the media which they choose to use, mini-cds/dvds, and your looking at one gigantic strain on the battery life.
One gigantic kick in the **** for game developers. It's like Sony just doesn't care that their battery sucks the big one... and then they have the gual to tell Developers to work around the PSP's shortcomings. Goodo.
Nintendo just won the power consumption round.
Carts and flashpacks for the win.
CDs and lasers for the battery draining lose.
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That's W for w3wt.
~plays the emperial march~
Actually I think that's a darn shame; I was hoping on buying the DS for cool games and the PSP for watching vids on the go but if the battery is a pile of poop then I don't think I'll bother after all =/
~plays the emperial march~
Actually I think that's a darn shame; I was hoping on buying the DS for cool games and the PSP for watching vids on the go but if the battery is a pile of poop then I don't think I'll bother after all =/ <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pay $350 to have the privilege of re-purchasing all of your movies on UMD through Sony so you can watch them on a small screen for the two hours of battery life? No thanks. Might as well buy a portable DVD player that you can hook up to a larger TV at home.
I was also kinda hoping someone would release writable UMDs or something ^^;
Yeah, what's with that? I read in Edge that it doesn't support mp3's, either. Seems a bit nuts to me.
You could buy a DS, a game, and a mini-dvd player for $350.
Go hard sony.
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yah, gem, I can sell you a 7" portable DVD player for around $200
What respectable coach nowadays doesn't have a tv? Heck, even the prehistoric ones I have been driving around in usually have two.
I don't know, I'm not a technician. But it makes sense to me that interactive media should use more power. Can someone tell me?
ps, SHAME ON YOU SONY... AGAIN!
ps, SHAME ON YOU SONY... AGAIN! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Less than 2 hours of game time then?
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No kidding. Most PS2's break down in 6 - 8 months