casey_contra
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I think that would be passable if it's a micro usb, not ideal but more excusable.
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Laura Dale: NX battery 3 hours max on dev kit, dock improves performance, touchscreen
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I think that would be passable if it's a micro usb, not ideal but more excusable.
Japanmanx3
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Will wait until we hear from Nintendo. I'm hoping for at least 5-7hrs...
It is a big deal apparently.
Everyone was expecting 25 hour battery life. Even though battery technology has made minimal improvements in the last decade, so what they are doing as a band aid is to reduce charging times.
Two things wrong in this thread, firstly we are discussing something that has ZERO context, and a large abundance of posters with known post history shitting on this thing before the battery life "leak" was made.
You mean like 100% of the people with large screen, high def smart phones? Me included.
perfectchaos007
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Battery technology hasn't improved much since the 80's. Over the years tech has developed more powerful devices but battery life continues to fall because the battery technology isn't advancing with the tech
Dark Cloud
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People are ignoring it
The Switch will have to have a large battery as well.
There's nothing mobile on the market with a GPU as strong as the Nintendo Switch's currently, except for the Shield Tablet, so it's hard to get direct comparisons.
Okami Haundo
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Bamboo 竹;221001664 said:
My thoughts exactly. The last time I had a gaming laptop, I was lucky for it to last 3 hours while playing a game on battery power. A max of 3 hours while playing a game like BoTW sounds incredible to me.
Also: If I'm sitting down somewhere to play a game for more than 3 hours at a time, chances are I'm near an outlet. That's just my personal experience.
Not surprised at all w/ the battery life given the form factor of the system. Will be interesting how it is in the real world and what battery pack options are available.
I have an OG Vita and get in the 4 hour range (when playing full fledged Vita games w/ full brightness) which sounds pretty bad but in practice isn't that bad. Granted I don't have a ton of time to game so I'm rarely playing for more than an hour or 2 at a time. Though 3 hours MAX makes it seem like you're more likely in the 2 1/2 hour range which is pretty awful.
I have an OG Vita and get in the 4 hour range (when playing full fledged Vita games w/ full brightness) which sounds pretty bad but in practice isn't that bad. Granted I don't have a ton of time to game so I'm rarely playing for more than an hour or 2 at a time. Though 3 hours MAX makes it seem like you're more likely in the 2 1/2 hour range which is pretty awful.
Great googaly moogaly...in your place I'd probably care more about getting a new job or place to live over the Switch battery life...
That being said, if you could charge at work that'd cover all of your train commute (or if there's a car charger).
Good luck.
Cow Mengde
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This is why I didn't want a 720p screen. With the power and screen, the battery life would be atrocious. Naturally half of GAF fails to grasp this. Now you guys are shocked?
Sad thing is, reporting context for battery life is industry standard.
This exactly.
Vampirolol
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If they kept the power down to improve battery life, wouldn't they have "fuck up" anyway?
falconxcrunner09
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Yo what. Why do you commute for 6 hours?
hydragonwarrior
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Damn, this is pretty much Game Gear levels... but if you run graphics like Skyrim (even if it's between Wii U and XBone), it's going to drain your battery like no tomorrow. Good graphics on the go pretty much means you'll want a portable battery.
Diddy Kong
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How are they supposed to sell you a super switch battery then?
I suspect the final product will match the 3DS's batteryin active play, so at most 3-5 hours. Don't expect any large jump from the dev kit but a small increase. Also the source is definitely reporting 3H max under heavy load, they aren't just letting a dev kit sit there to see its battery (its also going to have like zero built-in sleep mode or any such powersaving options, its meaningless for a kit).
Ryzaki009
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So you think the battery life is gonna nearly double for the retail release?
nintendoman58
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Sigh...
Nintendo are the only guys I know that can make home-console games run on a tablet...
FOR THREE HOURS?!?
Nintendo are the only guys I know that can make home-console games run on a tablet...
FOR THREE HOURS?!?
That's a big deal. Hope it's true.
Exactly.
An ipad will last longer browsing safari than it will playing Infinity Blade.
Just as I expect the Switch to last longer playing a 2d game than Skyrim.
I'd rather wait for proper hands ons where context is mentioned, i.e playing Mario Kart with wi-fi enabled gave x amount of hours.
Ultimately we were never going to get 10 hour battery life, battery technology has not improved in the last decade, all they've been able to do is create faster charging technologies to take the sting out of having short battery times.
Ace.
Who else makes them run for longer?
What did you honestly expect with graphics like that? Have you ever played a high graphic iPhone game? It will kill an iPhone battery in 2-3 hours
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That's fine.
The issue with that is that there isn't a single game on iOS as graphically intensive as even Zelda BOTW will be.
Suzushiiro
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As far as the battery life goes- for comparison, the OG Vita tends to clock in at around 3-4 hours. So it's not completely crazy by handheld standards. Also if any part of the hardware is likely to change from the current dev kits it's probably the battery.
But yeah, I feel like this may be sort of a Japanese thing where they just have commuters in mind when they think about battery life- ie if it's long enough that you won't run out of battery on your commute to/from work/school then that's good enough. And there is some logic to that- most use cases where ~3 hours isn't enough are ones where it's reasonable for you to bring/use some manner of recharging solution, be it a USB battery pack or a car charger or whatever.
But yeah, I feel like this may be sort of a Japanese thing where they just have commuters in mind when they think about battery life- ie if it's long enough that you won't run out of battery on your commute to/from work/school then that's good enough. And there is some logic to that- most use cases where ~3 hours isn't enough are ones where it's reasonable for you to bring/use some manner of recharging solution, be it a USB battery pack or a car charger or whatever.
Ryzaki009
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How is asking if a 3 hours limit would be nearly doubled for retail release a strawman?
Well glad to know you're on the case and could give me that clarification
You're right, almost four hours on a benchmark while pushing 2048×1536 on 10 inch screen isn't compareable.
And thats not taking into account the battery size. It's a terrible comparison, and I don't understand why it's being brought up.
With Angry Birds perhaps. Again:
Edit: Or perhaps are you talking about the OG Shield? Then you are right, that thing was a beast! 7350 mAh battery, but many dind't liked its 579g weight,
.Hellsing321
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You aren't going to play games like Zelda or Skyrim on any modern tablet or Smartphone for more than 4 hours. I imagine battery life will be in line with current Shield Tablet.
herbchamberz
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