At E3, Sony announced their newly designed PSP. They rambled on about a few things that excited fans, but it turns out one of those things was a lie. If you put the battery from the original PSP, you'd get 8-10 hours of gaming which is what Sony told us, but the new PSP will come with a smaller battery, only allowing 5 hours of gaming. Also, if you try to put the original PSP battery into the new PSP, the battery will bulge out. That's all the lies, but the rest is true so far.
After announcing the brand new slimline PSP at E3 one of the big bullet points that Sony hit on while trying to sell the redesign to the audience, both in attendance and worldwide, was that the new PSP's battery would last longer for gaming on the move. Hell, we even reported on the matter, the fools we were! However, it has now come to light that this information was more of a small white lie by the company, rather than being actual fact.
You see, if you have the battery from your original PSP put in the slimline, you'll be able to get 8-10 hours play, which is the number Sony touted at E3. However, the new PSP will come packed with a smaller battery, one that will only run for about 5 hours while gaming, which is a fair few hours less. Also, if you try and put the original battery in you PSP it won't fully fit in the slot and bulge out of the system, kinda like the same problem you will get if you put a GBA cart in the DS Lite.
So it seems not all is as we once thought. Still, the console will be 33 per cent lighter and 19 per cent slimmer and have some extra options, it will also be able to output high quality video. If that not enough it is also coming to Europe first, lucky us!
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i'm sure most psp owners have grown used to the psp's crappy battery life.
They certainly shouldn't have lied about what most had to be fixed. 5 hours is friggin' pathetic. I would prefer the normal PSP now.
All the more reason to HATE Sony.
5ft legs will go 5 miles, but 2ft legs will go 2 miles... theoretically speaking.
Maybe they'll have some kind of duel thing? Only time will tell I guess.
2) Because the battery is smaller it lasts less? Same can be said for Digital Memory...wait, no...a Memory Stick has a shitload more space than a bulky Memory Card.
What the hell is the big deal everyone is complaining about again? It says 5 hours WHILE gaming (which, I dunno about you guys, it's more than enough for a Portable system), and it doesn't mention how long any other function of the PSP would take. I'd need to see this personally anyways.
Anyways, we'll find out if it's true when it's released.
I fail to see their logic.