Sat, Aug 30, 2008 | 11:20 BST
PSP-3000 battery life reduced by up to 30 minutes
SCEA’s John Koller has confirmed that PSP-3000′s brighter screen means less battery life. Whoops.
“Battery life will decrease by a small amount, it’s about 20 minutes maybe 30 minutes and that’s because there’s a larger power draw with the brighter screen,” he said in the Gamespot interview you can see after the link.
The new PSP model launches on October 15.
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Posted in: PS3, Sony
Tags: battery life, psp 3000
7 comments
#1
captaineurogamer
30/08/08, 3:04 pm
LOL. This is bad. Couldn’t they add a more powerful battery pack. Its not like the PSP battery lasts that long anyway, and now even less.
#2
Gamoc
30/08/08, 3:28 pm
…so turn the screen brightness down with, you know, the screen brightness button?
#3
Psychotext
30/08/08, 3:29 pm
What would be the point of the new model if you did that? Inbuilt microphone? Yay.
#4
XDamage
30/08/08, 4:39 pm
I rarely use the highest brightness on my psp anyway, but actually being able to use the psp outside in the sun will be nice, albeit for 10 minutes or something.
#5
rainer
30/08/08, 6:05 pm
Personally I’d rather the 30 mins cut for the newer screen over the old one it was never that great in the first place.
#6
Syrok
31/08/08, 10:06 am
Might as well buy a PSP now then.
#7
Syrok
03/09/08, 8:44 pm
Sony says: Battery life the same.
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