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Oct 8, 2010

The 3DS' Battery Won't Last As Long As The DS'

While Nintendo is yet to release concrete figures on the battery usage of the 3DS - not that you can ever trust official figures - company president Satoru Iwata has hinted that it won't last as long as the DS.

"As for the battery, it is inevitable that Nintendo 3DS will be a device which requires more frequent recharging than Nintendo DS" Iwata said during a recent Q&A session with investors. "This is why we are going to include the cradle, which is a dedicated battery charger. Perhaps we may need to dispatch to our consumers a message, something like, 'Please place your Nintendo 3DS on the cradle as soon as you return home with it'."

That first sentence is the key: it means you won't get the same battery mileage from the 3DS you do from a DS. It's not a surprise, of course; extra horsepower and 3D capabilities will drain a battery faster than a DS game would, and packing one in that could withstand a lot of 3D play would have driven the cost of the handheld to a point Nintendo normally doesn't sell hardware.

Still, it's interesting to see Nintendo take a backwards step on battery life, since it's normally been such a concern for the company's handhelds.

39 comments:

The King of Crap said...

Of course it will not last as long. Their is much more hardware to power, and they are using the same cell battery as the dsi.

Barnacle said...

Indeed, more hardware = more usage.. same batteries will not last as long.

Circlemaker said...

what a crap

Clone said...

that sux

Tip Junkies said...

That's suck ay. I hate recharging too much.

Stav88os said...

Interesting!

razortek said...

cool post brah!

Naj said...

can't they make a more powerful batteries?

or is this another marketing ploy so that user will be force to buy better batteries?

Crunky said...

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JillDine said...

holy crap what a sweet piece of machinery.

Luigibomb said...

Thats unfortunate, might not get this then.

la comédie said...

great post

Anonymous said...

i dont like it this post :D

Anonymous said...

ya it wont last as long. Batteries needs to be able to hold longer.
hate to recharge

Frank Adams said...

I think the guys in nintendo is kicking themselfs in the but

The Cockshiner said...

There were some benefits to using AA batteries. At least you could change them out wherever you happened to be without waiting for it to charge.

Nie Mand said...

They already screwed up their battery life with the last two DS models. I didn't expect a company like Nintendo to become better.

Unknown said...

It really was expected. I just hope it won't be to big of a difference.

LoneIslander said...

Really nothing you can do with that with all the features that will be on it so I don't mind. I pretty much would only play mine at home anyway so I'm not too concerned.

Rezden said...

This is very unfortunate. My play current on the DS drains the battery in no time. I might have to wait for the second or third model and hopefully they fix this.

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Apartment-9 said...

There's always a catch. -.-'

Engelhart said...

I'm still not sure what to make of the whole console.
3D? WITHOUT silly goggles?

Ankiseth said...

I'd still buy it. It looks to be a great system.

/k/anadian!!qvAmR1ZzV4 said...

Would be neat to see a battery pack come out for it, I guess.

Max Steel said...

Boooooooo

Kevorkian said...

A shame.

mast3rcloak said...

idk why companies look past this so often.

Squall said...

that´s no problem for me, just buy an extra battery.

The Coolest Person In the World - Jack said...

not all that surprising. 3d shit takes a lot more to power

Katie Greene said...

interesting, never thought about it that way

Pope Smurf said...

That was something to expect... you can't have it all.

Aaron said...

Not really a fan of hand held games, but sucks for people that use them.

Science_MTP said...

Not terribly surprised honestly. Can't expect the same battery life when upping the power of the hand-held.

Drackar said...

er...the new DS has less battery life than the DS lite.

so the 3ds having even worse battery life is hardly shocking. that's the trend.

That Which Haunts said...

I will not care considering 3ds will rock.

Anonymous said...

And battery life goes down unless you use a Mac. Macs suck though.

killerkun said...

They managed to get a 3D screen and they can't get to make a better battery?? what a shame

Anonymous said...

I imagined this from the getgo. Its alot of tech to be handling. oh well. A sacrifice hopefully worth it.