So wait, the 3DS was bad enough here already with less battery time than the DS, but now the PSP Vita only has about 3 to 5 hours of play time without charging the console?
Here's a little hint video game console makers. People don't buy handheld consoles to play home console games and sit indoors by the charger. Indeed, the very reason they're portable is so that people have something to play when on journeys, abroad on holiday or at someone else's house for whatever reason.
Hence sacrificing the battery for silly gimmicks and tech innovation is a stupid idea. Normal people do NOT care about what looks fancy. No one cares if you and your silly 'geek' friends like the features, they care about being able to play games wherever, for a fairly long time to reduce their boredom when travelling or such like.
The current focus on gimmicks and features over actual portability is ridiculous. There's no reason to even bring a 3DS with you on longer trips because the battery might not hold out, and anyone who would be silly enough to bring the Vita on holiday is going to find themselves stuck when the battery runs out and the different plug socket designs and electricity stuff in foreign countries stop them using the charger.
In fact, I don't believe the rise of phone games is due to people caring only about paying a few dollars, it's due to the fact these games are easy and conveniant to play, and because since they don't tend to drain the battery as badly as current handheld system games that they just work out better on journeys and such like.
But yeah, that's my opinion. Remove the gimmicks nobody cares about and just make a console which is portable and which has a battery lasting about 10 hours or more.
Oh, and I really expect the 3DS to beat the Vita because of this, and doubt that many people will sacrifice portability for 'flashy' looking games that could have worked just as well on a home console.
Here's a little hint video game console makers. People don't buy handheld consoles to play home console games and sit indoors by the charger. Indeed, the very reason they're portable is so that people have something to play when on journeys, abroad on holiday or at someone else's house for whatever reason.
Hence sacrificing the battery for silly gimmicks and tech innovation is a stupid idea. Normal people do NOT care about what looks fancy. No one cares if you and your silly 'geek' friends like the features, they care about being able to play games wherever, for a fairly long time to reduce their boredom when travelling or such like.
The current focus on gimmicks and features over actual portability is ridiculous. There's no reason to even bring a 3DS with you on longer trips because the battery might not hold out, and anyone who would be silly enough to bring the Vita on holiday is going to find themselves stuck when the battery runs out and the different plug socket designs and electricity stuff in foreign countries stop them using the charger.
In fact, I don't believe the rise of phone games is due to people caring only about paying a few dollars, it's due to the fact these games are easy and conveniant to play, and because since they don't tend to drain the battery as badly as current handheld system games that they just work out better on journeys and such like.
But yeah, that's my opinion. Remove the gimmicks nobody cares about and just make a console which is portable and which has a battery lasting about 10 hours or more.
Oh, and I really expect the 3DS to beat the Vita because of this, and doubt that many people will sacrifice portability for 'flashy' looking games that could have worked just as well on a home console.
