PSP-3000 battery life diminished by new screen, Sony suggests buying a bigger battery
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted Sep 2nd 2008 11:58PM
posted Sep 2nd 2008 11:58PM
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"but it's going to cost you about 20 minutes of battery life"
What is the big deal about 20 minutes when in the same story they say it has a life of 8-10 hours? Is 20 minutes really a big deal?
The 8-10 hours is from the Extended battery pack. If you watch the video he says that the standard battery only lasts around 3 1/2 hours.
@ rakar
if you are playing more than 3.5 hours at a time then you need to:
a) do you homework
b) get a job
c) get a girlfriend
d) get a new hobby.
i bet half the gamers here think developers play games all day. they dont. they're laughing all the way to the bank while fat ass 40 year olds lay on the couch with crumbs on their second chin. i know, my friend just finished at the art institute. if you cant tell games died for me. everything after the 64 is just a poor remake of an older classic. has anyone over 18 really had more fun with mario galaxy than with super mario 64. the final straw for me was banjo kazooie for 360. they took my favorite game and fucked it up like ratchet and clank. go ahead and rank me low but i realized years ago that theres more to life.
calm down buddy
I was just pointing out a fact.
v3xx,
Music, movies, video games on an airplane.
'nuff said.
Exactly. Apparently he doesn't fly that often. Try a twelve hour flight without three charged batteries and you'll find yourself bored out of your mind. Skymall gets old really quick.
v3xx,
Dude, seriously, calm down. Have you ever read much on the gaming industry? They might not play all the time but thats because they are freaking programing all the time. On big games, especially as the final months before deadlines draw near, they are at work 12, 16, 18 hrs A DAY. And many of them are hard core gamers. A game programmer not being a gamer is like a musician who doesn't ever listen to music. Anyways, yes, a lot of games get overused & diluted but some games rock & get better. Ninja Gaiden for the xbox was so much better than the originals from the NES. Pretty much every GTA is better than the last. I do think FFVII was best but the news are, almost, always compelling & fun. Leave your bitterness, it only leads anger & anger leads to the dark side.
Actually, anger leads to hate. Then hate leads to suffering. Fear is the real path to the dark side, bitterness is just the path to being a douche. Calm down, v3xx must.
Does anyone else find humor in the fact that they axed the extended battery and less than a month later they are recommending it?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/09/sony-says-goodnight-to-psp-extended-life-battery-kit/
to v3xx:
if you have been spending all your time trying be be a jerk on the internet, then you need to:
a) do you homework
b) get a job
c) get a boyfriend
d) get a new hobby
Since its screen is brighter than the previous models, you can always tone down the brightness by one notch to have the same brightness as the previous models as well as the same battery life no?
I don't see why not. You can choose to constantly rev the engine or just coast.
Looking at the comparison pictures.... totally worth it.
Yeah...people here are willing to sacrifice hours of battery life for 3G phones with larger, brigher screens, higher resolution cameras, GPS, and better video processors, and yet get all hyped up for losing 20 measly mins of battery life for a beautiful screen on a dedicated gaming console. I don't get it.
Arg, I hope the 8 hour battery is not that normal psp-1000 battery. I don't want that huge bulge on the back of my psp. That would suck. WTF sony, you kinda half assed the 3000. You should have given it a better screen AND at least the same battery life =\
It's not possible man!
And make me toast, bitch!
It's possible, Nintendo did it with the DS Lite.
"So just to make that clear, the regular battery life will be diminished, but you can buy a new, larger battery from Sony to extend your gaming time. Got that?"
Whoa, what's with that tone? You sound like you think it's unreasonable. That first guy's right, 20 isn't all that bad. I'm still on my PSP-1000, THAT battery life is something to bitch about. I don't believe this is the anti-consumer attitude from Sony you're trying to convey, I think you're wrong.
as i was pritty much guna say but then read this comment at the bottom of the page and he/she sums it up nicely.
Zorque @ Sep 3rd 2008 12:31AM
As small as 20 minutes is, this is the exact same attitude Sony takes with every one of their products. Launch-era PSP screen cracking? Don't press the square button, stop asking us to change it! PS3 doesn't have backwards compatibility? Buy a PS2 from us, it's only another hundred dollars!
Stop being so arrogant, you corporate assholes.
Wanna complain about battery life, the slim only gets 3 hours with the battery it comes with. I went out and got the extended life battery kit 2 weeks ago and now I'm getting almost 12. The bulge is nothing to complain about, I got used to it within the first hour. If you really cant stand the bulge pick a different portable, cause this one isn't for you.
Sony wants you to pay for a regular old battery, but if you want to actually get the sort of playtime the other PSP's get, that will cost extra. What do you do with the other battery you payed for? I don't know. Stick it where the sun don't shine? Thanks Sony. Next time swap out the slim battery for a thicker one and only tack on maybe $5 to the price. Or just tape a thick battery onto the outside of the box and tack $20 on to the price, but don't give us the option to not have that thick battery. Doing it the way you're doing it now will only make the consumer angry at both the retailer and yourself when they return their "defective" new PSP a couple days after xmas.
"...Koller assures that minor wrinkle be offset because..."
Seriously, is it that hard to take 3 minutes and have another human being read the article before clicking submit? This is becoming more common, as opposed to improving.
What? That's acceptable grammar.
He's saying THAT minor wrinkle, with "that" being the article for wrinkle. "That the minor wrinkle" or "That that minor wrinkle" would work and probably sound a little more natural, but it still works as is.
uh... the issue is that it should be "WILL be offset". But thanks, ace.
Oh.
Dammit.
Yep...from what I've seen so far 20 minutes is well worth being able to play this in normal light conditions. And with the 20$ I save not buying a MIC I can put that towards a new battery or game. Win Win Win.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that last week they announced that they would stop selling the "Extended Life" battery.
Maybe I actually made that up...
All right... not quite last week, but at least I didn't make it up:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/09/sony-says-goodnight-to-psp-extended-life-battery-kit/
As small as 20 minutes is, this is the exact same attitude Sony takes with every one of their products. Launch-era PSP screen cracking? Don't press the square button, stop asking us to change it! PS3 doesn't have backwards compatibility? Buy a PS2 from us, it's only another hundred dollars!
Stop being so arrogant, you corporate assholes.
I think you are the only one that got the point of the article.
For a second there I thought you were talking about Apple. As long as Sony doesn't get as nasty as that (proprietary hell hole) I'm slap happy.
@ Felipe,
Don't think so, I think people just don't really care for the 20 minutes given the improvement to the screen. It's not that big a deal.
I wish my dog didnt eat my psp. well now i have a reason to buy another one
sony trains your dog
dog eats your psp
???
profit.
WTF is up with SONY and all these different versions of the PSP?
Where the heck is the PSP 2?????
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How is this any better graphics wise compared to the original?
I guess Sony can make crabby sarcastic comments about buying a bigger and more expensive battery from them. I mean you do truly love your PSP and lay your life down for it;)
My PSP was stolen a couple years back. Ive been holding back for a PSP for a while. Hopefully, it will integrate nice with my PS3.
I have the money, I have 400 bux i've earned from lawnmowing, but I still see it as an investment.
Should I get a PSP 3000, or wait for the PSP2
Also, although almost unrelated, I'd just like to say 'ADD ANOTHER ANALOG STICK' is stupid. This is a PSP redesign people, not a PSP2. If Sony is going to add another stick, they will probably do it on the next revision.
Same for dropping UMD.
i'd say to wait until dax can work his magic, but if you wait too long there's probably gonna be a PSP-4000 in the works. i don't see any sort of PSP2 coming out for at least another 3-4 years (theres just no point).
Has Sony ever officially/unofficially stated that a PSP2 was coming? I've read tons of posts all over the place, mostly complaints, wondering where the PSP2 is. I've seen mock-ups too, but never heard a peep about a PSP2 from Sony. I think people heard a rumor it ran wild.
Anyways, purchased the PSP and 1SEG TV add-on, just so I could watch some favorite TV shows/events when I'm not at home. (Cheaper than getting a regular 1SEG TV) I also purchased a PS3, just to watch Blu-ray movies, but with the obvious gaming features built in and the ability to work well with each other, and they do, I'd say pick up the 3000 and enjoy the new screen and microphone. Better than nothing at all.
I play games on the PSP more often than I do on the PS3.
Seeing game library and overall sales of PSP, I think that Sony might have to release PSP2 sooner than later.
Yet, all what they say and do (updates to PSP1) indicate that they have nothing new at the moment.
Of course having a normal salary biases my judgment, but if that were only money in questions, I would have easily forked $200 on PSP. (But fortunately I already have DS).
Gamers wonder why PSP retail shelf space keeps shrinking. Sony = Incompeent
Spelling = Incompeent. ;)
hmmmm, so i have to buy a new psp AND an extended battery?
no thanks, i'll stick with my phat for now.
You can use your phat battery in the 3000/2000 series. You will need to pick up a cover though. Ask a friend who has purchased the extra battery. Two covers come with each one.
I purchased the extended battery already for my Slim. Not that big of a "bulge". I'd say a few millimeters.
Between the two batteries, they easily cover flights across the Pacific for movies and games.
I'm not sure I'd buy the 3000 series, unless they've done more than improve the screen.
- Bluetooth? (I'd really like this, but with the inclusion of the microphone...I doubt it will happen.)
- 802.11g?
The microphone for Skype is great and all, but at least give it some 802.11g love. It works great with my PS3 for watching video, streaming music, or even thumbing through pictures, but some extra bandwidth would be nice, or at least not having to set my router to work with 802.11b would be fine.
Still, their support totally dropped the ball with their 1SEG TV issue. After like 4.02 update, or something like that, the secondary audio simply doesn't switch over. After two meager E-mails from them, I never heard back after they said they'd even call me on the phone. (Not that this matters to most other PSP owners in the world.)
ANOTHER Apple fanboi... *sigh* You seem different, you actually kind of criticized an Apple Product! Good job, denial of what Apple has brainwashed you into is the first step back from Appleitis.
this is all irrelevant, the fact is these part by part updates of the psp are a joke. I sincerly hope sony has someone putting time and effort into a new version of the psp, not a half-assed tweak.
they sold like 30 killion psps and you think think they will just throw away that usr base and start again so early? the psp2 is not gonna be here before 2012 , get used to it.
People are really throwing a fit over 20 minutes? It already gets 3 1/2 hours, that's plenty. Who wants to sit on a cramped handheld for more than that in one sitting anyway? Handhelds are for quick bursts, or to kill time on a lunch break.
No, we play full fledged games like God Of War for hours on end.
I kinda abandoned the whole PSP thing after my games kept on getting destroyed. And then my PSP eventually got stolen (much like my Xbox 360... Christ I have bad luck).
But this whole "Slimmer, brighter PSP" seems like something to boost sales about 1-2 years before the PSP 2 comes out, kinda like the smaller "PSone" and the Slim PS2.
yea, but you didn't have to carry those in your pockets all the time and worry about your pants falling down from the weight.
I thought Sony discontinued the Extended Life Battery about a month ago. I'm sure I read that on several different sights
People need to get a grip, 20 mins for a much brighter screen is worth it, and if you dont think so just put the screen brightness down?
Cant believe there is so little worth while news out there that this has become a report worthy story.....
20 minutes out of 2-3 hours of game play? To me sounds like a big deal - it's about 10%.
On other side, as others have suggested, one can always turn down screen brightness. Though personally I haven't seen that helping much, but probably enough to offset the lost 20 minutes.
The Extended Life Battery was discontinued about a month ago, that's right.
They discontinued it because it can be converted to Pandora battery, also the battery can't fit the 3000-model.
Sony is indeed going to make a new Extended Life Battery, and it may be pandora-proof.
About the "20 minutes".
In the interview the guy said about 20 to 30 minutes.
That's a lot when you only have 3-4 hours gameplay. That's why i bought the Extended Life Battery for my 2000-model.
I can play around 7-9 hours without charging or change the battery.
The changes on the 3000-model isn't enough, but we all know why they are changing models that often.
The hacked firmwares.
of all the things wrong with the psp that could have been fixed almost effortlessly, the absolute last thing it needed was a brighter or better screen. the screen has always looked pretty nice, and you could get a tan with the screen at its brightest. sony is not in touch with reality, and it's going to be a delightful ride to watch them spend themselves into oblivion
20 mins is not really a big deal..
And I would have bought a back-up battery anyways..
its the same problem the 2000 series had, and sony made the same suggestion then "buy the psp battery extender kit" as it is now,
u know...the kit that made the 2000 look like it had a hunchback... and what i thought was funny is that sony actually discontinued it..
don't get me wrong..i love my psps , but this is a waste of time and money.
all the updates are superficial, all eye candy and no new functionality, or its to quash the homebrew scene..
honestly i would pick up this new psp in a heartbeat if sony would include an updated version of flash, better browser, and boost the headphone volume,seems so simple, all this could be accomplished with a simple firmware update.
I still don't understand why people aren't screaming at Sony to put a right analog stick on the thing (and move the left one up displacing the D-pad below). It seems like I'm updating the OS every few months; would it really be that hard to ad a global patch for existing games to use a right analog stick? Its one of the systems greatest shortfalls.
Yet another Add-the-2nd-analog-stick-FFS comment.
1. There are no games right now that can support the dual analog stick on the PSP
2. Future Games that will support or let's say use the 2nd analog stick will make the PSP1000 to 3000 cry. Unless they add an option to choose.
3. If Sony will add the 2nd analog stick, they will surely add the R2 and L2 buttons as well.
4. They might be planing to add those in the PSP-2.
And move the left analog stick above the Dpad ?
That's like copying the 360 controller's layout.
Everyone who thinks a second analog stick is a good idea, is clearly not very smart. Making a PSP 1 with a second stick would inevitably counjour up games that are exclusive to that, inevitably making a psp2 and leaving millions of users in the dark. The seond analog im sure is in plan for PSP2. Sony stocks will fall so low its not going to be funny
Just matte the bit of the case that's over the screen. That'd make it viable for movies.
Remember, the reason we are seeing the 3000 at this point is that Sony wants to shut the door again on Custom Firmware. New MoBo, no booting firmware from memstick, no Pandora support, etc.
The 3000 will require a whole new series of exploits. And this is what the bosses are counting on, they are loosing money with every subsidized PSP and need to sell more UMDs to break even. I think it's a very realistic scenario that the PSP platform get destroyed by piracy, it's way too easy right now to mod a PSP via software only (not modchips, no soldering) and the games are everywhere to download.
I love my PSP, bought the fat first and then the slim, I love the platform, it's a great companion for longhaul flights and the homebrew scene has brought so much extra life to the PSP.
I think it's unrealistic to assume there will never be piracy on a platform (although the PS3 is still holding up), but there needs to be enough money made by Sony or they will cut their losses and walk away. And if there ever will be a PSP2, it will have no backwards compability ...
It's true that Koller said that the new PSP will have a short battery life due to hyped LCD but later on he said that the Sony's engineers in Japan are optimizing the battery so that it will have the same run time as the battery of PSP Slim without scarificing the display quality.
http://www.ashopping.biz/
Does anyone think it's worth waiting juuust a bit more to see if the PSP-3000 will come WITH the extended battery life? (Or even expect a PSP-4000?) LoL
Ok nvm, I read on and found out the batt life won't change.
Wutever I'm waiting a few weeks before I get my hands on one, just to see what people say bout it.