Sony revises battery life statement: says Brite will be the same

Posted Sep 3rd 2008 3:10PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: News

It seems like Sony crammed a bit more magic juice into the upcoming PSP Brite (PSP-3000). Before, they claimed that the upcoming hardware revision would have a slightly shortened battery life. However, a new post on the PlayStation.blog says otherwise. John Koller admits that the "screen of the new PSP draws a little more power" but he claims that "our engineers in Japan worked to reduce the power consumption of the overall system including its components." As such, final battery life on the Brite series will be nearly identical to that of the previous model: "about 4 to 6 hours for games and about 4 to 5 hours for UMD videos," says the post.

Tags: battery, psp-3000, psp-brite

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

9-03-2008 @ 3:35PM

RodeoChihuahua said...

Will the extended battery work with the Brite?

9-03-2008 @ 4:10PM

McDoobie said...

4-6 hours? I barely get 3 (yes, brightness is on the lowest setting).

9-03-2008 @ 4:10PM

Andrew Yoon said...

That's what I was thinking too...

9-03-2008 @ 4:31PM

Jacksons said...

They've got to be counting store downloaded games or something. 6 is ridiculous.

9-03-2008 @ 8:53PM

andwhyisit said...

Depends on the battery you use.

If your PSP's battery life sucks then get a better battery.

9-04-2008 @ 1:31AM

The Dark Trooper said...

I Find if I've got my PSP on its lowest brightness and Headphones on, When the volume is turned down low I can get around 5, 5 and a half max

9-03-2008 @ 4:34PM

Ghaleon said...

With the PSP and its console bro, Sony has a knack for fixing stuff and leaving all the main problems untouched. It's pretty remarkable at this point.

9-03-2008 @ 5:03PM

NeoRaiden said...

I've heard this before.

"We've overcome the problem of having vibration and motion controls in our controller(DS3) thanks to our brilliant engineers and their new found technology." They said something along those lines. Face it, you've done nothing. Stop trying to look cool.

9-03-2008 @ 5:09PM

J. Tal. said...

With my screen off I get 12 hours. I have my screen off to listen to music on long trips. Just as good as the average MP3 player.

9-03-2008 @ 5:34PM

Bryan said...

testtestest

9-03-2008 @ 5:38PM

Bryan said...

hello

9-03-2008 @ 5:38PM

bryansurvive said...

why dont my comments automacticly post anymore? this comment system is fustrating.

9-03-2008 @ 5:41PM

Bryan said...

how much better is the original battery against the slim version?

9-03-2008 @ 6:49PM

Zippon said...

I dunno about the "original" battery, but I have the extended (2200mAh) vs the slims (1200mAh). The increase in play time should only be about 80%, based on the raw numbers. But in reality it more than doubled. I went from just shy of 4 hours playing games to about 9 or 10. Single best purchase I ever made. Glad now that I stocked up on 2 more batteries when TRU clearanced them a while back. :-)

9-03-2008 @ 8:36PM

Jacksons said...

Zippon,

Isn't that odd? I get the same results, around 4 before, 9-10 after. It doesn't add up, but I can't complain :)

9-03-2008 @ 5:41PM

Bryan said...

how much better is the original battery against the slim version?

9-03-2008 @ 6:11PM

Safiel said...

Good, the same battery life should be a bare minimum goal to hit (at least with a system that has fairly poor battery life at the moment). I've got a 2000 (and I'll be sticking with it), but if I was looking to buy my first psp I would have hated having to make the choice between the two. Now it'd be a easy choice for a first psp, but not enough to make me want to upgrade my system. How about some games instead.

9-03-2008 @ 6:29PM

Bryan said...

so im assuming the extended battery wont be coming out anymore. i have a question i just got the madden psp bundle it has a 1200mah and i have another 1600mah battery how much difference is there?

9-03-2008 @ 6:30PM

Bryan said...

so im assuming the extended battery wont be coming out anymore. i have a question i just got the madden psp bundle it has a 1200mah and i have another 1600mah battery how much difference is there.

9-03-2008 @ 7:38PM

Manuel said...

I don't understand where you guys are getting the "no more extended battery".

You would think they would still try to extend it any way.

THOUGH I agree that this statement should also say, "oh and btw, we have the secret of life in our labs, our R&D have effectively put it into the PSP code."

It'd been all the same to me.

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