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Today, on the PlayStation Blog, Sony’s director of hardware marketing John Koller made a statement in an attempt to quell fears surrounding the PSP 3000’s battery life. After a statement made in a much ballyhooed interview with GameSpot, it became clear that the PSP 3000’s battery life was diminished by 20-30 minutes due to the improved screen. Apparently, this is a false assertion. According to the blog posting, the PSP 3000 will still function for 4-5 hours for movie playback and 4-6 hours for games in spite of the increased energy demands of the more vibrant display. That’s because the engineers at Sony have found ways of making the hardware more efficient in other ways. Here’s the statement in its entirety: “Hi, everyone, there have been reports about the battery life of the new PSP system (PSP-3000) being shorter than the current model (PSP-2000), following an interview we recently did with Gamespot. I’d like to make a correction and clarify that the new PSP will have equivalent battery life to the current PSP, about 4 to 6 hours for games and about 4 to 5 hours for UMD videos. While the enhanced screen of the new PSP draws a little more power, our engineers in Japan worked to reduce the power consumption of the overall system including its components, so you won’t have to worry about losing any time when enjoying the more vibrant visuals displayed with the new PSP.” |