NGP battery life to rival PSP’s
January 27, 2011 / 06:08 PM EDT / (@admeady)

Sony’s Next Generation Portable (NGP) is aiming to have a comparable battery life to the PSP-3000, a Sony Executive told Kotaku.

Shuhei Yoshida, Senior Vice President of Product Development, reportedly explained to the blog that the longevity is a target set by the company, which would be approximately 5 hours.

A developer told the site that development kits currently outlast the PSP-3000, citing the switch from the Universal Media Disc (UMD) drive to flash media as the primary reason – although the hardware specifications may change upon its release later this year.

The battery will be sealed due to the device’s rear touchpad – though many consider it to be a move to combat piracy, a problem that plagued UMD-based iterations of the PlayStation Portable.

According to Eurogamer, the Sony Computer Entertainment Europe head, Andrew House, described the platform’s price as “appropriate for the handheld gaming space”.

He also attributed the system’s battery life to the use of flash media, and added that the OLED screen is “fantastically good for low power consumption as well“.

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  • AdamBoy64

    That would be amazing if they could get 5 hours out of the device.. I guess no UMD and the OLED screen will help..

  • SuperGuyverUSA

    That’s great! To me, no UMD is a good thing. While I played my PSP, the UMD loading was pretty loud.

  • http://myanimelist.net/profile/PrinceHeir# PrinceHeir

    yay hopefully you can buy longer batteries :P

    • Adam Meadows

      Since the battery is sealed, there’s no way to change the battery besides shipping your NGP off to Sony!

  • http://www.youtube.com/tezchi TezChi

    The longer the battery life, the better in my opinion. the PSP-2000 I have isn’t too bad but it only lasts for about 2 gaming sessions before I need to put the charger back in. Also as echoed above, getting rid of noisy optical loading, especilly for a handheld, is a big plus.

  • rockman29

    If this thing can do 5 hours while playing a PSP2 game, that would be incredible.

  • http://gematsu.com/members/admin/ Sal Romano

    5 hours is great time for a NGP game. I suppose it can do more playing a standard PSP game, then?

    My only gripe is that the sealed battery means I can’t bring a back up with me — in the case I ever find myself on a long flight, and in need of a recharge.

    • rockman29

      I was wondering the same thing too. I think I read somewhere using extra cores on the PSP2 doesn’t take extra power for some reason, though I could be wrong. I wouldn’t be able to guess while playing PSP games if the battery life would be longer, but I was thinking the same thing.

      Looks like the battery life while not playing anything should be pretty amazing then too. Great for on-the-go music and such I bet. I wonder what the movie-playback battery life will be.

      • Hypno Physics

        Seems the battery life is the latest weapon in the NGP vs 3DS battle considering its reported that the 3DS bat-life is 3 to 4 hours. I think the price, marketing and 3rd Party support will be the decisive factors in this. ( rumors float of NGP costing anywhere between $300 and $700 )

        • rockman29

          Anywhere from 249 to 349 I can believe. Above that I think is getting a little extreme. I don’t think Sony is prepared to sell the PSP2 for so much more than a PS3.

          I hope Sony isn’t crazy enough to sell it for anything higher, or that they didn’t restrict themselves to a high price too much with the specifications of the machine.

          Not that I think a high price is impossible. Anything could happen.

          • Hypno Physics

            The most far fetched price so fa came from a Gamestop rep suggesting it’ll be close to a grand. I just don’t see Sony pricing it that high, $300-375 seems perfect to me.