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Sony to PSP Coders: Battery Life Your Problem

Posted by Zonk on from the here-catch! dept.

AssaultOnBattery writes "The fine folks over at GamesIndustry.biz are reporting that Sony has found a unique solution to the problem of battery life on the PSP - making their game developers solve it for them. According to the story, Sony is going to give devs a battery emulator which will tell them if their game is within acceptable power consumption limits."

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  1. The Buck Stops by the+darn · · Score: 5, Funny

    And for just $350, the problem can be yours!

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    Ceci n'est pas un post.
  2. Re:Sigh... by FriedTurkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about the virtual boy.... 9 AA's, and the GOOD batteries only lasted ~1hour, at best.

    That was a saftey feature to prevent you from becoming blind.

  3. Re:Better Games? by Corngood · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually people on this site talk a lot more about how they are superior to people who actually care about fancy graphics and sound.

  4. Re:your sense of humor... by SetupWeasel · · Score: 3, Funny

    indeed!

    We all know that it $349.99 anyway. $350 is a dirty, dirty LIE!