Sony says the battery life of its next portable game machine will be on par with Nintendo 3DS.
Next Generation Portable, which Sony announced on Thursday, will feature 4 to 5 hours of battery life, according to a Eurogamer source. This would put it on the same playing field as 3DS, which lasts 3-5 hours depending on the brightness and 3-D settings.
Sony Europe CEO Andrew House, speaking to the website, would not put a hard number on the battery life, but said that two factors would make it "solid": "It's influenced our choice of flash media, versus incorporating a disc drive; and number two, the screen is large and gorgeous –- it's also OLED, which is fantastically good for low power consumption as well."
Sony officially announced NGP early Thursday morning at a press conference in Tokyo. Sony has yet to put a price tag on the machine, but it will be released during the 2011 holiday season.
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