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Longer PSP Battery Length Was All Lies

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After announcing the brand new slimline PSP at E3 one of the big bullet points that Sony hit on while trying to sell the redesign to the audience, both in attendance and worldwide, was that the new PSP would allow for even more gaming on the move than the older unit. Hell, we even reported on the matter, the fools we were! However, it has now come to light that this information was more of a small white lie by the company, rather than being actual fact.

You see, it has now come to light that if you have the battery from your original PSP put in the slimline you'll be able to get 8-10 hours play, which is the number Sony touted at E3. However, newcomers will be left out in the cold as the new PSP will come packed with a smaller battery, smaller in both size and the amount of charge it can hold, and that battery will only run for about 5 hours while gaming, which is a fair few hours less, but around the same amount as the original PSP. Also, if you try and put the original battery in you PSP it won't fully fit in the slot and bulge out of the system, kind of like the same problem you will run into if you put a GBA cart in the DS Lite. However, Sony has announced they will be releasing a new backplate to cover up the battery for those that don't mind a bit of bulge.

So it seems not all is as we once thought. Still, the new handheld will be 33 per cent lighter and 19 per cent slimmer and have some extra options, it will also be able to output high quality video. If that's not enough it is also coming to Europe first, lucky us!