Two publications have received two different reactions from Sony regarding the unfortunately overly limited battery life of what has previously been called Project Q.

IGN and CNET both had a chance to try out Sony’s handheld, which has much more potential than the company allows with the device, as it can only be used for Remote Play, so you can’t run games locally like you could on the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita pair. While it’s OK for the press to get a chance to test the hardware pre-launch, Sony is being a little cagey about the device’s battery…

Sony was reluctant to give IGN an estimated battery life as the PlayStation Portal’s battery hasn’t been finalized. However, CNET got a different answer: Sony didn’t give them a concrete answer but hinted that they’re basing it on the battery life of the DualSense, so you can use the DualSense with display for 6-8 hours (because that’s essentially what the hardware is, no more…), which is also not a significantly strong result.

Battery life also depends on what controller functions you use and what games you play. Can these be turned off? According to IGN, the DualSense light bar won’t be there on PlayStation Portal, but let’s be honest, it doesn’t drain the battery very much, so if Sony is just saving on that, we’ll still have the same problem as before: after DualSense, the more expensive controller, the DualSense Edge, is also said to drain pretty damn quickly!

The PlayStation Portal can be connected to Wi-Fi networks other than your home network to connect to your PlayStation 5, but this is only possible if the internet service is stable and fast enough. But is it even worth throwing away $200/€220? Why not let us use the device for more?

Source: PSL