Wii Remote finishes second in battery face-off
Thursday, January 31st, 2008 at 6:50pm by Blake
I was tasked with comparing Wii, 360, and PS3 battery performance for a GamePro feature that was published today. I say tasked because it was required that I played more than 110 hours of video games in a short period of time, the most I’ve ever played since high school. But I digress, the Wii Remote lasted longer than expected, and as you know, is highly customizable for even better performance. Check it.
January 31st, 2008 at 7:52 pm
I would like to know how the Wii Remote changes battery performance with the use of the Nunchuck, and Classic Controller.
I think at the very least that they should have separate data points for the Nunchuck.
I changed my batteries a couple of times playing Twilight Princess, and Metriod Prim 3. I bought the Nyko charge station, so we’ll see how that handles Super Mario Galaxy and Smash Brothers.
January 31st, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Yeah, was this using the nunchuck?
Also, how bad must the PS3 controller be that actually has rumble?
Kudos to the 360s, thems some solid numbers. I electronics that are well designed to conserve power.
January 31st, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Oh, and Blake, I know its been said on here before, but when you do a chart that only tracks 2 variables (axis) like a bar graph, its not a good idea to force it into 3D, it makes it much harder to read.
January 31st, 2008 at 9:10 pm
wow- my 36- runs through batteries like there’s no tomorrow. never thought it would come out on top- thought nintendo would take that crown. but the ps3? really? i mean, really? that bad?
January 31st, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Interesting, I don’t think the emphasized just how wildly battery usage differs between games though. They’d last a damn long time with just vc games, but anything that uses the pointer suck em up fairly quick.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Weird, I recharge my 360 batteries way, way more often than my Wii ones.
February 1st, 2008 at 1:33 am
Assuming that I charge every controller after play and they are fully charged, I never ran out of battery with my Wiimotes, occasionally with my 360 controller, and often with my Sixaxis.
February 1st, 2008 at 11:08 am
I have a hard time believing this is accurate. My Wii remote batteries go dead FAST. Even if it isn’t being used they’ll go dead quickly. I don’t quite understand that, but it is true.
My PS3 remotes stay charged for a LONG time. I’ve had PS2 for over a month and only charged them a couple of times–and they weren’t even completely run down.
I’m not sure how accurate this is. Nor do I care, really. Battery life isn’t that big of a deal to me.
February 1st, 2008 at 11:09 am
Oops. I meant to saw “PS3″ instead of “PS2″ above. You get my drift.
February 2nd, 2008 at 2:12 am
I am surprised the Wii remote performed as well as it did.
Nyko Charge Station FTW, by the way. AA batteries are so 1999.
February 2nd, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Dude, I really can’t trust the Wiimote with batteries. I bought some Lithium batteries for them because I figured they would last a long time. They literally died in a day and a half. wtf? Other batteries worked fine before…