[u][b]WHO WILL REIGN SUPREME?![/b] | test starts around 3:08[/u] The handheld gaming market has been steadily chugging along since the original Gameboy, and each generation has added new features from backlights and wi-fi to touchscreens and expandable memory. But this has come with a cost, as you will see in the video that [i]none[/i] of the current gen consoles can outlast the originals. The data below will definitely give you a sense of how battery life - arguably the most important aspect of portable gaming - has tremendously diminished in the new generation. The iTouches and PS Vita were omitted because they had auto-power off features: [quote]•Sony PSP: 3 hours, 45 minutes •Nintendo 3DS: 3 hours, 55 minutes •Nintendo DSi: 4 hours, 2 minutes •Nintendo DS Lite (Silver): 4 hours, 30 minutes •Nintendo 3DS XL: 4 hours, 32 minutes •Nintendo DS Lite (Yellow): 4 hours, 38 minutes •Game Boy Advance SP (Backlit): 4 hours, 50 minutes •Game Boy Micro: 5 hours, 30 minutes •Nintendo DSi XL: 5 hours, 45 minutes •Nintendo DS: 6 hours, 1 minute •Game Boy Advance SP (Frontlit, Black #1): 8 hours, 2 minutes •Game Boy Advance SP (Frontlit, Black #2): 8 hours, 5 minutes •Nintendo 3DS with Nyco battery pack: 9 hours, 11 minutes •Game Boy Advance SP (Frontlit, Silver): 11 hours, 56 minutes •Nintendo 3DS with Mugen battery pack: 13 hours, 50 minutes •Game Boy: 15 hours, 30 minutes (interrupted; clocked at 30 hours in another vid) •Game Boy Advance: 29 hours, 32 minutes •Game Boy Color: 35 hours, 45 minutes[/quote] One thing they neglected to make a point of was that these were on their brightest settings. My yellow DS Lite can go for at least 13 hours on average on its lowest setting before going red, and it's said that 3DS's last longer when playing original DS games. Those of you still shopping around the handheld market may want to consider external battery packs, seeing as how the current gen systems died out very quickly in this video. Which Console have you gotten the most playtime out of?