Battery Life Issues
One of the system's biggest issues was battery life; while better than earlier color backlit systems, its 4 hour battery life (5 hours on later models) using 6 alkaline batteries was still not as good as the Game Boy's 10–14 hours of four-AA battery lifespan (due to that system's monochrome screen and lack of a backlight). Battery life was a much bigger issue before handheld systems had built-in rechargeable batteries; gamers needed either a constant supply of six AA batteries, or a rechargeable Ni-Cd battery pack that was sold separately and clipped on a user's belt or onto the back of the Game Gear using the clips and screw holes.
In an August 2011 video documentary on the relative battery life of the 3DS and Game Gear, GigaBoots.com documents that their Game Gear, Model 2110g (2nd Revision), lasted 7 hours and 26 minutes on 6 regular Duracell AA batteries; this unexpectedly long battery life led them to speculate that battery technology must have improved since the Game Gear was launched.
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