The esteemed American organ GamePro has done some scientific tests. They wanted to see how long the battery life lasts on the controllers for each of the three major consoles, and the results will shock you. Well no, not really. We’ve always thought that the battery life of the Wiimote was piss-poor compared to the 360, and now we have evidence to prove it.

If you’re incapable of reading the graph above, here’s the breakdown. The Wiimote clocked in at 36 hours and 43 minutes from each set of batteries. The PlayStation 3’s Sixaxis managed a feeble 18 hours and 41 minutes, whilst the Xbox 360 controller came in at a whopping 56 hours and 56 minutes.

To be fair to the Wiimote, the presence of so many extras in a single unit (speakers, gyroscopes, etc) is an additional strain on the battery compared to what the other controllers offer. That said, Nintendo need to seriously consider offering Wiimotes with rechargeable batteries at some point in the future. As well as being less of a strain on the wallet, it will do Ninty’s green credentials no end of good.

Via Go Nintendo

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This entry was posted on Friday, February 1st, 2008 at 2:33 pm by Bulent Yusuf
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