Short-lived PlayStation Portable

Sony has been mostly keeping schtum about the battery life of the PSP, refusing at first to confirm that it could be as short as two hours - a disastrous figure for a games device.

Now Sony Computer Entertainment boss Ken Kutaragi has admitted you'll be lucky to get six hours out of the new handheld - but it could be much lower.

Switch on wireless, turn up the brightness and plug in a demanding game and you could be looking at much less.

Like maybe the two hours Sony worked really hard to avoid admitting in the first place?

The PSP is due for release in Europe early next year and is expected to cost in the ballpark of €150.