[fullstop]

> The funny thing is the Game Gear and Switch battery life are actually very similar at 3-5 hours.

The switch has much better battery life than that in the models released after the initial launch. You're spot on with the release model, though.

[satysin]

Indeed the newer Switch OLED model does have better battery life albeit still around the max 5 hour mark for most games apparently edging up to 7 hours for less demanding games (according to a brief search anyway).

[mashc5]

The switch got a refresh in 2019 (two years before the OLED model was released) that almost doubled battery life [0].

[0] https://www.techradar.com/news/the-updated-nintendo-switch-b...