Sony have revealed on thier official blog that reports of the new PSP 3000 having a shorter battery life are in fact not true.

Speaking from Sony land, John Koller Director, Hardware Marketing says "Hi, everyone, there have been reports about the battery life of the new PSP system (PSP-3000) being shorter than the current model (PSP-2000), following an interview we recently did with Gamespot. I’d like to make a correction and clarify that the new PSP will have equivalent battery life to the current PSP, about 4 to 6 hours for games and about 4 to 5 hours for UMD videos. While the enhanced screen of the new PSP draws a little more power, our engineers in Japan worked to reduce the power consumption of the overall system including its components, so you won’t have to worry about losing any time when enjoying the more vibrant visuals displayed with the new PSP".

So there you go, and the moral of the story is, don’t believe everything you read in the gaming press, unless it’s on here of course.