diff --git a/src/core/const.js b/src/core/const.js
index 35beb03..ef1d997 100644
--- a/src/core/const.js
+++ b/src/core/const.js
@@ -150,5 +150,7 @@
         CIRC: 2,
         ELIP: 3,
         RREC: 4
-    }
+    },
+
+    SPRITE_BATCH_SIZE: 2000 //nice balance between mobile and desktop machines
 };

diff --git a/src/core/const.js b/src/core/const.js
index 35beb03..ef1d997 100644
--- a/src/core/const.js
+++ b/src/core/const.js
@@ -150,5 +150,7 @@
         CIRC: 2,
         ELIP: 3,
         RREC: 4
-    }
+    },
+
+    SPRITE_BATCH_SIZE: 2000 //nice balance between mobile and desktop machines
 };
diff --git a/src/core/sprites/webgl/SpriteRenderer.js b/src/core/sprites/webgl/SpriteRenderer.js
index 30e32a5..9804b07 100644
--- a/src/core/sprites/webgl/SpriteRenderer.js
+++ b/src/core/sprites/webgl/SpriteRenderer.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 var ObjectRenderer = require('../../renderers/webgl/utils/ObjectRenderer'),
     Shader = require('../../renderers/webgl/shaders/Shader'),
-    WebGLRenderer = require('../../renderers/webgl/WebGLRenderer');
+    WebGLRenderer = require('../../renderers/webgl/WebGLRenderer'),
+    CONST = require('../../const');
 
 /**
  * @author Mat Groves
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
      *
      * @member {number}
      */
-    this.size = 2000;//Math.pow(2, 16) /  this.vertSize;
+    this.size = CONST.SPRITE_BATCH_SIZE; // 2000 is a nice balance between mobile / desktop
 
     // the total number of bytes in our batch
     var numVerts = this.size * 4 * this.vertByteSize;