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Sony won't offer option to disable PS4 DualShock 4 light bar
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RedAssedApe
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not sure if some of these posts are serious or not.
shu pretty much gives one word answers on twitter for most things
shu pretty much gives one word answers on twitter for most things
RedNumberFive
Banned
Considering how terrible Dexter gets in later seasons your dual shock is doing a public service.
sony is going to release a non-lightbar version of the ds4
i think someone else said that its not as easy as this...its shared power with some other components? could be wrong...trying to find that thread someone posted.
Yep, I think you are right because the USB connector is in the same location as the lightbar and that whole module is connected through the white strip.
That's a shame.
Not true. Let the controller time out and auto-shutoff. Then the video plays just fine. What does suck is that when you re-turn on the controller it asks you to log in before letting you control netflix.
*starts searching for that image of your avatar with the eyes cutout.
Nymphae
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Um, what if I want to shut it off manually? I'm not waiting for the thing to go to sleep every time. Well actually, I am currently, because Netflix pauses when I turn the fucking thing off.
This is all the more frustrating considering this functionality was there on PS3.
NTIETS13A_Superiority
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Light is used to:
1. tell if controller on. (ir wont work)
2. tel wich player the controller belongs to. (ir wont work)
3. give ambient light effects. (ir wont work)
4. tracking controller (ir is enough)
They should give option to turn it off.
that sounds like that "assing user to controller feature". Sounds inconvinient. Things are clearly yet to be fully thought out.
1. tell if controller on. (ir wont work)
2. tel wich player the controller belongs to. (ir wont work)
3. give ambient light effects. (ir wont work)
4. tracking controller (ir is enough)
They should give option to turn it off.
that sounds like that "assing user to controller feature". Sounds inconvinient. Things are clearly yet to be fully thought out.
RedAssedApe
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yeah thats actually the most annoying thing to me. having to select my user account every time my controller auto shuts off.
Moral Panic
Member
Can turn it off/down change colour at will on PC.
Iced_Eagle
Member
I really don't understand why they don't add the option for this??
As someone who doesn't own the camera, what's the fucking point of it then? I still can't believe the DS4 has such shit battery life and I would love to disable the light bar for even a bit more battery life.
Please Sony, just do this...
As someone who doesn't own the camera, what's the fucking point of it then? I still can't believe the DS4 has such shit battery life and I would love to disable the light bar for even a bit more battery life.
Please Sony, just do this...
Best part, a full size lightswitch!
dripdripsplash
Member
I'd love to hear one reason for why you'd have to have the light bar on while not having a camera.
Dreams-Visions
Member
So we've moved to the, "you're holding it wrong" argument?
No, it needs a disable option. It serves no purpose without a camera and it's obnoxiously bright.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
I can sort of understand why they wouldn't want you to turn it off completely, but they should at least let you dim it. Unless it's made in such a way where it can only be at maximum brightness or off.
I personally have my PS4 set to turn the controller off after 10 minutes of inactivity, so I don't really have the issue with Netflix watching draining the battery. That means I have to press the PS button instead of X to pause what I'm watching, which is not quite as instant, but I can live with it. At least the DS4 reconnects way faster than the DS3 ever did, and once it's connected Netflix automatically pauses playback as the controller sign-in screen is shown. Preferable to letting the controller's battery run low from doing absolutely nothing.
To see that the controller is on and to tell which player you are in local multiplayer games (the color of the lightbar is how you tell now, the concept of "controller 1/2/3/4" doesn't exist anymore).
I personally have my PS4 set to turn the controller off after 10 minutes of inactivity, so I don't really have the issue with Netflix watching draining the battery. That means I have to press the PS button instead of X to pause what I'm watching, which is not quite as instant, but I can live with it. At least the DS4 reconnects way faster than the DS3 ever did, and once it's connected Netflix automatically pauses playback as the controller sign-in screen is shown. Preferable to letting the controller's battery run low from doing absolutely nothing.
To see that the controller is on and to tell which player you are in local multiplayer games (the color of the lightbar is how you tell now, the concept of "controller 1/2/3/4" doesn't exist anymore).
Uno Venova
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Would have liked the option solely for battery life. At the end of the day, the problem is pretty miniscule so whatever.
SolsticeZero
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I don't either. Never bothered me one bit.
scoobs
Member
Step 1: Turn controller away from the TV
Step 2: Watch Netflix
I've never had an issue with the light bar distracting me. Maybe tonight I'll see if I can make it annoy me as much as it annoys some of you... perhaps I just need to be looking for it
DrROBschiz
Member
So whats the story here?
Its funny to me the points in where Sony is willing and unwilling to bend to feedback
How utterly bizarre to be so stubborn about something like this
Its funny to me the points in where Sony is willing and unwilling to bend to feedback
How utterly bizarre to be so stubborn about something like this
NTIETS13A_Superiority
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You do not have to like its features but that is factually wrong.
Nymphae
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What if I want to shut it off manually once I start something to save battery power? Why should I have to leave the controller on with a huge bright blue light shining for no reason, for 10 minutes? It cannot be that hard to allow a user to turn off the controller without pausing playback. They did it on PS3.
No update to allow users to disable it or no update to allow developers to disable it? Or both.
Not allowing users to disable it completely can probably be justified but surely developers should be able to disable/dim it for ambient effects. Which would allow lovefilm, Netflix etc to turn it off as well.
Not allowing users to disable it completely can probably be justified but surely developers should be able to disable/dim it for ambient effects. Which would allow lovefilm, Netflix etc to turn it off as well.
How? If you have no camera it has no purpose. A game can't integrate it without being able to see it.
RedNumberFive
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Which is exactly why they don't give you the option to turn it off. You're advertising their brand.
NTIETS13A_Superiority
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They originally said long time ago that devs can turn it off... Do not know if it is still the case.
RedNumberFive
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It's a flimsy use case but it's used to gauge your health in Killzone.
chickdigger802
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A bit silly. You can already do all kind of dumb things with the light with hacked pc drivers.
Given they decided not to include a camera with every console this seems an odd choice.
Is it possible the design hardware wise just doesn't allow for it and they don't want to admit it? I've always felt they initially intended to follow MS in having a camera in every box and their odd stance on the lightbar has always had me thinking maybe the just didn't include and physical element to turn it off that could be controlled via the OS.
I mean if it could be turned off and given most games don't seem to need it (unless I'm missing something) then why wouldn't hey allow it and continue to look all consumer friendly vs flat out refusing?
Is it possible the design hardware wise just doesn't allow for it and they don't want to admit it? I've always felt they initially intended to follow MS in having a camera in every box and their odd stance on the lightbar has always had me thinking maybe the just didn't include and physical element to turn it off that could be controlled via the OS.
I mean if it could be turned off and given most games don't seem to need it (unless I'm missing something) then why wouldn't hey allow it and continue to look all consumer friendly vs flat out refusing?
NTIETS13A_Superiority
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turnbuckle
Member
It shines through and still reflects off the tv?
That's nuts.
The light doesn't reflect too much off my TV, but it reflects off my brother's so much he's decided to raise his TV a couple of feet to fix it. I...could never play like that, looking up at the screen to play. Not a solution I, or Sony, would recommend.
The light is really annoying when watching a movie. I basically have to put the controller under my couch to hide the light.
And I'm not certain how much the light kills the battery, but the DS4 battery is abysmal. Either I have a bad controller (well, other than a sticky L1 button and worn out analogs) or Polygon was being very generous with their 8 hours of battery life.
I feel like I'm having some weird luck with Sony products. I swear I'm getting more than 5 hours of battery life on my Vita with the wifi on and playing Persona 4 (5.5-6 hours probably, but I never let the battery run all the way out). It seemed like I could go 20+ hours on my several year old DS3 between charges, but my DS4 battery is downright pathetic.
I'm ordering another controller soon, so I'll see if that one performs better or not. Either way, being able to dim that light would have to help. Even if marginally so.
Malcolm9
Member
It lasts a decent while, I'm talking about the people who expect the charge to last a couple of days, that's just not going to happen if you are playing six-eight hours constantly.
Buy a second controller if it's really a problem.
Damn and here I was wishing for an infrared controller for a console with a 500 dollar price tag that can't play games as well.
Noble Neckbeard
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It's OCD that I don't want a giant blue reflection on my TV when I'm using the PS4?