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Dual Shock 4 lightbar can't be turned off
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metalmachine
Member
LOL Probably
Yes Brad Shoemaker. GAF is full of frothing Sony fanboys.
The Albatross
Member
Use electrical tape. It completely blocks light and leaves no residue. I am very light sensitive at night and cover many of my electronics' LEDs with electrical tape, including my PS3 red beacon of light that's always on for no reason.
You know what's a trivial matter? For Sony to fix this.
Then how would you be able to tell who's controller is who's?
Acquiescence
Member
Deal breaker. This news has negatively effected my purchasing plans for the PlayStation 4.
freefornow
Member
The reflection would blind them
Should have been first post.
Didn't think about this.
Then again I also didn't take the whole 'Use it in the game' as something serious ... guess I should.
Hopefully if people make a big stink about it we can get a way to shut it down, although don't think it'll personally annoy me, doubt I'll notice it unless I create the perfect conditions.
Then again I also didn't take the whole 'Use it in the game' as something serious ... guess I should.
Hopefully if people make a big stink about it we can get a way to shut it down, although don't think it'll personally annoy me, doubt I'll notice it unless I create the perfect conditions.
BossLackey
Gold Member
I feel like a firmware update at some point down the road will change this.
By figuring it out within 2 seconds of trying it out? By knowing which one you connected first? By going into the menu for 1 second in the worst case?
Seriously, that's a silly excuse for not having the option.
Captain Tuttle
Member
I suppose if I need something to complain about regarding the PS4 this'll due. That and I wish it was more powerful.
Seems silly to not have the option to turn it off though.
Seems silly to not have the option to turn it off though.
Castef
Banned
Yep, not a big issue.
Yet, I still think they initially planned to sell the console bundled with the camera.
Like this the led will be useless, few developers will even consider it.
Sixaxis docet.
It actually isn't. You're going to swap to the menu 7 times if you have 7 players?
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
All you do is troll Sony threads. It isn't even some hidden thing. You find a way to be passive aggressive with your posts in many Sony related threads. I didn't even have to look up your post history, I've noticed some of your posts but this trend needs to stop with you.
Then you bring up the whole "If this was Kinect, GAF would be all over it" excuse.
Come on now.
Yep, would be nice.
Blue is alright, now imagine you're Terence Hill in the movie Super Fuzz and the controller is emitting red light.
No 360 no-scope headshots.
Captain Tuttle
Member
Does the light make 7 different colors? Serious question, I have no idea.
That's why you'd still have the option of turning it back on.
entremet
Member
Why would I want to mar the beautiful DS4 with duct tape?
It can do lots of colours, I think it chooses them though. Yellow Purple and Blue look the best imo.
Just trying to find the picture with them all. I know I saw Blue, Purple, Red, Blue and Yellow.
I don't actually see how the colours are a good way to see who's which player anyway. Will players be represented on-screen by colours or will there be a list on the screen of which colour is which player #? Neither seems exactly ideal.
They should really have just stuck to a regular # indicator as on PS3/360.
They should really have just stuck to a regular # indicator as on PS3/360.
bigbaldwolf86
Banned
I don't think this will be as big of an issue as people are making it out to be
grap3fruitman
Banned
Why should console manufacturers cater to you just because you bought a defective tv?
um isn't there light coming from the screen too? surely this isn't going to be brighter than that.
360 maybe. But the way which controller you're currently holding is very badly represented on the PS3.
(Assuming we're in a dark environment where all this hypothetical hilarity takes place.)
Miles Quaritch
Member
Seems like an odd design choice. I wonder if it's a design choice left over from when the PSEYE was rumoured to be bundled with the console.
Captain Tuttle
Member
heh, pretty cool. Too bad they'll be under black tape on my DS4.
It's actually a shame, kind of shitty solution, a piece of tape on the nicely engineered DS4.
In Fifa they always use colours. It directly represents which player you are controlling since you are all on the same screen.
I've never had any difficulty figuring out which controller is which but then again I've also never played my PS3 in pitch blackness.
Andronicus
Banned
"I hope the dim light from the LED on my controller doesn't wake her up"
lmfao
MasterLeePhD
Member
This is what I was thinking.
People are just nit-picking at every little detail about these new consoles.
jts
...hate me...
Most camera sensors, including the one on your cellphone, or, vital to its operations, the camera on each Wii Remote, can pick up IR signals.
Not to be confused with an IR camera, as in, a camera with IR emitting capabilities so it can capture images in the darkness.
What's defective on a glossy tv?
phosphor112
Banned
Lol.
your purchase decision
plagiarize
Banned
players will be represented in games by colours, rather than numbers, I would assume.
I'm sure it's just about that easy. They may wait on a little more feedback than a mild GAF freakout to decide though.