lastflowers
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really shitty battery life, but I've got two so it hasn't been a problem yet. It will be once I have a game that any of my friends want to play with me.
It's not 3 hours, that's a bit of exaggeration. Maybe if your in gun fight with intense vibrations for 3 straight hours. Anyway I know this isn't ideal but buy a double capacity battery. I switched one of mine out when I changed to X1 sticks. It's a pretty simple process, many YouTube videos out there.In my lifetime of electronics i have never owned something with such a pathetic battery life. I don't even understand how the controller even uses that much energy. It is seriously ruining my enjoyment with he console. Can't even play GTA for longer than 3 hours without it dying.
that's what i did, and it works well, but it's still a pretty shitty solution.Charge whilst playing? Own two, charge one whilst playing?
It's what I do.
Battery life isn't really bad but the quality of the battery is.
Every charge seems like it gets less and less, my original DS4 can charge for hours but only has a 15minute charge.
Keep your fingers crossed, when I first got mine a full charge was like 10 hours.
My first controller is down to 15minutes and my 2nd is maybe 3 hours now.
that's what i did, and it works well, but it's still a pretty shitty solution.
how is this a poor solution, of course you need two if you do long gaming sessions, its been that way ever since wireless controllers were invented.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=822796Source?
how is this a poor solution, of course you need two if you do long gaming sessions, its been that way ever since wireless controllers were invented.
the DS4 has a shorter battery life for sure and it can be annoying, but so do cell phones. mine doesn't even last a day if I use it for videos and such...
The only problem with the controller is the battery life.
Other than that, it is a far better controller than the hot garbage they've been releasing for 20 years.
This gen is the best of all-time when it comes to controllers. The DS4, X1 controller, Wii U Pro, Wii U Gamepad, are all fucking amazing.
In my lifetime of electronics i have never owned something with such a pathetic battery life. I don't even understand how the controller even uses that much energy. It is seriously ruining my enjoyment with he console. Can't even play GTA for longer than 3 hours without it dying.
I'm sorry, but three hours is ridiculous hyperbole. I know I've done more than eight hours of Destiny in one sitting with the DS4.
Best bet is to get 2 DS4's and have one charging while using the other. That is what I do.
Dimming the light seems to do next to nothing for battery life. Nor does turning it OFF when using it on PC (this is super confusing BTW, I can see why it's not an option) It's either just the higher polling rate, the fancy touchpad/audio features or just a smaller battery or a combo of all of them.
It really is an amazing gen for controllers, only minor gripes from me about any of them (battery life on PS4, triggers/bumpers on Wii U pro (AMAZING battery life though), battery and trigger positions on Wii U gamepad, haven't got an Xbox One pad but it seems fine if they've truly fixed that awful awful d pad)
Best bet is to get 2 DS4's and have one charging while using the other. That is what I do.
It wouldn't need to be a huge change, just use better parts and turn the light off, it could look exactly the same
I might be wrong but didn't the PS3 launch with the Sixaxis and then drop that for the DS3?
Turning off the LED light seems to help significantly (PC).
Sony's genius business strategy at work.
This killed me when I opened the box.Yeah that's honestly my biggest complaint with the system thus far. It wouldn't even be that big of an issue for me if they didn't pack in such a pathetically short charging cable.
Still better than the abomination of a battery the WiiU Gamepad is packing.
I have two DS4s and a charging dock, so battery is not an issue for me. I also use thumbstick covers so that's not an issue for me either.
My big issue with the controller is the small, fickle triggers.
Poor build quality, problems with the sticks rubbing off, and the terrible battery life, I agree.
Just you never seem to see any major changes to a controller after the console's launch to my recollection at least. Hopefully this changes
In my lifetime of electronics i have never owned something with such a pathetic battery life. I don't even understand how the controller even uses that much energy. It is seriously ruining my enjoyment with he console. Can't even play GTA for longer than 3 hours without it dying.
In my lifetime of electronics i have never owned something with such a pathetic battery life. I don't even understand how the controller even uses that much energy. It is seriously ruining my enjoyment with he console. Can't even play GTA for longer than 3 hours without it dying.