Why is the DS4 battery so bad?

Compared to the DS3 that would last ages, the DS4 is terrible.. the battery lasts 5/6 hours max and needs to be constantly charging or charged.

at this point, i'd take replaceable batteries that could last ages, my Xbox 360 when using normal batteries would last a good 15-20 hours

How long does the X1 controller battery last? because right now the PS4 is great but the controller is awful.

i played killzone today for a little over seven hours and it was down to half way.....

Must be that lighting thing that drain it

it has a lot of stuff, light, speaker, rumble... as an online gamer i gotta turn rumble off so i get much more battery time.

This is why I'm getting a play N charge kit for the xbox one.

dat first post troll kill. Ouch.

why does xbox controller still uses batteries?

I haven't had a chance to evaluate my DS4 battery life properly. I've been working so much I haven't had a chance to really play since launch week. But from what I remember I think mine was at the halfway point after 6-7 hours I think. At least that's what it felt like lol

Did you want it to use solar power or something?

My friends and I played it from 6pm to 2am (8 hours) last night and I never got the "low battery" notification. It wasn't even fully charged when I started playing.

It still uses batteries because despite popular system wars belief, they are superior to USB charging when it comes to gaming controllers. You DON'T need to buy the official Microsoft play and charge kit as I have a rechargeable battery stand and 2 pairs of rechargeable batteries since 2005 and they still work for up to 15 hours each. If I have one pair charged I can take the back off my controller and replace them in 2 seconds once every 15 hours. How exactly is that a bad thing?

In my experience, my DS4 battery drains in 8-9 hours of gameplay. It really doesn't bother me, I'm close enough to my PS4 to plug in the cord and still play.

LOL at the lemmings defending old previous gen tech.

isn't a built in battery old previous gen tech?? lol idiot.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHA! You butthurt fool!

Are you really defending batteries now?

Have fun with your previous gen console lems.

So why didn't MS include rechargeables again? People say it uses AA batteries, so you can have options. But why not include at least one battery for the controller. The PS4 is fine as long as you recharge the controller over night, leave the PS4 in standby mode, otherwise it wont recharge the controller.

moo

@FLOPPAGE_50: As some websites have been reporting, the DS4 controller seems to have vastly superior sensitivity to the motion controls versus the sixaxis controller. I'm sure that and the light inside have something to do with it.

Personally, I enjoyed the sixaxis controls and wish more games supported it. There were some great examples in a few games such as flow, flower, and folklore. Folklore was actually a great example of how it should be implemented into a more "core" game. Think about it. One of the best wii games, mario galaxy, simply used the motion control shake as an extra button.

On another note, some games had poor implementation like the original uncharted grenade throws. But surprisingly unpopular knowledge was the fact that grenades were also mapped to a button on the controller and there was no obligation to use the six axis.

lemming love AA bettery milking from MS. Xbone is two gen behind haha.

Because it has to power like 10 different gimmicks that Sony stuck in the controller.

After getting my 4 pack eneloop rechargeable batteries i would say batteries aren't that bad of a deal. I would say if i had to choose i would want built in battery pack as long as it last a long time . If its only going to last 6 hours I would take the replacement batteries

because sony wanted put entire lightbulb on the controller.

While MS just put 2 little red dots on there's... Does the same thing lol

Yes it does die rather fast compared to what last gen offered. It's because of that damn light on the front. They need an option to turn it off.

Other then that it charges fast around 2 hours or less.

It uses LEDs which consume next to no power at all. You could power the LEDs (when alone) in the back of the Dualshock for probably 4 days straight before losing power.

It's the rest of the controller that takes the charge, and they probably have too many resistors in there wasting power as well which won't help

I'm getting 11-12 hours of playtime with mine.

lol *dips hat*

@_Matt_:

They are using a high watt LED and not a half watt.

The brighter the LED the more power it takes.

Valid point, TC. However, I don't do gaming marathon sessions so not a concern. I imagine they will tweak the controller to get more battery life though in the next few years.

8 hours? 12 hours? I'm calling bull shit. I may get 6-7 hours out of a fully charged battery. The battery life on the DS4 is terrible but considering how many bells and whistles they threw in.. I'm not surprised.

It is.
And AA batteries is freaking Game Boy age tech.

does the ds4 come will full batery charge?

@PAL360:

No, all reachable devices always come with half or low charge... Unless other wise stated.

My PS4 remote had right around half charge when I connected it to my PS4 on launch day during system setup.

@Truth_Hurts_U:

Ah ok, thanks man!

No its convenient reliable technology that works.

what is the speaker like? does it add any little charming effects like the Wii-Mote did with certain games? (e.g zelda)

not my fault they wanted put weak ass 1000mh battery in there.

Stil almost double the time of a wiiu game pad.

can't the controller be opened up to cut the cable that feeds the led? I used to open up my DS3 to cut the cables of the rumble since I always hated the feature... And that led looks like it's gonna annoy the hell out of me even worse than the rumble.

If gaming for 7-9 hours without having to recharge is short, then people have some real issues. Buy extra controllers that charge while you're playing or take a frickin break for an hour.

If read closely, he isn't defending shit. He's just making you look stupid.

TC is either trolling or got a bad battery in his controller.

because M$ are always behind the curve when it comes to tech. That's why Xbox has always been so redundant.

I compensated for that by halving the time. A standard LED would happily go for roughly 8 days, so I figured 4 for the LED found in the DS4. Obviously no specifics are known as such about that LED, so it's rough. Either way though, I highly doubt the LED is having a significant enough impact on the controller battery life to result in less than half the drain time of the DS3.

I think thats good battery life. Anyone that sits down for 14hrs+ of continuous gaming really needs to reevaluate their life. Heck, even 5hrs straight is pushing it. After 3 hours or so you should probably head outside and do something productive or hell, just get some vitamin D, and your controller can be on the charger while you do that.

The DS4 battery does drain a lot faster than the DS3. I would say in my experiences it lasts around 8 hours. It charges pretty quick though which is nice. I also have the play and charge kit for the 2 Xbox One controllers I have. Those controllers last noticeably longer than the DS4. But there is no speaker so it makes sense.