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Forums - Sony Discussion - Sony's DualShock 4 light bar can't be turned off to save battery

torok on 28 August 2013

Actually, the ones complaining about battery life surely don't have the minimal technical knowledge about it. A led has a minimal power drain, the Bluetooth and rumble are what really drains it. And they use a tiny led for that giant bar, just like the Move where a tiny central led illuminated the glowing esphere (yes, just one led. It's a RGB led, DS4 probably uses one too).



Bet with jetforcejiminy: PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime numbers.

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Tabular on 30 August 2013
theshonen8899 said:
Tabular said:

Not sure why everyone STILL seems to not realise the light ABSOLUTLY CAN be turned off. It can be done so by devs. In any game the devs can give you an option to turn it off. So said Yoshida. /thread


Nice thread necromancy.

Again, the PS4 uses four tiny LEDs for the light bar, just like the Dualshock 3, Xbox 360 controller, and one less than the 5 in the Wii U pro controller. LEDs use up almost nothing, even if they are all on at once. It's rumble and bluetooth that kill the battery. The reason the Wii U pro controller's battery life is so incredible is because it only uses 1 rumble motor instead of the two found in the DualShock 3 or Xbox 360 controller.

The problem people are having is with the reflection in your TV. Like I said, "it can be turned off."



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