pbroy said: Every time I see consoles in closed in cabinets I get nervous. It's like they are dogs stuck in a car in a hot day.

Not my fault only the Wii U could probably run in a shoebox 24/7...

Nah, I actually prop the appropriate glass door open when either the Xbox One or PS4 is running (left or right glass door).  The PS4 still runs hot even if you leave it out in the open, though!

My PS4 never runs hot...

Like many others, I don't like playing with cords attached, I'm probably going to go the higher capacity battery route once the warranty on the controller is up, lol

Keep in mind that the controller charges while in standy mode. I've never had to stop playing to charge my controller because I always plug it in once I turn it off.

Every household that can afford an Xbox One has AA batteries, and with 20 hours per set, you're not "throwing money" at AA batteries.  Really tired of people blowing this thing out of proportion.

All sarcastically delivered facts aside, I said it earlier but you might have missed it: out of the box, the PS4 is easily in the worst situation.  The Wii U comes with a substantially long AC adapter to charge the Gamepad.  I naturally prefer to play without cables like everyone else, so I got an extended life battery.

The Xbox One gets 20 hours per AA set, and most techie types such as myself own rechargeable batteries as it is.  I eventually bought the official battery pack for the Xbox One controller because it came with a super long charging cable, and I wanted to be prepared for longer gaming sessions with the extra 5 hours.

So instead of assuming you think I'm here trash talking the DS4, recognize that I will clearly be deciding on a solution (which seems to be a larger capacity battery).  However, out of the box, it's in the worst possible overall scenario as the other two have much more ameccable means/conditions of initially dealing with battery life.

Yeah, if you ignore you already paid money for those batteries that go in other things. Like remotes and what ever else. At 6 dollars a pack it would be just a few weeks. Maybe 2 months tops and you could have bought a charging dock. Quite frankly the Xbox is by far the worst position. Not having a chargeable batteries in this day and age is insulting to consumers.  And you can also ignore the fact you probably have a cord and a wall charger for a cell phone. or a million other usb devices you might have around the house you can use to charge the DS4 while playing even. Like I said, if your getting 7 hours a charge that's plenty, unless of course you have a hard time plugging you controller in after you're done, which is why I suggest the charging dock. Just drop it and and you're done.  

And i can't agree with you. Out of the box the Wii U is going to need to most charging, and ya it comes with a long cord. The Xbox will have you deciding to add batteries/rechargeable or play and charge kit with in 20 hours out of the box. Ps4 just plug it into you cell charger and keep playing. 

Long cable did you say? 

http://www.amazon.com/Hi-mobiler-Gold-plated-Connectors-Samsung-Smartphone/dp/B00JZHE3PM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435805596&sr=8-2&keywords=10+usb+to+mini+cable

One pack of AA batteries... Hmm.. 

I can tell you love the PS4 and it's perceived "perfection", but you're putting blinders on.  All three of the systems require some sort of money solution to overcome and maximize play time.  The problem is that the PS4's is the least convenient at the start.  There's a reason a majority of PS4 owners on forums, etc. all agree on the DS4 having too short of a battery life and too short of a cable.

The Wii U has the included adapter, so you plug it in and think "gee, that battery doesn't last long at all!"... and "I hope I don't have to plug it in all the time, I'll have to remember to place it on the charging cradle whenever I'm done and keep the AC adapter around just in case I play over 4 hours".

The Xbox One uses AAs, so you put some in since you already have some laying around, and 19 hours later you get a low battery warning, and pause your game/leave your match and swap them out saying, "gee, I don't want to have to keep putting batteries in this thing!"... or if you have rechargeables, "I guess I'll always have to have a pair on standby, and swap it out when I can see it's got one bar left, I wouldn't want to do this while I'm in the middle of owning newbs in Call of Duty".

The PS4 goes through it's first session fine, and you're like "cool!"... and then on your second session, it runs low, so you grab the charging cable and plug it in... then as you move back to the couch, "CRAP, the cable's not long enough! Why is it so short?!", followed by the fact that there is NOTHING you can do at this point but either sit on the floor in front of the TV and keep playing while it charges, or turn off your game and let it charge, saying, "okay, while that's charging, I need to find a longer cable or something!".

Do you get the difference now?  The reason so many people complain about the PS4 is because when it DOES run low, you are HELPLESS initially unless you prepared for it.  The other two have instantly available solutions, and as I said, are thus more ameccable in the low battery scenario.

That's what I've had to do, but as a person who pays attention to utility bills, the 3 hour standby mode just irks me.

In other words, I prefer to turn things OFF-off, not sort-of-off, lol...  I turned off all other rest mode functions to minimize the power draw so that it's basically ONLY for charging the controller, but plugging in the controller after every play session is a bit excessive if you think about it.  It's not a big deal nor time consuming, but again, compared to the other two... >.> hahaha!