Hopefully it's not garbage this time. But knowing these assholes who won't even make the DS3 compatible and instead release a worse controller, it's probably gonna be the worst ever.

I like Sony and all.  Always been a huge fan of their TV's. On a different note, it blows my mind I can't simply use the media remote from the ps3 which is way better than that stupid one they recently released for the ps4.  They are both bluetooth and infared.

Great

I just use the DS4 for media playback. I dont use the PS4 for muti-media stuff that much so why buy another remote to clutter up my coffee table?

You would think a multi-device generic remote would work on the PS4, but it must be proprietary.

Haha, well i never thought that would be a benefit to sell the controller :D

It all depends on how lazy I am feeling. When I get back from work someweeks I really hate to find my controller down on juice (stupid kids playing my console).... as I have to get up from the sofa... but yeah, I always have one on charge, so when I play one is always charging... no problems. I've never yet had a situation where I cannot play my console because of no controller power.

I'm not sure Bluetooth 4.0 or higher really provides any necessary feature(s), PLUS it would make the "DS4.5" incompatible with current PS4s (I don't know how backwards compaitible Bluetooth 4.x+ is with the 2.1+EDR receiver in the OG PS4.

Back when the DS4 was announced, Mark Cerny (I think) was asked about the decision to stick with BT 2.1+EDR and he said that for what the DS4 needed to do, BT 2.1+EDR was more than adequate. So maybe there just isn't a valid reason to move to a later version of the spec? Blutooth already is a very low (battery) power tech, so a small increase in the battery capacity would far outweigh any power savings advantage of BT 2.1 vs 4.x

What I'd like to see are contact charger points built into the controller, on either side of the USB port. That way you could chge via USB port, -OR- use a contact charger without having to stick a little adapter into the USB port.

As I read the line I bolded in your statment I had a chill run up my spine. What if the new PS4 NEO is going to be Bluetooth 5? Not compatable with OG PS4 controllers. No, it can't be. More money for Sony if true.

From what I've read, this issue was fixed a few months after launch. 

Personally ive used the shit out of my white DS4 since December of last year and the joysticks are as responsive as ever with no degradation of the rubber.

The battery life is atrocious though, but I generally play with it cabled in. 

The ergonomics of the controller are great, at least for my hands. I'm curious what they'd be wanting to improve upon beside the battery life.

The Wii U Pro Controller has 80 hours of play time on one charge. It's a seperate purchase though. That thing spoiled me big time, and I would play all month on one charge. 

The CUHZCT number going from 1 to 2 in this new DualShock must be some kind of big upgrade. Because Sony has been doing improvments to the controller since it launched with the PS4 two years ago. They are just changing the version number now? Something is up.

Actually Sony has already addressed the analogue stick rubber ripping already. They had a soft recall and replaced the softer rubber with a harder rubber back in the first year of release from what I remember. Reworked controllers have a less glossy look they are more dull of a finish and now hold up really well now. Have not ripped on me like first iteration did within a month. They will not be ditching the light on the controller since that works in conjunction with the camera and PSVR. They might add a feature where you could turn it off perhaps.