Sony explains why the Dualshock 4 lightbar exists.

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rolltide101x said:

Nem said:

WagnerPaiva said:

the-pi-guy said:

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
so what, light off our riot?

That's the plan.  

I hope Sony stick to their guns on this one, I have the PS4 and love the lightbar thing. People are becoming bullies toward Sony because they alwayd listen, they got to stand their ground sometimes, like MS and Nintendo do.

Really, why should they hold their ground against giving a choice? If you like it, keep it on. But let those that dont, turn it off.

I dont see why we should be forced to keep on a light that server no practical purpose.

It does serve a purpose..... As I said before it is cool in the few games that utilize it correctly. As time goes on more will do it.... You seem WAAAAY to worried about this.

 

It is hilarious when someone is playing Killzone and they get shot and the red light is flashing red with the controller vibration simulating a heartbeat. They look down and see if they get hit again they are dead. It just adds to immersion.

This is a pretty impractical purpose, taking your eyes off of the screen in a competative fps, the on screen cues would serve this purpose much better anyhow. 

Also i dont know if its just me but i get about 12 hours of play out of ds4. I dont know whether to attrivute this to the LED sucking the life out of it or just a poor battery implementation by sony. This is in contrast to the xbox one controller which i get 2 weeks to a month of play out of. Over all the light only bothers me if it is indeed said light that is causing my DS4 to drain so quickly. From what i read its not uncommon to need a charge every 1 - 2 days.