[PS4 Slim] New DS4 uses same battery

[Madword]

Pemalite said:

I wish Sony would look at Microsoft's approach and have AA battery support. I have two 2600Mah Nickel Metal Hydride battery's in my 360 and Xbox One controllers.
Beauty of it is, when the battery's are dead, the controller isn't forced to live a cabled life. (And Lithium battery's don't last forever, they have a finite life.)

Although there are external battery packs you can use, but that adds to weight and bulk, sadly.

No batteries please, thats last century tech :) - I dont think many people would want batteries, in fact MS get derided alot for making controllers with batteries every time they launch a new console.

Seriously just have two controllers, charge one and play the other, I've not once ran into any issues with not having a controller to play. Having a second controller then also means you dont need a charging unit for the batteries and you can use it to play co-op, win win.

I've played many many hours on PS/4 and have not once yet needed to replace a controller - because the more controllers you have, you spread the wear and tear on them...