MikeB said:
Bitmap Frogs said:
MikeB said:
Bitmap Frogs said:
MikeB said:
Before the Sixaxis battery runs out you are notified, you can then pauze the game
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All those features happen to be implemented for the 360 and the wii... it's nothing special. In fact the 360 pauses the game for you when the controller's power juice runs out.
As for internal batteries or AA, a case could be made for either one - it depends on how you handle things. Personally I use rechargeable AA because it avoids battery degradation over time and my controllers always stay wireless. Cables have always been very annoying.
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He asked with regard to how it works on the PS3, I just provided an answer.
I have about 16 AA batteries, I use rechargeable AA batteries for my remotes, clocks, photocamera, etc. It was quite a fuss to recharge and recharge so often for 2 controllers (bascially the easiest is to dedicate 8 batteries to the 360 controllers, 2 times 2 inside the controllers and 2 times 2 as backup plan). Sometimes I couldn't find the spare batteries, so I stopped playing.
I wouldn't prefer AA batteries for our mobile phones neither. 
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Then you need to manage your rechargeable AA better!
I wouldn't prefer wired controllers for my next-gen console neither. ;)
Edit: anyways, it's a matter of tastes as I said.
edit: oh crap, firefox 3 doesn't play nice with the forum code, anyone else having issues editing multiquotes?
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After you're done playing you can just connect the Sixaxis to a USB port and always when you start playing it's fully charged. But I don't worry about it at all. If I could have just connected the 360 gamepad to something to keep playing it would have been less of a fuss, but IMO still worse than the PS3 controller approach.
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Is worse only on the basis of personal preference exclusively. Because of that, many people prefer the 360's approach on the controller energy issues. Glad you cleared that up.
