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binary solo on 05 May 2014

Didn't expect much, and perhaps it's mostly the screen glare that is the reason for the options rather than battery saving. While 12% longer battery life is more than might have been expected for simply dimming the LED it's not long enough to give a noticeable benefit.



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Dr.Henry_Killinger on 05 May 2014
DucksUnlimited said:
padib said:
Is the light functional or estheatic?

Mostly the latter. It does change color depending on the player so you can remember which controller is yours if you set it down, and I think it functions with Move somehow, but nothing too crucial I don't think. I mainly just like the way it looks lol.

Edit: When you're plaing Infamous it also goes from white to progressively more blue or more red depending on whether you act good or evil. Again, useless, but still a cool touch.

Sony claims that its purpose is to work in tandem with the camera in the same way that the PS Move light did. 
Thus I would argue that its function is for that and since the camera is optional, then it keeps from fracturing the user base by offering two different versions of controllers.



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ethomaz on 05 May 2014
padib said:

Is the light functional or aesthetic?

It is functional if you have the PS Camera... it tracks the DS4 movements.



brendude13 on 05 May 2014
padib said:

Is the light functional or aesthetic?

You can blind your opponent when playing splitscreen games.



Nem on 05 May 2014
DucksUnlimited said:
padib said:
Is the light functional or estheatic?

Mostly the latter. It does change color depending on the player so you can remember which controller is yours if you set it down, and I think it functions with Move somehow, but nothing too crucial I don't think. I mainly just like the way it looks lol.

Edit: When you're plaing Infamous it also goes from white to progressively more blue or more red depending on whether you act good or evil. Again, useless, but still a cool touch.


Until you pick up a torch in tomb raider and it becomes a seizure beam! 

It flashes between yellow and red really fast. They thought that would be a good idea and not distracting and annoying. That thing kills eppileptics in a 50m radius!



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DucksUnlimited on 05 May 2014
Nem said:


Until you pick up a torch in tomb raider and it becomes a seizure beam! 

It flashes between yellow and red really fast. They thought that would be a good idea and not distracting and annoying. That thing kills eppileptics in a 50m radius!

Gross! It'll be interesting to see which developer comes up with the worst implementation of the light by the end of the gen.



Dr.Henry_Killinger on 05 May 2014

Don't understand how people are complaining. The light is so INNOVATIVE! Why should something as gamer-centric as battery-life matter?

Screw the gamers, innovation is king!



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soulfly666 on 05 May 2014

Are the results consistent when put under use? You should test again under gaming conditions.