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mibuokami on 20 November 2008

Was wondering if anyone know the life expectancy of the battery inside a PS3 Crontroller? How long until it cannot hold any charges with competency?

Also what step can I take once this happens? Is there a manuel somewhere on the net to replace the lethium(?) battery inside or is this one of those 'IPOD' bring it to us deal?

Thanks in advance!




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akuma587 on 20 November 2008

I've had both since a month after launch. No troubles yet, both still hold their battery life for over six hours (I don't really time very accurately, so it is probably higher than that.)



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makingmusic476 on 20 November 2008

^ Same here. I have a launch ps3 and the Sixaxis still runs fine.



leo-j on 20 November 2008

Launch PS3 both controllers run like new(except the one I played cod4 with, the analogs are destroyed)



 

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mibuokami on 20 November 2008

hmm it looks like I won't have to worry about it anytime soon, still hope someone into techs can actually confirn the the duration of charge.

I'd like to be prepared and change it before it actually dies (I'm just weird that way :/)




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GooseGaws on 20 November 2008

Didn't Sony state that there was no way for the end-user to change the batteries in PS3 controllers?



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OT7 on 20 November 2008

I have the same question about sixasis and Dualshock 3,can anybody explain this point?

I don't want to buy a new one because the batteries.



GooseGaws on 20 November 2008

Ah, it does appear to be replaceable:

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/ps3-sixaxis-controllers-battery-is-kinda-replaceable-214144.php



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The_vagabond7 on 20 November 2008

I was wondering about that too. Good to hear that it lasts a while.



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mibuokami on 20 November 2008

ooh nice find GooseGaw!,

Now all I need is to wait for a third party or sony to start selling the battery pack, considering it should be years before I have to worry about this I think I can put this off my mind for now.