It doesn't bother me that much, since I can plug it in and play (harking back around a decade, obviously), but it sure does seem lame. The 360 ran on AA for way longer than 7 hours.7 hour battery life is basically a deal breaker for me. Huge omission on Sony's part.
XBOX ONE controller OTOH lasts almost an entire week, if not more.
Wth. Nintendo did the same thing when the Wii U came out. At least I was able to play PS4 at a couple of different stores.Supposedly none of the interactives will be done until after the holidays except at Microsoft stores.
It doesn't bother me that much, since I can plug it in and play (harking back around a decade, obviously), but it sure does seem lame. The 360 ran on AA for way longer than 7 hours.Wth. Nintendo did the same thing when the Wii U came out. At least I was able to play PS4 at a couple of different stores.
It's a pain in the butt for me to plug it in. I am lazy. I am already comfy in my blankets. My head is getting heavy. I flip of the light in my room and power off the PS4 from the controller, toss the controller onto the nightstand and go immediately to sleep. Getting out of bed where it is 10-20 degrees colder than my comfy blankets to plug in a controller is the last thing on my mind.I don't understand...why is 7 hours too little? Are you guys playing for 10 hours at a time or what? After you're done, plug it in and it'll charge while you're away.
7 hours is more than a Nintendo 3DS would typically get. (averaging around 6)
It's a pain in the butt for me to plug it in. I am lazy. I am already comfy in my blankets. My head is getting heavy. I flip of the light in my room and power off the PS4 from the controller, toss the controller onto the nightstand and go immediately to sleep. Getting out of bed where it is 10-20 degrees colder than my comfy blankets to plug in a controller is the last thing on my mind.
On the Xbox I can swap batter packs and won't be on a 3-5 foot tether if my battery dies while gaming. A single charge on an Xbox is like 2 weeks of 2-3 hours a day gaming on top of that. I am having the PS4 controller's battery die in 2 days with almost no gaming. That combined with being unswappable is an issue. On top of it all the PS4 isn't charging on sleep. Meaning that I have to hear it's laptop sounding fan running while I try to sleep.
XBOX ONE controller OTOH lasts almost an entire week, if not more.
I don't understand...why is 7 hours too little? Are you guys playing for 10 hours at a time or what? After you're done, plug it in and it'll charge while you're away.
7 hours is more than a Nintendo 3DS would typically get. (averaging around 6)
The PS4 does charge the controller when in Standby Mode. I leave my system in standby and charge the controller all the time.
Pretty sure it isn't thought I read that it needs to patched in even though it says that it does. Second day I had it the battery it was at one bar after I got home from work even though I had it in standby with it plugged in the night before.
For the guy talking about cell phone battery life. If your battery on your phone died at 10am after unplugging it at 8 you wouldn't like someone telling you to just plug it in. 2 mediocre gaming sessions isn't long enough. Its an annoyance. Not the end of the world just combining it with not being able to swap batteries really makes its shortfall that more apparent.
Pretty sure it isn't thought I read that it needs to patched in even though it says that it does. Second day I had it the battery it was at one bar after I got home from work even though I had it in standby with it plugged in the night before.
To be blunt and to the point, you are wrong.
It charges in standby otherwise I have a magic DS4 that hasn't been charged since launch.
I just bought a PowerA charging station, which sits on my end table next to my couch. When I want to play, I just grab the controller, which is fully charged, and when I'm done, I just plop it back. I use my rechargeables with my X1 where I have a nice charger sitting on the same end table as the PlayStation 4 charger. Although, I store the batteries in a storage area inside the other end table.
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I wonder if he's turning the PS4 off instead of putting it into standby mode (orange LED strip). It won't charge when turned off completely! :$
It definitely charges the controller in standby mode.
to me the pros/cons are still the same as the ps3/360 pretty much to a T.
the ds4 is MUCH better than the ds3, but the analogs are still in a retarded spot and even though the analogs are spaced further apart and have convex tops, your thumbs can still easily touch in a game like resogun or anything that uses both at the same time. triggers are much better than ds3 though.
x1 controller is virtually identical to the 360 one. i feel the face buttons may be a tad bigger. the dpad is better, but it still is awful. analogs feel similar to me though.
If you charge your controller it won't die in 2 hours. Just sayin
How do you like the PowerA charger? It is the only one that looks decent that is in the US. I really wish Sony would have released theirs over here (it is out in EU already wtf?). I'm close to just getting it on ebay for like $45. The only thing I don't really like about the PowerA from looking at the picture is the base seems a bit large.
your thumbs can still easily touch in a game like resogun or anything that uses both at the same time.
x1 controller is virtually identical to the 360 one. i feel the face buttons may be a tad bigger. the dpad is better, but it still is awful. analogs feel similar to me though.