No off switch for Sony's DualShock 4 lightbar

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Even in the name of battery life, it will remain on

President of Sony's worldwide studios Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed via Twitter that the lightbar on the DualShock 4 controller cannot be turned off.


The lightbar on the PS4 controller is used with the PlayStation camera to detect motion control in the same way as Move controllers, and can be used by developers to increase the game's experience, such as the way it works as a health bar in Killzone: Shadow Fall.

The lightbar, however, cannot be switched off, as Yoshida confirmed on Twitter. Responding to a question on whether the lightbar can be deactivated in order to conserve the controller's battery, Yoshida simply stated "no."



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ExoticWolfsPosted:

I like the lightbar. :D It looks cool, I wouldn't mind it being on 24/7...

JystinPosted:

Its not even that bad, its a microLED

imgurPosted:

lel
KarmaRambo If you guys are that mad. Open the controller. And remove the LEDs..


And then your warranty is over lol


Is there even warranty on controllers?

ItsXilePosted:

Well hopefully the controllers wont take a lot of battery life.

neboPosted:

KarmaRambo If you guys are that mad. Open the controller. And remove the LEDs..


And then your warranty is over lol

oohPosted:

I don't really see this as being much of a problem to be honest.
I also think the idea of using it as a health bar is rather stupid, seems like it'd be hard to see during gameplay.

brendan64sharkPosted:

Xbox won't have that problem. :)

VEVOPosted:

People are worried about a teenie LED consuming battery? If anything, main power consumption will come from the button mashing and motors vibrating.

B23RPosted:

i think that this will drain the battery hopefully there energy efficent

NeguinPosted:

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koolmang66 i was seriously affriad that it couldnt be turned off. now this is a nightmare!!!


Not like you're gonna look at your hands while you're playing... You're going to be looking at your tv, playing


What? that's not even the point... People are worried that it might take a lot of battery life but it won't like imgur said a micro LED won't do much.


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