Sony won't offer option to disable PS4 DualShock 4 light bar

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"The LEDs do not use much battery," insists Sony's Shuhei Yoshida

PlayStation's president of worldwide studios Shuhei Yoshida has ruled out the possibility of offering PS4 owners the option to disable the DualShock 4's light bar.

Yoshida addressed fans via Twitter after the exec was quizzed on the likelihood of a "future update" that may offer the ability to turn off the illuminated panel on the upper surface of the controller for games that make no use of it.

"No," replied Yoshida, in response to the question.

Common complaints from players and critics include the light bar reflecting in the TV screen and the controller's relatively short battery life (around 7 hours) compared with the DualShock 3.

When it was later implied such a feature would help extend the controller's battery life, Yoshida added, "The LEDs do not use much battery".

The light bar's primary function is to serve as a trackable beacon for the PlayStation Camera, which provides motion controls similarly to the glowing orb of the PlayStation Move controller for PS3.

Without the camera and a game that supports it the light bar rendered largely unused, with few titles putting it to use in other ways (Killzone Shadow Fall changes the LED's color in correspondence with player health).

PS4 sales topped 4.2 million units in 2013, Sony claimed last week. Having debuted in North America on November 15 and in Europe two weeks later, PS4 is now available in 53 countries and territories worldwide. Combined retail and digital PS4 software sales have surpassed 9.7 million, said the firm.

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IlIuminatiPosted:

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IlIuminati Obvi ps camera is not as advanced as Kinect so it needs lights to track players when Kinect remembers faces etc. GG Sony.


As a person who got the Playstation camera for christmas, it does detect faces in the room like the Kinect. Your argument is invalid due to your stupidity taking up too much of other peoples time with your flame bait.


Lmfao. This has made my day.


No your argument is invalid, I have both ps camera is no where near as advanced as the kinect, the kinect has thermal imaging and ir it is sensative enough to track hand gestures like opening and closing your hands, the kinect can detect different people simultaneously and differentiate who is who and sign them into the console.

Tge fact that the ps needs a light to track its user is a huge as to the superior camera, im not degrading the quality of the console but the camera IS sub par. Fact.


Alright, you're obviously lying (and obviously butt hurt) about having both cameras or you'd know that the PS camera can detect faces as well. The light on the controller is to identify who is holding the controller and who is signing in to play the console. I never said that the PS camera was the same as the kinect, or better, but at the same time, the PS camera doesn't need to do hand movements and other gestures like moving through the home screen or Netflix. The fact you brought up the "thermal" part of the Kinect doesn't even make sense. If the PS camera can identify multiple people just by their faces, why does the kinect need to see people via normal and thermal views? You're making the Kinect sound worse now just because you are trying to make it sound more advanced than what it needs to be used for.


Actually no. The manner in which you responded to my post makes you butt hurt, I stated facts in my personal experience and that of around 90 percent of online reviews you can find all agree the kinect is a better product than the ps camera, also in response to me lying my brother bought his ps4 before xmas and we both used it, I bought my xb1 just after and we both use thst, the ps camera is nowhere near the same standard as the kinect.

I mentioned thermal and ir viewing modes merely to note its functionality it doesn't require these to have facial detection, the same as mobile phones dont "need" bluetooth but its a nice thing to have.

Your obviously a sony fanboy so my words are more than likely lost on you but I will say this, both consoles ae fantastic machines, but on this subject you are incorrect and your argument IS redundant.


You're obviously a Microsoft fanboy who likes making up statistics to back yourself up. Please stop, you're making gamers look bad with your reluctant bickering.

And guess what? You're mad because you're wrong and you know it.

Can your PS camera recognize you in the dark or track your pulse (thefmal)? No...
You don't need hand gestures to get around
Voice commands were proven to be more accurate on the Kinect.
The kinect will automatically sign you in and anybody else in the room on boot.
And the Kinect doesn't need a ligh to track players

GG, GG


You just proved Armageddon's point. *facepalm*. Allow me to counter your points because clearly you just said TL;DR.
-No the PS camera doesn't recognize people in the dark but then again, the kinect doesn't recognize people in the dark either or are you going to tell me that it can tell who is who by thermal body temps...(not to mention why the hell you want something that tracks your pulse to watch you while you play video games)
-PS camera doesn't need you to use hand gesture either
-Voice commands are spotty everywhere. I might as well say that Siri is better than Kinect at voice commands. (nobody has done a legitimate research study (one backed by real science) on this subject)
- The PS camera (once again) recognizes each person in the room. Yes the Kinect signs in the player but that is during boot time (the xbox logo showing up). That would be like is the PS camera scanned while the playstation booted up which brings me to the next point...
-The light is on the controller to sign in the person holding the controller rather than guessing guessing and signing in everyone from the room.
TL;DR, last bullet points were countered by superior facts against opinions and false, made up, BS.


They were all true.
-Kinect has a nightvision camera
-Kinect is accurate on signing in players and if someone with a profile walks into the room they'll get automatically signed in. (No need for lights)
-Kinect can recognize your facial gestures.
-Recognizing pulse is important for fitness games and recognizing facial gestures is good for horror games
-The voice commands are not spotty...
TL;DR, the Kinect is more advanced due to the facts stated above, and guess what? They're all true. Your statements were incorrect and invalid. You probably don't even own an Xbox One, if you did you would have provided correct statements

ODSTPosted:

IlIuminati
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IlIuminati Obvi ps camera is not as advanced as Kinect so it needs lights to track players when Kinect remembers faces etc. GG Sony.


As a person who got the Playstation camera for christmas, it does detect faces in the room like the Kinect. Your argument is invalid due to your stupidity taking up too much of other peoples time with your flame bait.


Lmfao. This has made my day.


No your argument is invalid, I have both ps camera is no where near as advanced as the kinect, the kinect has thermal imaging and ir it is sensative enough to track hand gestures like opening and closing your hands, the kinect can detect different people simultaneously and differentiate who is who and sign them into the console.

Tge fact that the ps needs a light to track its user is a huge as to the superior camera, im not degrading the quality of the console but the camera IS sub par. Fact.


Alright, you're obviously lying (and obviously butt hurt) about having both cameras or you'd know that the PS camera can detect faces as well. The light on the controller is to identify who is holding the controller and who is signing in to play the console. I never said that the PS camera was the same as the kinect, or better, but at the same time, the PS camera doesn't need to do hand movements and other gestures like moving through the home screen or Netflix. The fact you brought up the "thermal" part of the Kinect doesn't even make sense. If the PS camera can identify multiple people just by their faces, why does the kinect need to see people via normal and thermal views? You're making the Kinect sound worse now just because you are trying to make it sound more advanced than what it needs to be used for.


Actually no. The manner in which you responded to my post makes you butt hurt, I stated facts in my personal experience and that of around 90 percent of online reviews you can find all agree the kinect is a better product than the ps camera, also in response to me lying my brother bought his ps4 before xmas and we both used it, I bought my xb1 just after and we both use thst, the ps camera is nowhere near the same standard as the kinect.

I mentioned thermal and ir viewing modes merely to note its functionality it doesn't require these to have facial detection, the same as mobile phones dont "need" bluetooth but its a nice thing to have.

Your obviously a sony fanboy so my words are more than likely lost on you but I will say this, both consoles ae fantastic machines, but on this subject you are incorrect and your argument IS redundant.


You're obviously a Microsoft fanboy who likes making up statistics to back yourself up. Please stop, you're making gamers look bad with your reluctant bickering.

And guess what? You're mad because you're wrong and you know it.

Can your PS camera recognize you in the dark or track your pulse (thefmal)? No...
You don't need hand gestures to get around
Voice commands were proven to be more accurate on the Kinect.
The kinect will automatically sign you in and anybody else in the room on boot.
And the Kinect doesn't need a ligh to track players

GG, GG


You just proved Armageddon's point. *facepalm*. Allow me to counter your points because clearly you just said TL;DR.
-No the PS camera doesn't recognize people in the dark but then again, the kinect doesn't recognize people in the dark either or are you going to tell me that it can tell who is who by thermal body temps...(not to mention why the hell you want something that tracks your pulse to watch you while you play video games)
-PS camera doesn't need you to use hand gesture either
-Voice commands are spotty everywhere. I might as well say that Siri is better than Kinect at voice commands. (nobody has done a legitimate research study (one backed by real science) on this subject)
- The PS camera (once again) recognizes each person in the room. Yes the Kinect signs in the player but that is during boot time (the xbox logo showing up). That would be like is the PS camera scanned while the playstation booted up which brings me to the next point...
-The light is on the controller to sign in the person holding the controller rather than guessing guessing and signing in everyone from the room.
TL;DR, last bullet points were countered by superior facts against opinions and false, made up, BS.

CyimkingPosted:

IlIuminati
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IlIuminati Obvi ps camera is not as advanced as Kinect so it needs lights to track players when Kinect remembers faces etc. GG Sony.


As a person who got the Playstation camera for christmas, it does detect faces in the room like the Kinect. Your argument is invalid due to your stupidity taking up too much of other peoples time with your flame bait.


Lmfao. This has made my day.


No your argument is invalid, I have both ps camera is no where near as advanced as the kinect, the kinect has thermal imaging and ir it is sensative enough to track hand gestures like opening and closing your hands, the kinect can detect different people simultaneously and differentiate who is who and sign them into the console.

Tge fact that the ps needs a light to track its user is a huge as to the superior camera, im not degrading the quality of the console but the camera IS sub par. Fact.


Alright, you're obviously lying (and obviously butt hurt) about having both cameras or you'd know that the PS camera can detect faces as well. The light on the controller is to identify who is holding the controller and who is signing in to play the console. I never said that the PS camera was the same as the kinect, or better, but at the same time, the PS camera doesn't need to do hand movements and other gestures like moving through the home screen or Netflix. The fact you brought up the "thermal" part of the Kinect doesn't even make sense. If the PS camera can identify multiple people just by their faces, why does the kinect need to see people via normal and thermal views? You're making the Kinect sound worse now just because you are trying to make it sound more advanced than what it needs to be used for.


Actually no. The manner in which you responded to my post makes you butt hurt, I stated facts in my personal experience and that of around 90 percent of online reviews you can find all agree the kinect is a better product than the ps camera, also in response to me lying my brother bought his ps4 before xmas and we both used it, I bought my xb1 just after and we both use thst, the ps camera is nowhere near the same standard as the kinect.

I mentioned thermal and ir viewing modes merely to note its functionality it doesn't require these to have facial detection, the same as mobile phones dont "need" bluetooth but its a nice thing to have.

Your obviously a sony fanboy so my words are more than likely lost on you but I will say this, both consoles ae fantastic machines, but on this subject you are incorrect and your argument IS redundant.


You're obviously a Microsoft fanboy who likes making up statistics to back yourself up. Please stop, you're making gamers look bad with your reluctant bickering.

And guess what? You're mad because you're wrong and you know it.

Can your PS camera recognize you in the dark or track your pulse (thefmal)? No...
You don't need hand gestures to get around
Voice commands were proven to be more accurate on the Kinect.
The kinect will automatically sign you in and anybody else in the room on boot.
And the Kinect doesn't need a ligh to track players

GG, GG


And why does this matter?

OfficialLeonPosted:

to be honest the only kids complaining are the ones who don't have either console. You can't even see the light bar on the controller because its slanted, and it doesn't reflect through your TV because it isn't that bright. I find it cool that the light bar changes certain colors with games like killzone. If you don't have one stop trying to say which one is better, if you can afford both it won't really matter which one is better because you can play all the games like me.

IlIuminatiPosted:

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IlIuminati Obvi ps camera is not as advanced as Kinect so it needs lights to track players when Kinect remembers faces etc. GG Sony.


As a person who got the Playstation camera for christmas, it does detect faces in the room like the Kinect. Your argument is invalid due to your stupidity taking up too much of other peoples time with your flame bait.


Lmfao. This has made my day.


No your argument is invalid, I have both ps camera is no where near as advanced as the kinect, the kinect has thermal imaging and ir it is sensative enough to track hand gestures like opening and closing your hands, the kinect can detect different people simultaneously and differentiate who is who and sign them into the console.

Tge fact that the ps needs a light to track its user is a huge as to the superior camera, im not degrading the quality of the console but the camera IS sub par. Fact.


Alright, you're obviously lying (and obviously butt hurt) about having both cameras or you'd know that the PS camera can detect faces as well. The light on the controller is to identify who is holding the controller and who is signing in to play the console. I never said that the PS camera was the same as the kinect, or better, but at the same time, the PS camera doesn't need to do hand movements and other gestures like moving through the home screen or Netflix. The fact you brought up the "thermal" part of the Kinect doesn't even make sense. If the PS camera can identify multiple people just by their faces, why does the kinect need to see people via normal and thermal views? You're making the Kinect sound worse now just because you are trying to make it sound more advanced than what it needs to be used for.


Actually no. The manner in which you responded to my post makes you butt hurt, I stated facts in my personal experience and that of around 90 percent of online reviews you can find all agree the kinect is a better product than the ps camera, also in response to me lying my brother bought his ps4 before xmas and we both used it, I bought my xb1 just after and we both use thst, the ps camera is nowhere near the same standard as the kinect.

I mentioned thermal and ir viewing modes merely to note its functionality it doesn't require these to have facial detection, the same as mobile phones dont "need" bluetooth but its a nice thing to have.

Your obviously a sony fanboy so my words are more than likely lost on you but I will say this, both consoles ae fantastic machines, but on this subject you are incorrect and your argument IS redundant.


You're obviously a Microsoft fanboy who likes making up statistics to back yourself up. Please stop, you're making gamers look bad with your reluctant bickering.

And guess what? You're mad because you're wrong and you know it.

Can your PS camera recognize you in the dark or track your pulse (thefmal)? No...
You don't need hand gestures to get around
Voice commands were proven to be more accurate on the Kinect.
The kinect will automatically sign you in and anybody else in the room on boot.
And the Kinect doesn't need a ligh to track players

GG, GG

Third_EyePosted:

If you have a PS4, I don't know why you don't have a reflection-proof TV.

armagedon122Posted:

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IlIuminati Obvi ps camera is not as advanced as Kinect so it needs lights to track players when Kinect remembers faces etc. GG Sony.


As a person who got the Playstation camera for christmas, it does detect faces in the room like the Kinect. Your argument is invalid due to your stupidity taking up too much of other peoples time with your flame bait.


Lmfao. This has made my day.


No your argument is invalid, I have both ps camera is no where near as advanced as the kinect, the kinect has thermal imaging and ir it is sensative enough to track hand gestures like opening and closing your hands, the kinect can detect different people simultaneously and differentiate who is who and sign them into the console.

Tge fact that the ps needs a light to track its user is a huge as to the superior camera, im not degrading the quality of the console but the camera IS sub par. Fact.


Alright, you're obviously lying (and obviously butt hurt) about having both cameras or you'd know that the PS camera can detect faces as well. The light on the controller is to identify who is holding the controller and who is signing in to play the console. I never said that the PS camera was the same as the kinect, or better, but at the same time, the PS camera doesn't need to do hand movements and other gestures like moving through the home screen or Netflix. The fact you brought up the "thermal" part of the Kinect doesn't even make sense. If the PS camera can identify multiple people just by their faces, why does the kinect need to see people via normal and thermal views? You're making the Kinect sound worse now just because you are trying to make it sound more advanced than what it needs to be used for.


Actually no. The manner in which you responded to my post makes you butt hurt, I stated facts in my personal experience and that of around 90 percent of online reviews you can find all agree the kinect is a better product than the ps camera, also in response to me lying my brother bought his ps4 before xmas and we both used it, I bought my xb1 just after and we both use thst, the ps camera is nowhere near the same standard as the kinect.

I mentioned thermal and ir viewing modes merely to note its functionality it doesn't require these to have facial detection, the same as mobile phones dont "need" bluetooth but its a nice thing to have.

Your obviously a sony fanboy so my words are more than likely lost on you but I will say this, both consoles ae fantastic machines, but on this subject you are incorrect and your argument IS redundant.


You're obviously a Microsoft fanboy who likes making up statistics to back yourself up. Please stop, you're making gamers look bad with your reluctant bickering.

GossipPosted:

-Tylaa- Xbox one will always be superior


This comment has nothing to do with this news post at all.

OT; I don't see how it would be a problem.

GR33NV3N0MPosted:

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IlIuminati Obvi ps camera is not as advanced as Kinect so it needs lights to track players when Kinect remembers faces etc. GG Sony.


As a person who got the Playstation camera for christmas, it does detect faces in the room like the Kinect. Your argument is invalid due to your stupidity taking up too much of other peoples time with your flame bait.


Lmfao. This has made my day.


No your argument is invalid, I have both ps camera is no where near as advanced as the kinect, the kinect has thermal imaging and ir it is sensative enough to track hand gestures like opening and closing your hands, the kinect can detect different people simultaneously and differentiate who is who and sign them into the console.

Tge fact that the ps needs a light to track its user is a huge as to the superior camera, im not degrading the quality of the console but the camera IS sub par. Fact.


Alright, you're obviously lying (and obviously butt hurt) about having both cameras or you'd know that the PS camera can detect faces as well. The light on the controller is to identify who is holding the controller and who is signing in to play the console. I never said that the PS camera was the same as the kinect, or better, but at the same time, the PS camera doesn't need to do hand movements and other gestures like moving through the home screen or Netflix. The fact you brought up the "thermal" part of the Kinect doesn't even make sense. If the PS camera can identify multiple people just by their faces, why does the kinect need to see people via normal and thermal views? You're making the Kinect sound worse now just because you are trying to make it sound more advanced than what it needs to be used for.


Actually no. The manner in which you responded to my post makes you butt hurt, I stated facts in my personal experience and that of around 90 percent of online reviews you can find all agree the kinect is a better product than the ps camera, also in response to me lying my brother bought his ps4 before xmas and we both used it, I bought my xb1 just after and we both use thst, the ps camera is nowhere near the same standard as the kinect.

I mentioned thermal and ir viewing modes merely to note its functionality it doesn't require these to have facial detection, the same as mobile phones dont "need" bluetooth but its a nice thing to have.

Your obviously a sony fanboy so my words are more than likely lost on you but I will say this, both consoles ae fantastic machines, but on this subject you are incorrect and your argument IS redundant.

-Excite-Posted:

I don't understand why . That light is so annoying.


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