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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StonerzardPosted:

I haven't seen much problem with this so far, it hasn't bothered me at all. But yeah, I have been thinking it can be annoying to people

GibbityTreePosted:

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GibbityTree
Australians
GibbityTree
coDyDaTallGuy The fanboys have come out to play. You should all stop bickering on which is better because neither of them are that impressive.


They really aren't. None of the games are even worth getting for both next-gen consoles.


Most launch games were amazing.


Not at all. Most launch titles were just eye candy. 2014/2015/2016 will be the years that better games land on the next-gen consoles that hopefully make it worth a purchase.
Obviously. But that's 2015 and 2016. Unless you know some way to skip a couple years, your point is pretty irrelevant...


How is my point irrelevant?

GibbityTreePosted:

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GibbityTree
Australians
GibbityTree
coDyDaTallGuy The fanboys have come out to play. You should all stop bickering on which is better because neither of them are that impressive.


They really aren't. None of the games are even worth getting for both next-gen consoles.


Most launch games were amazing.


Not at all. Most launch titles were just eye candy. 2014/2015/2016 will be the years that better games land on the next-gen consoles that hopefully make it worth a purchase.
Obviously. But that's 2015 and 2016. Unless you know some way to skip a couple years, your point is pretty irrelevant...


How is my point my never irrelevant? It's true. Until then, people are trying to justify their purchase with garbage games. Early adopters never learn.

DJMarkyMarkPosted:

j8ke this could be really annoying for ps4 users


I can't imagine it being too bad. Most of the time you have the light pointed away from you anyways.

j8kePosted:

this could be really annoying for ps4 users

LatiasPosted:

Australians
Pens When your up late playing games the last thing you want is a distraction in the corner of your eye


Would it be possible to maybe wrap something over it? Tape or material or something, would that stop it?


Yes lol, it's a light not some unstoppable force.

AustraliansPosted:

Pens When your up late playing games the last thing you want is a distraction in the corner of your eye


Would it be possible to maybe wrap something over it? Tape or material or something, would that stop it?

AustraliansPosted:

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


I point my controller down when I play, maybe they should just do that xD

PensPosted:

When your up late playing games the last thing you want is a distraction in the corner of your eye

PensPosted:

I can see how this would be quite annoying


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