Sony will not offer an option to turn off DualShock 4 Light

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".

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I am almost positive that the lightbar does not, in fact, have any appreciable impact on the battery life whatsoever, but I imagine it does get very annoying. Why will Sony simply not offer the option to turn the light off, especially when they try to position themselves as so 'gamer friendly' in recent days?

Stupid.

Just give people the option. It's useless anyways. Might as well have us turn it off.

I don't really mind it except for the reflection on the tv. It's also useless, unless you have the camera.

Good. I like the light and it makes for a more deep, immersive gaming experience.

God this is older then dirt

This is from last July... Sony said way back then you couldn'tAmake nd it wouldn't be an option

http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2013/07/no_you_cant_turn_off_the_dualshock_4s_light_bar

charizard u are once again wrong. test have been done and with led enabled battery lasts 12.5 hours, led off it lasts 28.6 hours.

the light indicates your player number which is why sony cant turn it off which fu$in sucks

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=97339391&postcount=264

Sony should really give us an option to use any type of batteries in the ds4. I'd really like to use 2500 mah eneloops instead of the crap (1000mah) they put in the ds4.

This is one of those times I have to sincerely say. Da fuq are talkin about?

Dafudge? So it would more than double the battery life (?)

WHAT ARE YOU DOING SONY

Kind of an odd decision. Surely it can't be that hard to add the option. Given that so many people hate it, I would of thought Sony would of just caved in and let users disable it.

they cant give the option because the light indicates the player number so unless they find an alternative way of displaying this info its not going to happen. best possible scenario the dim the light or reduce the number of led used

A smaller problem, but it's still kind of stupid.

I haven't been bothered once by it, though I imagine with darker games and playing at night the reflection could get in the way. Other than maybe taking away from the image of the console, I don't see why they can't at least put the option up in the console settings.

A question I had: if developers can change what the light does, like with Killzone: Shadow Fall reflecting your health, could they dictate that the light itself is turned off? Or say I'm playing Dead Space, and I'm in a lit corridor walking through. Suddenly, the power goes out. To reflect this, the light on the controller also goes out. Could they do that?

It's too bad the light isn't in a more logical place. What were they thinking when they put it there in the first place?

28 hour without light lmao no.

fucking useless gimmicks. -__-

open up the unit and chop the negative terminal.

if necessary solder a bit of wire to go around the led but with no current passing through.

i'd recommend unhooking the battery first. iirc it's just 3.7v but it could startle you.

this will disable the led but its a semi-destructive fix.

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Isn't the DS4's battery life closer to 7-8 hours? I might be wrong.

I don't know, other controllers seem to get along just fine without a stupid ass light indicating the player number.

Would taking the controller apart and breaking/removing the light yourself be an option?

Glad I only use it for PC, the fan built driver is amazing and let's you set it to whatever colour you want as well as turning it off. It's a shame Sony is being beaten to useful functionality by a modder.

Still not as bad as the Wii U gamepad's battery.

Easily sorted for the price of feck all.

i have no idea but he seems to have tested it. xbox controllers have the light around their logo and ds3 has 4 led lights towards the front of the controller. without the lightbar it would be impossible to know what player u are by just looking at the controller which i why i doubt they remove it

sony loves that 6-8 hr life span....

And not even a tenth of the Wii U Pro's battery.

That's not a test.. All he did was calculate theoretical numbers.. We need more info on the specifics of the controller, or someone to actually go in and remove the LEDs

Yeah, it's a pretty good controller all around. I'm not a fan of the shoulder buttons though.

Also another issue with the DS4 apparently is the rubber of the sticks is super cheap and comes off easily. I hope these issues are sorted out within a year.

Who cares? Such a trivial thing to complain about. Put some dark tape on it if it bothers you so much

The lights are completely unnoticable to me unless I stare right at it.

Pretty much.

And why the **** is the light needed if playing singleplayer?

The battery life is pathetic.

oh noes

The post says 'idle battery life.'

12 hours of idle battery life is loltastic.

Who gives a shit?

i was under the impression the stick thing was just a bad batch and you'd know by now if you had a problem controller. I've seen no wear and tear signs on mine yet despite extensive use.

the light thing is a pointless feature thus far for me. luckily the battery life has never been a hinderance either. even in my longest session of black flag, i didnt waste the majority of the battery. it's only ever slightly annoying if i forget to put it on the charger when im done playin

Yeah... What little I used of the controller, it was rather distracting. Nothing you can't live with.

That's annoying as hell

Does anyone use the light for any reason at all? I completely forget it's there half the time, until I tilt the controller up. I'm sure that light is draining the battery as well.

Shadowfall uses it to show your health.

Don't really see why it matters.

You were expecting something else from Sony? lol

The light has never once bothered me, and I highly doubt it makes that much difference in battery anyway

Another lie by Sony. What number is this?

.....what!?

Because we want to look at our controller instead of stare at the damn screen. lol.

Lame. I hope fully Sony takes that useless crap out when they make a dualshock 4.5 to cut costs

Let me guess... they have no clue about how to turn it off.

They made the controller, I hope to goodness they would know how to turn it off.

oh heavens NO..say this isnt so..its the most important news ive heard of all day...WOW..people really that bored they crying over some light? get a life.