wraggster
March 21st, 2014, 01:35
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/fad5c24829ec5df06d09eff033cacb1d/DSC_1766.jpgIt may seem like minor news, especially considering the hoopla over Sony's Virtual Reality this week at GDC (http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/19/project-morpheus-hands-on/), but the PlayStation 4's (http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/14/sony-playstation-4-review/) DualShock 4 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/10/sony-ps4-controller-hands-on/) controller is about to get a firmware fix. In an interview with Geoff Keighley of Spike TV, Shuhei Yoshida, Sony PlayStation's head of Worldwide Studios, confirmed that a future firmware update (we're not sure if it's console- or controller-specific (http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/05/xbox-one-gamepad-firmware-update/) like on Xbox One) will give gamers the option to turn off dim the controller's light bar. If you own a PS4, then you know just how preciously short-lived the DualShock 4's battery life can be. The ability to muffle that glaring light should help extend the DS4's longevity, but only slightly. Still, it's a major boon for the community, and those of us that like our controllers to be less of a night light and more of a gamepad.
Update: Yoshida clarified on Twitter that the firmware update will only dim the DualShock 4's light bar, not disable it entirely.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/20/future-dualshock-4-update-light-bar/
Update: Yoshida clarified on Twitter that the firmware update will only dim the DualShock 4's light bar, not disable it entirely.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/20/future-dualshock-4-update-light-bar/