DrediIt still uses AA batteries??? :roll:
VERY next gen.

Vayra86Better than a non-replacable battery... or a replacable pack with custom size costing more than the controller itself.

This isn't a phone

DrediIt still uses AA batteries??? :roll:
VERY next gen.

DrediName a controller where the battery is not easy to replace? I’ve done a few ps3 and ps4 battery replacements and it takes just 5minutes or so to do and all you need is a standard screwdriver and possibly a spudger to help separate the halves. Replacement parts are between 4 and 7$ depending on where you get them, ifixit ones are the most expensive.

kayjay01010199.9999% of consumers aren't interested in doing that every time.

DrediNeeds to be done every 1000 or so recharges. So not very often.

kayjay010101Without hotswap if your controller's out of charge you can't just pop in a new one. AA allows for that. That's my point. The PS4 controller's battery is designed poorly because can't hotswap it. You have to let it charge and play with it wired for hours, but with AA you can just pop the old ones out and put new ones in and you're instantly back at full charge.

DrediWell if you play for more than 8 hours at a time or don’t have the sense of recharging when you aren’t playing that can be problematic. Good as a lazy ass’ solution maybe.

Vayra86Hey if you want to pry open your controllers with a screwdriver every so many thousand charges, be my guest, the rest of the world just replaces batteries. Its simple, effective, and there is a whole ecosystem around it with recycling those batteries properly as well.

You can keep defending the silly way, but it just makes you look stupid. Just admit you made a weird first comment up there and move on. The hole is deep enough, but if you want to keep digging, we can keep laughing...

DrediIt still uses AA batteries??? :roll:
VERY next gen.

DrediI simply prefer how much lighter the ps controllers are and the fact that they have less moving parts that can break. Also lighter controller means stronger rumble.

The battery argument is just silly. You’d probably prefer your phone and laptop have AA batteries as well, as they have a full ecosystem built around them. SMH. Also alkaline batteries are not recycled into batteries. They are collected because they have toxic chemicals in them that make it necessary to not dump them with the rest of unrecyclable waste. They are technically recycled though, as they are made into fertilizer, where as lithium packs are actually recycled into new packs.

kayjay010101As opposed to what? What sort of new battery tech that is commonplace, cheap, replaceable and better than AA do you think would be better?

Xex360The question is why don't others use AA batteries.

Caring1"This Xbox Series X is expected to be announced by Microsoft in the coming weeks"
@Uskompuf Typo?
Perhaps you meant Xbox series S

DrediIt still uses AA batteries??? :roll:
VERY next gen.

Vayra86And no, I don't prefer my phone has them...

DrediBecause you can get a lighter, stronger and more ergonomic design that has stronger rumble and no downsides for 99% of gamers when you use integrated batteries. The same reasons your phone comes with an integrated li-po pack instead of AA batteries.

Xex360Well the PS3+ controllers are way worse built than the 360, less ergonomic and more fragile. Let alone the One's controller.
And like another person said, this is not a phone.

Xex360And like another person said, this is not a phone.

Vayra86Battery pack now determines controller design

DrediPS5 controller has a microphone, speaker and wireless connectivity making it effectively a phone though.



Surely it does? You’ve never wondered why the xbox controllers have that hideous and substantially heavy bump at the bottom, which hits your fingertips annoyingly all the time?

kayjay010101This is the dumbest comment I've read in quite a while. What the hell are you talking about? What bump?
And something having a mic, speaker and wireless connectivity does not make something a phone. For something to be a phone, it needs to be able to make calls over the telecommunications network. That's the definition of a telephone. And I cannot see what this is supposed to argue for. I'd prefer it if we could swap the batteries on phones too, like we could years ago. More serviceability is great. Less is bad.