This. I used to look down on AA batteries until I bought a xbone controller, and now I think basically everything should run on batteries: >You can buy batteries everywhere >You can recharge a set of batteries as you're using the other set >Don't have to deal with managing charging to prevent lifetime degradation >Two sets of good batteries will most likely last you longer than the shitty inbuilt batteries we use these days
It's actually just upsides.
I always think it's weird that people don't already have AAs, but then I remember it's Ganker so they'd never have a reason to own them now. >they change batteries in their TV remote so rarely that they just buy disposables and then whine about the price >they use their phones as flashlights now and never need an actual light that isn't fragile and shitty >doorbells, intercom buttons, etc. are handled by the parents they live with >their ass-plugs all use USB recharge ports now >AA battery-using cameras are long gone >certain posters are extra-melaninated and forego 9-volts as well
>their ass-plugs all use USB recharge ports now
I can see the argument for sex toys, because it would keep things smaller and would be easier to water proof.
>they change batteries in their TV remote so rarely that they just buy disposables and then whine about the price
Some brands like Samsung TVs come with non replaceable, rechargeable batteries in their remotes. So not even that.
why the frick would shit like cameras and doorbells use batteries? just plug it into the wall, it's stuck to it anyway, you're taking it anywhere with you
>Rechargeable batteries are expensive as frick
Pic related >eventually die
Your sticks will start drifting before laddas run out of their recharge juice. Stop being moronic.
>Rechargeable batteries are expensive as frick and eventually die. You can buy 48 AA batteries at Sam's Club in a large pack for under 20 bucks.
You can get 4 2500mah eneloop pros for 15 bucks. Or ~30 bucks with a charger included.
The price of the pad + a play and charge kit is cheaper then a playstation controller.
Sure, but it's pricier than a Switch pad that comes with an included (lengthy) battery. When EVEN Nintendo manage to be less tingy than the competition, you know something is wrong.
AA rechargeable batteries are cheap and instantly swappable, you'll never ever have to plug your controller in, basically, it's the ideal pro-consumer solution. Proprietary non-swappable batteries instead are doomed to fail sooner or later and it's pure planned obsolescence bullshit. It's not like there's a single valid reason for not designing a controller with swappable proprietary battery either, apart from pure greed. Fortunately I only had a single battery die from an old 'borrowed' PS3 dualshoch, replacing it was a true nightmare.
>Proprietary non-swappable batteries instead are doomed to fail sooner or later and it's pure planned obsolescence bullshit
With modern Xbox quality control you're more likely to experience stick drift or sticky bumper before that happens
I can't speak to the DS3, but I've replaced both the USB charging board and the flexible circuit board in my DS4 and it's not difficult at all to take it apart and remove the battery.
you don't have to buy a battery charger and it lets you play while charging
my 8bitdo pro 2 came with a battery kit like that
it should be standard in controllers but sony and nintendo are moronic
8bitdo is definitely an exception.
The Pro 2 I bought two years ago is still going strong unlike the two Xbox Elite controllers I had prior to the Pro 2.
One was DOA the other died within weeks of mild usage.
>The Pro 2 I bought two years ago is still going strong
I don't know how you can stand the lag. I bought one as a spare for my Switch and it feels so sluggish compared to the official pro controller. I chalk it up to bluetooth not being as good as the radio frequency official controllers use after they synch to consoles with bluetooth. If your controller can't wake your console then it's probably pure bluetooth connection.
4 months ago
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the lag is the same as on my xbox pad
honestly sounds like a switch issue
4 months ago
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Switch OLED has bluetooth 5.0 compared to 4.3 of the original switch, so it might fare a bit better with pure bluetooth connections.
4 months ago
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I don't own a Switch, I use mine exclusively on PC where I haven't really noticed a difference in input lag compared with other wireless controllers.
>you don't have to buy a battery charger and it lets you play while charging
You can buy two pairs of rechargeable AA's with a fast charger for like 20 bucks and only have to spend like 20 seconds swapping to the charged pair every 40 hours. The Official xbox battery pack only has a capacity of 1400 mAh, compared to the average 1900 mAh per battery of a standard eneloop. A pair of rechargeable AA's is almost three times the capacity of the official pack and you never have to be a cord cuck. >you can use it while you charge
lmao, you may as well save yourself the money and just be a cord cuck forever with nothing in the battery compartment if you list a controller being able to operate wired as a feature rather than the standard.
If you're a pc gamer then it's kinda a no brainer to play wired while sitting at your desk >less latency than bluetooth >don't have to worry about battery level >don't have to spend money on batteries >don't have to spend money on official dongle >it just works
I have my TV hooked to my PC via HDMI as a second monitor for when I'm playing single player action games with a controller, so I invested in some fujitsu brand batteries and the dongle. I also run this program that warns me when my battery levels are low and it's time to swap (only works with dongle).
https://github.com/NiyaShy/XB1ControllerBatteryIndicator
Switch Pro has amazing battery life but like every device with a built-in battery, it's doomed to go in the trash when the battery goes bad and stops charging. TWS earbuds are basically disposable because of this.
With AAs, you just buy a new set of rechargeables and you don't have to throw away the actual product
AA's are everywhere and by having the recharge pack sold separately (this sucks) you don't have to deal with the controller itself suffering from the built-in battery lifespan eating shit with limited options. >t. PS4 controller that went from 12 hour lifespan to 2.5 on a good day
just got an xbox controller yesterday
after plugging it in via usb to my pc i was able to update it on the xbox accessories app
this allowed it to work via Bluetooth with the steam deck
however my pc is not able to pick it up on Bluetooth....what gives
i actually prefer batteries since i can just use rechargeable batteries and swap out whenever needed but didnt they change this on the new controllers anyways so that it uses a rechargeable battery pack?
No, it still uses AA slots and like every controller since the 360 you have the option to upgrade to a battery pack. Only the elites have built in batteries.
oh yeah youre right
i actually ordered a controller yesterday and was thinking it was going to come with a rechargeable internal battery so i almost ordered an older one for more money but i guess i was looking at the list wrong
sometimes things work out
>use AA batteries >available everywhere >easy to replace >cheap >easy to upgrade to rechargables
>use built-in Li-Po >also rechargable (this is not novel) >more expensive >more sensitive to heat >usually glued in >hard/impossible/unsafe to replace >violently ignite if mishandled >quality control non existent >pouch-type are especially dangerous >have to use some moronic charging cable on a chink-tier charging port that will eventually loosen up more than a cheap hooker and either only work at a certain angle or with a certain cable or just snap off entirely
I love AAs so much it's unreal. MS fricked up the elite revision by switching to yet another dogshit internal battery.
I wish they went back to the 360 system. That was the best, the little battery holders could be reloaded on the fly and swapped out in a literal second.
Anyone who says "lol just buy a lion battery" is a fricking moron. I needed a new battery for my mouse the other day, fricking 10 bucks for a single shitty 200mAh cell, and I got lucky I didn't have to re-pin the connector. And this was some random chink company, this wasn't an official replacement thing. Meanwhile I can buy batteries I know have QC for a dollar or two for AA.
The batteries are the least of the issue, Xbox doesn't even have gyro, a function they introduced in their Sidewinder and became industry standard for literally everyone else. Same story for Nintendo and analog triggers. Plenty of games actually make use of it and before you hit me with the muh gimmick shit, this is what you sound like.
>Hook up ps3 >Spend 3 hours charging >Dies in 2 hours >Hook up 360 >pop in some batteries >works for 20 hours >Get series x >buy play and charge kit >Lasts 20 hours
Are you implying you wouldn't want replaceable batteries? Are you a moronic consoomer that would rather buy a new controller when your battery is fricked?
Because in built batteries are shit. I got 4 ps4 controllers because the fricking usb charging port on each and every one of them broke. I had to buy a second peripheral charger to charge them through the mic port on the bottom.
My xbox controllers ive only had to replace when they've actually broken.
The bigger issue with xbox is why the frick does the console need this big ass brick cord.
>charge controller for an hour >lasts for two hours before needing to be charged again
vs >controller lasts a month on new batteries >when they die it takes 3 seconds to replace them
I don't know but it's giving me the ick, it makes me feel poor
This is why I use my Switch Pro controller for everything.
It works well on everything except epic games store.
they have a deal with Duracell, also if you buy rechargable AAs you basically have a controller that will never degrade
>Stick drifts
LMAO
Never happens with Xbox controllers
this isn't a snoy or ninteti product. so no.
This. I used to look down on AA batteries until I bought a xbone controller, and now I think basically everything should run on batteries:
>You can buy batteries everywhere
>You can recharge a set of batteries as you're using the other set
>Don't have to deal with managing charging to prevent lifetime degradation
>Two sets of good batteries will most likely last you longer than the shitty inbuilt batteries we use these days
It's actually just upsides.
I would never use anything else, honestly. A 4 pack of Eneloops with the charger will last you ages.
I always think it's weird that people don't already have AAs, but then I remember it's Ganker so they'd never have a reason to own them now.
>they change batteries in their TV remote so rarely that they just buy disposables and then whine about the price
>they use their phones as flashlights now and never need an actual light that isn't fragile and shitty
>doorbells, intercom buttons, etc. are handled by the parents they live with
>their ass-plugs all use USB recharge ports now
>AA battery-using cameras are long gone
>certain posters are extra-melaninated and forego 9-volts as well
AA are so common in normal devices it's disturbing to think anyone would prefer lithium crapium
people don't buy normal devices anymore
>their ass-plugs all use USB recharge ports now
I can see the argument for sex toys, because it would keep things smaller and would be easier to water proof.
>they change batteries in their TV remote so rarely that they just buy disposables and then whine about the price
Some brands like Samsung TVs come with non replaceable, rechargeable batteries in their remotes. So not even that.
My doorbell is literally wired into the house.
why the frick would shit like cameras and doorbells use batteries? just plug it into the wall, it's stuck to it anyway, you're taking it anywhere with you
>a controller that will never degrade
*double input your a or x button*
I just plug mine in and I don't have to worry about any of this shit.
Rechargeable batteries are expensive as frick and eventually die. You can buy 48 AA batteries at Sam's Club in a large pack for under 20 bucks.
>Rechargeable batteries are expensive as frick
Pic related
>eventually die
Your sticks will start drifting before laddas run out of their recharge juice. Stop being moronic.
>Rechargeable batteries are expensive as frick and eventually die. You can buy 48 AA batteries at Sam's Club in a large pack for under 20 bucks.
You can get 4 2500mah eneloop pros for 15 bucks. Or ~30 bucks with a charger included.
I’ve used the same energizer rechargeables on my Wii remotes since 2010
They're better.
Because it's the superior design. Imagine using a controller with like 3 hours battery life and the battery not even being swappable
Replaceable batteries are ok but the AA weight a lot. Just give me replaceable lithium batteries, like with old phones.
>but the AA weight a lot.
I actually like that, I prefer heavy controllers
>Just give me replaceable lithium batteries, like with old phones.
Ok, here you go.
The problem is, considering the price of the pads, it should be included. Very joo move.
>luxury hardware should be included for free because I'm just that poor
?
>luxury hardware
Sure, but it's pricier than a Switch pad that comes with an included (lengthy) battery. When EVEN Nintendo manage to be less tingy than the competition, you know something is wrong.
the battery dosent even matter because im sure as hell not using bluetooth on my pc
>i like giving more money to israelite corporations for quality of life features and that makes me better than you
?
The price of the pad + a play and charge kit is cheaper then a playstation controller.
I wouldn’t know, my PS5 controller lasts all day, I just plug it in at night when I’m done.
Because according to Pajeet from Microsoft that's what gamers want
because its convenient. I prefer to just change batteries rather than dig around for a long enough cable.
It's the best option, it's replacable and if you want a rechargable battery pack, you can put one in yourself.
I'd rather have that then have the piece of shit battery in the PS4/PS5. I have had 2 die on me.
my controllers actually last more than 5 hours
so I can actually beat games
autism
>playing games is autism
playing for more than 5 hours at a time is
sheesh do you only play games for a hour at a time and buy every asscreed?
Having to charge your controller every 5 hours is autism too.
Having to have a stash of AA batteries ready is autism
>Too moronic to alternate between two pairs of rechargable batteries
because AA batteries last for 40+ hours, enjoy your 3 hour battery life with snoystation.
It it ain't broken.
AA rechargeable batteries are cheap and instantly swappable, you'll never ever have to plug your controller in, basically, it's the ideal pro-consumer solution. Proprietary non-swappable batteries instead are doomed to fail sooner or later and it's pure planned obsolescence bullshit. It's not like there's a single valid reason for not designing a controller with swappable proprietary battery either, apart from pure greed. Fortunately I only had a single battery die from an old 'borrowed' PS3 dualshoch, replacing it was a true nightmare.
>Proprietary non-swappable batteries instead are doomed to fail sooner or later and it's pure planned obsolescence bullshit
With modern Xbox quality control you're more likely to experience stick drift or sticky bumper before that happens
I can't speak to the DS3, but I've replaced both the USB charging board and the flexible circuit board in my DS4 and it's not difficult at all to take it apart and remove the battery.
?
costs more than rechargeable batteries
you don't have to buy a battery charger and it lets you play while charging
my 8bitdo pro 2 came with a battery kit like that
it should be standard in controllers but sony and nintendo are moronic
Buying shitty 3rd party "pro" controllers is peak autism
>shitty
>8bitdo
I could throw this controller from the second floor of a building 3 times and it'll still work
can't say the same about snoy or xblox
8bitdo is definitely an exception.
The Pro 2 I bought two years ago is still going strong unlike the two Xbox Elite controllers I had prior to the Pro 2.
One was DOA the other died within weeks of mild usage.
>The Pro 2 I bought two years ago is still going strong
I don't know how you can stand the lag. I bought one as a spare for my Switch and it feels so sluggish compared to the official pro controller. I chalk it up to bluetooth not being as good as the radio frequency official controllers use after they synch to consoles with bluetooth. If your controller can't wake your console then it's probably pure bluetooth connection.
the lag is the same as on my xbox pad
honestly sounds like a switch issue
Switch OLED has bluetooth 5.0 compared to 4.3 of the original switch, so it might fare a bit better with pure bluetooth connections.
I don't own a Switch, I use mine exclusively on PC where I haven't really noticed a difference in input lag compared with other wireless controllers.
>you don't have to buy a battery charger and it lets you play while charging
You can buy two pairs of rechargeable AA's with a fast charger for like 20 bucks and only have to spend like 20 seconds swapping to the charged pair every 40 hours. The Official xbox battery pack only has a capacity of 1400 mAh, compared to the average 1900 mAh per battery of a standard eneloop. A pair of rechargeable AA's is almost three times the capacity of the official pack and you never have to be a cord cuck.
>you can use it while you charge
lmao, you may as well save yourself the money and just be a cord cuck forever with nothing in the battery compartment if you list a controller being able to operate wired as a feature rather than the standard.
>just use it wired forever
bruh this mans
If you're a pc gamer then it's kinda a no brainer to play wired while sitting at your desk
>less latency than bluetooth
>don't have to worry about battery level
>don't have to spend money on batteries
>don't have to spend money on official dongle
>it just works
I have my TV hooked to my PC via HDMI as a second monitor for when I'm playing single player action games with a controller, so I invested in some fujitsu brand batteries and the dongle. I also run this program that warns me when my battery levels are low and it's time to swap (only works with dongle).
https://github.com/NiyaShy/XB1ControllerBatteryIndicator
They hate the environment, batteries are satan
i just plug mine in
switch pro controllers last over 20 hours on a single charge
Wii u pro lasted 80 hours
Wii U tablet lasted 30 minutes 🙁
Switch Pro has amazing battery life but like every device with a built-in battery, it's doomed to go in the trash when the battery goes bad and stops charging. TWS earbuds are basically disposable because of this.
With AAs, you just buy a new set of rechargeables and you don't have to throw away the actual product
the switch 2 controller will come out before my pro controller dies
please mail it to me when the battery dies. that is such a quick and easy fix.
>uses 3DS battery
most moronic concept i've ever seen
Just imagine how many excess batteries Nintendo had that made them decide to use the 3DS battery in a controller
Just buy another battery. Frick. You can swap in a higher capacity one for near Wii U Pro controller levels of charge.
>wireless controller
>look inside
>wires
They dont use wires
It's much superior to a smaller, liable to be damaged, built-in battery.
18650 cells in controllers when?
Because they last way longer
Its practical and easy.
AA batteries for AA games.
please point me towards all the AA games, I sorely miss them
Hifi Rush?
HiFi Rush
Metal Hellsinger
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Soulstice
No one uses those controllers for playing in the cuckbox, Carlos!
Not enough AAA games.
AA's are everywhere and by having the recharge pack sold separately (this sucks) you don't have to deal with the controller itself suffering from the built-in battery lifespan eating shit with limited options.
>t. PS4 controller that went from 12 hour lifespan to 2.5 on a good day
just got an xbox controller yesterday
after plugging it in via usb to my pc i was able to update it on the xbox accessories app
this allowed it to work via Bluetooth with the steam deck
however my pc is not able to pick it up on Bluetooth....what gives
Swappable batteries are pretty based tho
Thats the only thing that microsoy controllers do better than good chinktrollers
AA batteries are superior
t. had to replace battery in dualshock 3 and 4
>white hand
fake Ganker user
God I hope they continue to do so
I have 4 eneloops I bought like 11 years ago, still works flawlessly, im charging them separately so I can play constantly.
i actually prefer batteries since i can just use rechargeable batteries and swap out whenever needed but didnt they change this on the new controllers anyways so that it uses a rechargeable battery pack?
No, it still uses AA slots and like every controller since the 360 you have the option to upgrade to a battery pack. Only the elites have built in batteries.
oh yeah youre right
i actually ordered a controller yesterday and was thinking it was going to come with a rechargeable internal battery so i almost ordered an older one for more money but i guess i was looking at the list wrong
sometimes things work out
>use AA batteries
>available everywhere
>easy to replace
>cheap
>easy to upgrade to rechargables
>use built-in Li-Po
>also rechargable (this is not novel)
>more expensive
>more sensitive to heat
>usually glued in
>hard/impossible/unsafe to replace
>violently ignite if mishandled
>quality control non existent
>pouch-type are especially dangerous
>have to use some moronic charging cable on a chink-tier charging port that will eventually loosen up more than a cheap hooker and either only work at a certain angle or with a certain cable or just snap off entirely
I fricking hate people like OP because this setup unironically makes your controller have more longevity.
My PS4 controller is dying every other hour these days and I might as well put it on a powerbank permantly now.
have a nice day
>look at internals of a lithium ion battery
>they're just really fat AA batteries in a case
As opposed to what
I just have my xbox controller plugged into a phone charger next to my couch. No batteries required at all.
>phone charger
Yes, that is correct.
>Yes, that is correct.
<>Yes, that is correct.
So I can have 4x longer battery life than a playstation and don't have to replace the whole controller when the battery inevitably dies.
I love AAs so much it's unreal. MS fricked up the elite revision by switching to yet another dogshit internal battery.
I wish they went back to the 360 system. That was the best, the little battery holders could be reloaded on the fly and swapped out in a literal second.
Anyone who says "lol just buy a lion battery" is a fricking moron. I needed a new battery for my mouse the other day, fricking 10 bucks for a single shitty 200mAh cell, and I got lucky I didn't have to re-pin the connector. And this was some random chink company, this wasn't an official replacement thing. Meanwhile I can buy batteries I know have QC for a dollar or two for AA.
the only reason they're removing these options is so they can sell you proprietary ones like
or just buy a new controller bro, you're not poor are you, are you, are you???
worst is, idiots encourage it and I hate them to literal death
To be fair, the only reason MS started with real batteries was a deal with duracell back in the day, it wasn't to be nice.
The batteries are the least of the issue, Xbox doesn't even have gyro, a function they introduced in their Sidewinder and became industry standard for literally everyone else. Same story for Nintendo and analog triggers. Plenty of games actually make use of it and before you hit me with the muh gimmick shit, this is what you sound like.
it should be included, off by defualt, but one of the first things you see in the settings if you want to turn it on
frick gyro, especially if it makes the controller more expensive for a feature ill never use
>Hook up ps3
>Spend 3 hours charging
>Dies in 2 hours
>Hook up 360
>pop in some batteries
>works for 20 hours
>Get series x
>buy play and charge kit
>Lasts 20 hours
>buy ps3 controller
>battery lasts 4 hours
>try to recharge
>it won't
>return
built in batteries are just trash and designed to be e-waste
Are you implying you wouldn't want replaceable batteries? Are you a moronic consoomer that would rather buy a new controller when your battery is fricked?
Because in built batteries are shit. I got 4 ps4 controllers because the fricking usb charging port on each and every one of them broke. I had to buy a second peripheral charger to charge them through the mic port on the bottom.
My xbox controllers ive only had to replace when they've actually broken.
The bigger issue with xbox is why the frick does the console need this big ass brick cord.
They can get away with it. Just buy a Flydigi Vader 3 Pro instead.
>charge controller for an hour
>lasts for two hours before needing to be charged again
vs
>controller lasts a month on new batteries
>when they die it takes 3 seconds to replace them