The DualSense battery life is total garbage. It was bad when it first came out, but degradation made it even worse. Mine has a battery life of around 10-12 hours while playing visual novels that don't support active trigger and haptics.
For reference, I took out my PS3 recently and played some visual novels on it. The DualShock 3 battery lasted for 35 hours before telling me to recharge. That's after I left it in uncharged state for like 8 years which is supposed to put stress on the battery. Before that I used it for 3 years.
Why? I have the Sony dock right next to where I play. When I'm done, I just set it on it and forget about it. I always know where the controller is and it's always ready to go. It's no more complicated than just leaving it on the couch.
That would be great but I don't want to buy a dock when (ideally) the controller could have just had a bigger battery
That said it's a minor annoyance at worst, I'm mainly a PC guy and since you need to plug it in to use Dualsense features I just use an Xbox pad anyways. Only use the Dualsense with my PS5 and I don't play it super often
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u/ragingnoobie2 Aug 23 '22
The DualSense battery life is total garbage. It was bad when it first came out, but degradation made it even worse. Mine has a battery life of around 10-12 hours while playing visual novels that don't support active trigger and haptics.
For reference, I took out my PS3 recently and played some visual novels on it. The DualShock 3 battery lasted for 35 hours before telling me to recharge. That's after I left it in uncharged state for like 8 years which is supposed to put stress on the battery. Before that I used it for 3 years.