PlayStation 5 owners urged to alter these two settings to fix common issues with their controllers
Your controller is at the heart of everything that you do when you're gaming, so changing these settings on your PlayStation 5 can make a world of a difference and improve your experience overall.
There's nothing worse than finally settling down for a gaming session after waiting all day, only to find out that your controller is low on battery. 'I only charged it a couple of days ago' you tell yourself to no avail, yet what if there was a way to ensure your controllers stay alive for longer?
Thankfully there are a couple of handy tricks that you can activate in the settings of your PlayStation 5, only they're hidden away and you've likely not even considered that they'd be of assistance.
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As revealed by the US Sun, the first of these settings involves activating the 'Power Saving' option, which can be found by entering the Settings Menu, and then selecting 'System'.
This will automatically turn your controller off after a set period of time - which you can decide - ensuring that it's not wasting any battery if you've left it untouched for a while.
This can be handy if you're experiencing increasingly long queue times in your favorite multiplayer games, if you like watching films, tv, or YouTube on your PS5, or if you simply get into the habit of walking away without turning the console off.
It's surprising how much battery you can save by doing this - especially at lower deactivation times - but the only frustration is having to take a couple of seconds to turn it back on again!
On top of this, it's also worth deactivating the microphone by pressing the associated button on the controller itself, as you'll likely never use this and its wasting away your battery bit by bit.
Finally, the last tip that'll help extend your controller's battery life is to turn down the intensity of haptic feedback. This only works with official Sony controllers, of course, but it helps a lot while still maintaining the immersion given by the game-changing feature.
To do this, just head to the Control Center, find the 'Accessories' section, and then jump into 'DualSense Wireless Controller'. Once you're in, opt for 'Controller Settings', then 'Vibration Intensity', and you'll finally find the right setting in 'Trigger Effect Intensity'.
Play around with the setting to see what you're comfortable with, as you won't want to turn it down too much as it plays a big part in many of PlayStation's biggest first-party titles.
Activating all of these settings should make a big difference to your battery life, ensuring that you can game for as long as you want without having to stop, but make sure you're aware of this other key mistake so you don't follow the same fate as other unfortunate PlayStation users.