Engadget quoting MS Press Release said:Xbox One Play & Charge Kit. This kit includes a lithium ion rechargeable battery pack
that fits inside the Wireless Controller as well as a charging cable that connects from the
Controller to the console. Gamers can play on and on without having to buy a single
disposable battery. The new Play & Charge Kit charges twice as fast as its Xbox 360
counterpart and charges during gameplay or when the console is in standby mode. The
Kit is available for standalone purchase or as part of the Wireless Controller with Play
& Charge Kit bundle.
No, they are doing the same thing as they did with the 360. Standard controller comes with a AA battery pack. But you can purchase separately a Plug & Play Charging Kit or buy the controller with the Plug & Play Charging Kit. And yes, it's Lithium Ion...
http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/10/xbox-one-play-and-charge-kit-chat-headset/
Tommy McClain
Why is it so difficult for them to make a rechargable controller with Li Ion batteries inside ? AAs is sooooooooooooooo 2000s.
Bad design choice.... or is it just $$$$ to sell you an extra Li Ion battery pack ?
Why is it so difficult for them to make a rechargable controller with Li Ion batteries inside ? AAs is sooooooooooooooo 2000s.
Bad design choice.... or is it just $$$$ to sell you an extra Li Ion battery pack ?
Why is it so difficult for them to make a rechargable controller with Li Ion batteries inside ? AAs is sooooooooooooooo 2000s.
Bad design choice.... or is it just $$$$ to sell you an extra Li Ion battery pack ?
Why is it so difficult for them to make a rechargable controller with Li Ion batteries inside ? AAs is sooooooooooooooo 2000s.
Bad design choice.... or is it just $$$$ to sell you an extra Li Ion battery pack ?
They could be managing risks. Same for their off-the-shelf external power supply, the simple fan design, and the large enclosure.
Li-ion charging circuit are not easy to make safe and reliable, specially when your company doesn't have the in-house expertise. Even Apple had issues with badly designed charging circuits, recalls, overheating etc.... Imagine a recall of the entire stock of worldwide retail consoles, controllers, and all controllers in the hands of consumers, that would be very bad news. A recall of an optional Li-Ion charger wouldn't be a big deal.
Can we now have included a rechargeable battery pack and USB cord.?
And also get rid of Kinect and add a headset?
And cut the price to $299, since it's a inferior console to PS4?
I'd rather have mass produced batteries that I can buy anywhere as an option. I think the 360 batteries option is the perfect solution, you can use Lion if you want, or nicads or alkaline.
What advantage does having them built in provide? You lose the ability to easily switch to fully charged batteries.
Not intending to derail the thread or anything, but you denying that manufacturing shit whose only purpose in life is to be thrown away doesn't harm the environment...? There's significant amounts of metals, chemicals and stuff in batteries, a lot of resources that are basically just wasted due to being single-use only. For how long exactly do you expect it to be viable to continue doing that (making "disposable" batteries and such) for the convenience of lazy people like you? May I remind you, the earth's resources are finite and this is the only home we have. We should make the best of it, and this isn't it.When I posted about that on neogaf, I got criticized for "harming the environment"
IIRC the PS3 / X360 were harder to compare, being completely different and all, and even then, most people here knew that they would be roughly the same or even picked the X360 as performing better in most cases. This time they have very similar hardware and are easier to compare, aren't they?why would u want to replace good things ?
Also inferior is in the eye of the beholder. The 360 was also the infieor console and we saw how that worked out.