A lot of PlayStation 4 players aren't really fond of Dualshock 4's always-on light bar, but Sony is refusing to allow it to be disabled. Unfortunately, the reason seems to have nothing to with PlayStation 4 or its games.
Speaking to TechRadar , Sony Computer Entertainment Europe senior designer Jed Ashforth explained that the light bar was added to Dualshock 4 to help Project Morpheus track the controller.
Project Morpheus is a virtual reality full HD headset and headphones combo designed to work exclusively with PlayStation 4.
"The tracking light… it was our department that said we need that on," explained Sony Computer Entertainment Europe senior designer Jed Ashforth. "It was for tracking for VR."
"And when all these things were coming out six months ago and everyone was going 'it's reflecting in my TV,' we were going 'oh no' because we couldn't tell anyone what it was for."
Last month Sony PlayStation 4 received a firmware update allowing players to dim the Dualshock 4 light bar without turning it off completely.
