If you were lucky enough to bag a PlayStation 5 for Christmas but have been running into an issue then you’re not alone.
You’ve sat down after a long day in the office, you’ve made snacks, grabbed a drink and picked up your PS5‘s DualSense controller to get stuck into the latest stint of Hogwarts Legacy alas, you’ve barely made it close to the third round of Crossed Wands Dueling Club when an issue arises.
Your controller dies – and it’s always just as you get to that pivotal moment in the game.
It’s an all too familiar tale for a lot of PS5 players, and an experience that can make gaming feel far less seamless.
I mean, you can always plug in the PS5 controller and game away, but the majority of gamers would argue it’s a more enjoyable experience playing wireless.
Thankfully, there are two simple setting changes you can make to help provide a more enjoyable gaming experience.
The US Sun reveals there are some simple ways of boosting your DualSense battery life, and they couldn’t be easier to implement.
First, set the controller to automatically switch off when it’s not being used. This can be done by heading into Settings, selecting ‘System’ and then ‘Power Saving’.
You can also ensure your mic is muted to stop it from constantly being on in the background and draining your battery.
While these two changes should make a significant difference to your controller’s battery life, you can boost it even further with one extra change.
Reducing the intensity of the haptic feedback will also help.
You can do this by heading to the Control Center, selecting ‘Accessories’ followed by ‘DualSense Wireless Controller’.
Then, select ‘Controller Settings’, followed by ‘Vibration Intensity’ and finally, ‘Trigger Effect Intensity’.
While the PS5 console offers a brilliant experience regardless, altering your settings ever so slightly can make a big difference.
To have your games looking their absolute best, you can also change some settings on your console.
You’ll first need to understand whether your TV supports HGiG or not.
Tom’s Guide explains that if your TV does support it, it’s better to enable HGiG – which stands for HDR Gaming Interest Group – in order to ‘get the most accurate tone mapping in games that support the feature’.
According to Tom’s Guide, you can leave the setting on and it shouldn’t affect other games – i.e. ones that don’t support HGiG.
Once HGiG is enabled, you can then go to ‘Adjust HDR’. You’ll then need to follow the on-screen instructions to calibrate the HDR.
