We now know why the DualSense Edge's battery life is so poor

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If you're wondering why your DualSense Edge battery's not lasting as long as you'd like, it turns out there's a very straightforward reason for it.

A teardown of the DualSense Edge controller, done by verified Twitter user Budd's Controllers, shows that the battery in Sony's premium pad is considerably smaller than that of the standard DualSense.

But it's not just the size that's smaller here, as the premium PS5 controller's battery capacity is also significantly less than that of the regular DualSense. The Edge has a battery capacity of just 1,050mAh. That's a substantial downgrade when compared to the 2020 DualSense's 1,560mAh, Dexerto(opens in new tab) reports).

Check out the battery size difference/ pic.twitter.com/oAOS7yWbiMJanuary 26, 2023

This evidence lines up with official wording from Sony, who says the DualSense Edge's battery life was «moderately shorter» than that of its base model. Furthermore, in my own testing of the DualSense Edge for our review, I found the controller's battery life to deplete from full after roughly seven hours of play.

Depending on what you play and how intensely the games use the DualSense's features, such as its adaptive triggers and haptic feedback, the battery life will vary. Though, it appears that you won't get much more than six to seven hours out of the Edge before needing to charge it up again. The pack-in DualSense certainly fares better, clocking around eight to ten hours, on average, before running out of juice.

The DualSense Edge is a slight improvement over the base pad in all areas but one: its battery life. And we now know why that is. But what would cause Sony to consciously downgrade the battery life, when you'd think it'd want the Edge firing on all cylinders, given its