Future update DualShock 4 PlayStation 4 will add the option to lower the bar of light

It may seem like minor news, especially considering the hoopla over Sony's Virtual Reality this week at

GDC, but the PlayStation 4's DualShock 4 controller is about to get a firmware fix. In an interview with Geoff Keighley of Spike TV, Shuhei Yoshida, Sony PlayStation's head of Worldwide Studios, confirmed that a future firmware update (we're not sure if it's console- or controller-specific like on Xbox One) will give gamers the option to turn off dim the controller's light bar.

If you own a PS4, then you know just how preciously short-lived the DualShock 4's battery life can be. The ability to muffle that glaring light should help extend the DS4's longevity, but only slightly. Still, it's a major boon for the community, and those of us that like our controllers to be less of a night light and more of a gamepad.

CHEK: Yoshida clarified on Twitter that the firmware update will only dim the DualShock 4's light bar, not disable it entirely.

Just interviewed @yosp and he said that upcoming PS4 firmware will let you turn off light bar on controller!

— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) 20 Mars 2014

SOURCE Geoff Keighley (Twitter)