Xbox Batteries = 1 day
Remote Batteries = 3+ months
How is that??
In: Engineering
A remote spends most of its life just sitting there and scanning the buttons to see if you’ve pressed one. This takes barely any electricity. If you do press a button, the remote sends out an infrared light pulse which also doesn’t need much power. Some remotes may pulse other signals, but regardless, the way you use a remote, you don’t press the buttons that much.
A wireless gaming controller needs to maintain a wireless connection, which consumes a lot more power. Bluetooth earbuds for example only last a few hours, though granted, they have much smaller batteries.
Gaming controllers tend to have LEDs that are constantly lit while they’re connected, and rumble motors consume a lot of power. The controller also has to send data constantly, hundreds of times per second to inform the console what you’re doing.
Lasting only a day seems kind of short though. If you are going through batteries that quickly, I highly recommend getting Eneloops. Just get a pack with a standard charger and 4 AAs. Keep two batteries in the charger, so you can always swap to a fully charged set whenever the ones in the controller go flat.
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