Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Short Life, Waste of Money

While the Play & Charge kit seems like a good idea, and works well at first, I'd have to say it was a waste of money.I have three of these, and after about 6 months of light use each battery pack gets less than an hour of gameplay per charge. I end up having to keep them plugged in almost constantly - only two controllers can be charged simultaneously, so if you're playing 4-player halo, chances are someody's battery pack is gonna go dead and be unable to charge at some point.You can buy a lot of AA's for ~$18, they're more reliable, and last tons longer.If you don't want to buy batteries, buy a wired controller; if you want wireless, buy a big pack of AA's at costco.