PS3 Playstation 3 Analog Controller

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It isn't the best of quality of controller, but at least it works. It seems to be made somewhat cheaply and does not work as well as the wireless default controller you would get with your system. At best it makes a back-up or if you do not have enough money to get a wireless, this one will do in the meantime.

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After reading other reviews I knew I was taking a chance on this, but the price was cheap. I expected the product to be cheap as well, and it is, but I didn't expect to have buttons reversed. I am using this controller on a PS3 and the L1/L2 and R1/R2 buttons were reversed, so that pressing L1 gave me the L2 action instead (and same for the right). It would be usable this way, but frustrating. The box advertises that it is a "universal" controller that you could use on your PC, in which case reversing the buttons shouldn't be an issue because you can completely reprogram the controls of most PC games (but I doubt many PC gamers -which I primarily am -want to give up their keyboard and mouse for a console controller -I most certainly would not, especially not a cheap one like this).

I decided to open it up instead of return it, assuming it would be pretty simple to fix the problem. It is a simple fix if you don't mind doing a little soldering (and I'm no expert at soldering, but if you don't know what "soldering" is then forget about it): just unsolder a 3-wire cable, reverse it, and solder it back on (repeat for the other side). I only have a sample size of 1 and there weren't many product reviews when I purchased it, so I don't know if this is a common problem or just a quality control goof-up on some.

Aside from the button reversal, it pretty much works as expected. Note, however, that the L2 and R2 buttons are NOT analog. The two joysticks are, but the trigger buttons are not. And there is no motion controller (it's a fouraxis) or vibration, but I think the product description clearly stated that. Also, the "home" button on this controller does not act like the standard "PS" button at all, but this seems to be a common problem with third-party PS3 controllers. Instead, the "home" button, at least on the PS3, acts as a mode switch, causing the two joysticks to act either as analog joysticks (normal), or to duplicate the functionality of the d-pad and the buttons (I have no idea why anyone would want to do this, but it seems to be the default mode when I hook up the controller). The LED lights that should indicate the controller number are also useless. They seem to act as a mode indicator (the mode set by the "home" button), with 1 and 2 lit up for the weird default mode, and 3 and 4 lit up for the normal analog joystick mode.

The controls all feel more stiff than the stock controller except for the buttons (triangle, circle, x, square) which feel chincey. The analog sticks don't have as full a range of motion as the stock controller, and the L3/R3 buttons (pushing down on the analog sticks) is difficult, especially when the sticks are not in their center position.

Definitely not usable as a primary controller (the primary controller needs a working "PS" button and should have motion control) and I wouldn't want to spend a lot of time playing games with this as a second-player controller (especially if I hadn't fixed the button reversal problem). I got it so that I could pull multiple characters into my games to trade items (in which case I hardly use the second controller) and for my 4-year-old son to play some games with me (most of which can get by with the d-pad and 4 buttons), so it works for me. I just wanted something really cheap.

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This was not the contoller i amagined the analog sticks are very weired when you are playing please im begging you dont waste your money

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This DID NOT WORK for my PS3! It was very crappy made!! Would rate 0 if I could!! BUYER BEWARE!!

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The cord is really short. It worked fine though for about 2 weeks until it fell about a foot off the tv stand and now wont work at all :(