Afterglow Wireless Controller for PS3

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Afterglow Wireless Controller for PS3

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The design for this thing is impeccable. Very ergonomic. Nice remote.

Illuminates a vibrant led blue. Whenever the battery is on the way out, the controller helpfully flashes a red led.

The face * aren't soft or mushy, but they aren't rigid or too clicky. The spring isn't as firm as a 360, but more so than a ps3/ps4. It even seems to work with modern games without emulation which i had to do with my old gamepad.

Cons

The left joystick broke in uncharted 3. Batteries won't stay connected is what we assume, even with the battery compartment door securely attached. What is the point of this controller if you can't use it for gaming?

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Quality

I have one i been using for some years and it just now starting to have issue with the left stick.

Compare to many other controllers i bought, this one is more solid, well built quality.

It did not come with the connector for the plug to be used for wireless

Can't start up ps3 like you can with the oem controller.

Competitiveness

Bought several of these for retropie builds.

As older games are typically 2d and better played with a d-pad than an analog stick, and retroarch supports ps1 emulation, but ... Read More

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This product had a total of 1,191 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 25 2022.