Afterglow Pro Wired Controller for PS3 (Playstation 3)

. . . but I wouldn't bother trying to play any games with it. The control sticks on this piece are horribly unresponsive, a small detail that make a big difference in most games. But I will admit the lights are pretty.

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I'll admit, the controller looks great when plugged in. That's about it, however. I play a lot of First Person Shooters, so I figured the altered L2 and R2 shoulder buttons would help me play more competitively(The buttons are dropped in the back to encourage using both pointer and middle fingers, rather than controlling all four buttons with just the pointer fingers.) The L2 and R2 are poorly designed, though, being both hard to push in due to over coiled springs and are they're very noisy when pushed. The analog sticks are also fairly unresponsive causing a "dead zone," which is when the player has to completely push the analog sticks over to get a response, rather than movement at the slightest touch. For those that care, the controller is also wired, so it's not as convenient as a wire-free controller.

Also note that this controller is not compatible with Playstation 2 games being played on the PS3, since the PS3 does not recognize the controller when trying to play a Playstation 2 game on it. This was also a surprise to me, for I still have quite the collection of Playstation 2 games which I play on my PS3.

A very poor product.

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I just bought a PS3 and it only came with one controller. As I sometimes like to play multiplayer games I jumped at the chance to get these controllers at a reasonable price. After all, the Dualshock 3 is $45 or more, depending on when and where you buy it. I wasn't expecting first party quality due to the difference in price and I could live without Sixaxis support but the one thing I require in a controller is that it works. The Pelican Afterglow controllers do no such thing. I went through four of these things before finally giving up and deciding that they were just badly designed pieces of junk.

The analog sticks go from totally unresponsive to going way out of control. In Pinball Hall of Fame you'd instantly tilt the table if you even touched the analog stick. Steering in Sonic & Sega All Stars racing was like trying to drive on ice. The digital buttons didn't fare much better. The start button on one didn't work and some of the others had sticky buttons. It's obvious that Pelican had no interest in quality control and really only cared about how they looked.

On the Pro side they do work on the PC. Well the PC recognizes them but they exhibit the same issues that they have on the PS3. Despite not working they do feel solid and give the illusion of being well made. They fit comfortably in the hand and are even more comfortable than the DS3 once you get used to them.

I wanted to like these but I'm afraid they are junk.

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