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I miss ... can't even remember his name, so I guess I don't miss him that much. The dude who got a sweet cash settlement out of his mom's injury claim, bought way too much stuff and only posted in the haul threads. Yoshi hated him.
[fake edit]: morphix
D_N_G is a good substitute.Quote:
Originally Posted by Compass
I bought one of those pink afterglow PS3 controllers by PDP, which is apparently Pelican re-branded (I didn't know this until post-purchase). It's gotten some fairly withering reviews, but so far I love it and have not experienced any of the complaints.
Buttons, sticks, and triggers all feel great. The controller itself is slightly smaller than the official one. It's wired which I looked for ever since my bad experience with de-syncing on Sony's official controller and Nintendo's wavebird, and the horrible battery life of the Wii remote. In fact, the 360 one is the only wireless controller I haven't had issues with.
So now I'm finally free to play games I was too terrified to touch with a controller that would lose sync for five full seconds several times an hour... like Demon's Souls and Disgaea 3 (would auto-skip cutscenes upon resync, causing intense rage).
It was $30.
http://s.shld.net/is/image/Sears/spin_prod_143541501?
I have never liked a third party controller. They just don't feel right to me and I feel like they're cheap shit.
I've never had my PS3 controller lose connection mid game, that happens to you often?
Yeah, it's really frustrating. I researched but couldn't get any firm answers as to why. Some claimed it's an early model-PS3 problem, that even after replacing controllers they had it occur. So I didn't want to mess around and just went wired. I've never bought 3rd party controllers either. I like this one now; hopefully it lasts.
My old problem was that they, legally, have to find a different way electronically to accomplish the same result; which translates into they build something not technically meant to be plugged into your system. I saw a lot of burnt out controller slots when I used to work at Gamestop during the reign of the PS2/GC/Xbox. I just figured, why take the risk even if it was minor? This has left me very judgemental and untrusting of third party hardware.
These newer wireless controllers that require nothing to be plugged into the system, or the wired ones that use a USB port anyway, don't seem to have any real risk involved. At least your controller is safe /shrug
I've been playing with the same one for awhile, at first I bought it to use on the PC, but I use it on the PS3 now too. Haven't had any problems with it, some people don't like the "stiff" or "clicky" feeling of the buttons, but I don't mind it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Compass
Any reason you didn't just get one of these for like 8 bucks and just use the official one wired?: http://www.amazon.com/PS3-Charge-Lin...1932330&sr=8-4Quote:
Originally Posted by Compass
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...5L._AA300_.jpg
Other than length, is that any different from the charge cable that ships with the system? Because that doesn't turn your wireless controller into a wired one, input-wise. It's still using blutooth for its communications with the system. I get just as many de-syncs when using the original Sixaxis plugged in.
Which reminds me, the PDP controller I bought does not have Sixaxis support. No problem for me as I always turn it off in the few games dumb enough to force it in, but if you're a big flOw fan or something, you might want to steer clear.
I don't believe so. I didn't know that having your controller hooked up with the USB cable didn't create a wired setup. I just assumed that it was working off of the wire when it was plugged in. I never would have guessed in a million years that you would get de-sych issues while being plugged in with the USB wire.