Otherwise the home button works exactly as it should. It is a small thing, but worth noting since I usually use my DualShock 3 to turn my PlayStation 3 on. One other thing to note for those new to third party wireless controllers, the Home button on these controllers does not turn the system on.
Having the dongle and the charge cable plugged in can ruin the PS3's USB port real estate, especially if you use two or more of these controllers, and so while they make a nice supplement to an existing supply of DualShock 3 controllers, I'm not sure how popular they will be for people with sharp local multiplayer demands. There is a dongle included with the controller that plugs into the PlayStation 3. I was able to play for a solid ten hours before it needed charging again. Overall it means the controller is lighter than some of its rivals, and if you need to plug it in to play and charge, you can use a cable to do so.
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This is a wireless controller, and it relies on an internal lightweight battery as opposed to using AA's like I have seen in some other thir party PS3 controllers. They never failed to work, but I was often left wondering whether the next time I pressed the button they would stop working. The face buttons, however, are less 'springy' than I am used to in a controller. These are pretty comfortable, and with the analogue sticks feel really well-constructed. They're still accurate, but they just do not move quite as well as I would like.Įlsewhere the R2 and L2 triggers are elongated, making them more curved and like an actual trigger than is typical of PlayStation 3 controllers.
All in all, the stick design is really good, so it is a little disappointing that they are looser than I would like. My thumbs set in on top of the sticks better here than in many other controllers, with the added bonus that here the sticks are also rubberised (which is a stark contrast to the more plastic Rock Candy controller I recently reviewed). Sticking with the analogue stick conversation, the sticks are concave (again, I prefer this to the slightly rounded DualShock 3 and its convex sticks). I have never had much of a preference for that left analogue stick's placement, but for those that do, this is a nice alternative on the PlayStation 3. The left one is further up and to the left, with the directional pad taking its place - just like an Xbox controller. Not ideal, though it worked well for my daughter and wife.Įven more unique for PlayStation controllers is that with this thing the analogue sticks are not evenly aligned. I have fairly large hands and the traditional PlayStation 3 DualShock controller feels almost too small to begin with, and this Afterglow controller feels even smaller. The most immediately notable thing was just how small the controller felt in my hands. But of course that would be for naught if the controller sucked. So, let's take a look at another glowy peripheral! The PS3 Afterglow Wireless Controller has a glow that can be turned off, but as I usually play in a pretty dark room, the effect is a cool one. We have recently had a look at a couple of different Afterglow headsets, with the company's primary gimmick being that the hardware is built with an internal glow.
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