WTF is up with PS3 controllers?
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Yeah it is impossible to find legit ones. I bought one on ebay the other year and I'm pretty sure it is a boot even though the seller had good feedback. Used prices are high even at gamestop and they are probably boots as well. Sony apparently made no access stock of the things. When I first bought my PS4 the first thing I did is buy an extra controller.
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Are you talking about NIB or just random used official PS3 controllers?
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Both.
I called 5 shops and eventually resorted to a guy I knew and he had a legit one and had to take it off a trade in system and replace that with a shitty 3rd party one. It was like $40 with the charging cord.
Really wanted to play Silent Hill 2 tonight.
PS2 controllers seem to be even harder to find.
"you'll never notice the difference from a good 3rd party" is laughable.
I called 5 shops and eventually resorted to a guy I knew and he had a legit one and had to take it off a trade in system and replace that with a shitty 3rd party one. It was like $40 with the charging cord.
Really wanted to play Silent Hill 2 tonight.
PS2 controllers seem to be even harder to find.
"you'll never notice the difference from a good 3rd party" is laughable.
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I have four around and the batteries bad in almost all of them.
Maybe everybody threw them out.
Checked out some pages that take them apart and it looks like they are those acid put in a silver baggie type rechargeable batteries.
Maybe everybody threw them out.
Checked out some pages that take them apart and it looks like they are those acid put in a silver baggie type rechargeable batteries.
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When I was in middle school, I was wicked into Super Scope games. When I went to summer camp for a week, upon return I found the batteries inside my SS leaked! It smelled like burnt iron. And of course it turns out there was a precaution to take the batteries out after playing. First and only time I had seen batteries going bad inside a device.
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Funny you mention that...
I brought a SS about 2 years ago to replace the one I sold as a dumb ass kid.
Anyways I got it at a excellent price with box etc off Amazon of all places.
When I went to put batteries in turns out it had some left in it and they had exploded in the worst way I have ever seen!
Couldnt even get them out.
I had to strip it down and gently pry them out before spending around 2 hours cleaning it all out.
But it works great again now
itsofrustratin
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Never used a third party controller i liked. I remember being burned with that third party n64 controller back in the day, the stubby piece of shit one.
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One of the bad things about the official PS3 pads is that depending when they were made they also varied greatly in quality. The one that came with the super slim system I picked up (brand new) feels like a shitty third party controller. The one I bought a few years before is a bit better, and the one that originally came with my first system felt the best before it got worn out. And none of them feel as good as a brand new Dualshock 2.
It's not just PS3 btw. Go look up Wii U controller prices on ebay. The prices for new official pro controllers is nuts.
It's not just PS3 btw. Go look up Wii U controller prices on ebay. The prices for new official pro controllers is nuts.
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Apparently you've never talked to your mom about toys and batteries...
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Damn Mom uses her electric toothbrush alot.
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I had to toss a couple once because the nubs on the analog sticks straight up started melting and sweating. Super weird. I bought a couple PSTVs back when they were dirt cheap and kept those PS3 controllers.
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Sounds like what happened to a lot of my third party stuff with a "gel" lining, like the Hori Dragon Quest 8 Slime controller, ended up rubbing the hell out of it with alcohol and goo gone to get rid of the coating. Not exactly the same, but the great thing about the PS3 controllers is you can switch out the sticks pretty easily with third party ones, not so with PSone controllers sadly, the sticks were all made with pin shaped holes instead of the nubbier ones most modern controllers have