Review on Sony DualShock 3 kit, black by Mateusz Swierczynski ᠌

Name: Sony DualShock 3 kit, black
Item: Sony DualShock 3 kit, black
Rating: 4

May 02, 2023

I like the product, the quality didn't let me down.

Compared with the gamepad from the xbox 360.
I liked the 360 ​​more in terms of sensations and ergonomics, but it’s completely impossible to play fighting games on it due to the fact that there is a stick under the thumb, and not a cross, and it’s very inconvenient for me personally to use the stick in fighting games.
The crosspiece of the boxed gamepad is not only located further, it is also smaller in size and looks more like another non-stick.

Treatment of phantom/incorrect clicks:
Treated with gasket seal. The easiest way is to seal the one that is glued to the top of the case. After we removed the upper part of the case, we take a small piece of paper, fold it into 3-4 layers, place it on top of the gasket and glue it on adhesive tape. We collect back - check. If it doesn’t help / doesn’t help completely, we repeat the operation by additionally increasing the thickness of the gasket, but without fanaticism.

Pros

+ Gyroscope, everything. It gives additional control options in some games, but in the vast majority it is still not used. + Easy to disassemble for repair / cleaning / battery replacement + Lightweight + Holds a charge for a long time even with a not very capacious 500 mAh battery at 5V DC. T. + Unlike the 360 gamepad, it comes with this very rechargeable battery, I don’t know, maybe it’s different now, but when I bought the Xbox, the controller came with AA batteries and the battery had to be bought separately. + Easily and without additional equipment connects to many other devices besides the Sony PS3 console and, with the proper set of crutches, works quietly as a gamepad.

Cons

- Cheap to the touch, though not slippery plastic - The convex surface of the sticks gives less grip than the concave pad on the x360 after the palms sweat. - The stroke of pressing the sticks is very small and during the rotation of the stick it is very inconvenient to press it. - Perhaps the most important disadvantage of those that I found: a disgusting engineering solution for attaching buttons / stick cables to the board. The cable is fixed exclusively with plastic legs of the case and a gasket. Contact with the board is made by simply touching the cable to the contacts of the board. At the same time, the board is fixed with the help of a battery by the second half of the case. It all works just fine, until the slightest backlash appears on the gamepad from the wear of the case / gaskets. Because of it, the relative immobility of the cable and the motherboard can be disturbed, which leads to self-pressing or incorrectly recognized button presses, especially when using the left stick, since the cable is located on the left, next to the LEDs. In the commentary, the method of treatment in the event of this sore.