Thursday, May 01, 2008

Making the PS3 Controller Better

I have complaints with the PS3 controller. The analog sticks and triggers are convex, which means, after playing for awhile, my fingers tend to slip off them.  Note that the 360 controller does not have this problem at all.

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So aside from Sony doing a redesign of the controller, which doesn't seem like is ever going to happen, what can be done now?

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You can buy some of these analog stick grips:

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Or some of these really goofy looking ones:

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Around May 16th or so, you can buy these trigger grips (unfortunately, only as part of a package with "Controller Armor"):

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If only I knew how to make my own grips. I could possibly make a trigger out of clay, then super glue it...

But... in the end, this is probably the ultimate PS3 controller solution:

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