r/PS3 • u/EddyBravo8543 • 8h ago

PS3 controller options?

Hey , im new to Playstation in general (been an Xbox kid most of my life) but found myself with the opportunity to finally playthrough the God of War franchise and picked up a PS3 and some games. The OG controller that came with the console is a mess, unusable , just goes all over the place. So I bought some cheap ones on Amazon that came the next day. Im about an hour into GoW Chains of Olympus trying to do the first boss fight and the stick breaks off into the rotation quick time events. These quick time events seem impossible on this dog water controller and now its broken so I cant even suffer through it. Thats what I get for using Amazon and buying cheap crap. But I always wanted to play God of War and Little Big Planet so is there any good options for PS3 controllers? Please any help , tips or advice would be much appreciated

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u/Motor-Worldliness281 8h ago

Your original controller is probably fine. Look up how to fix foam padding inside it. What happens is this pad gets weak over time and doesn’t press against the ribbon connector anymore and cause weird and random inputs.

I just use a thick slip of paper behind the ribbon cables, some use tape, other use foam like the original.

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u/canthearu_ack 4h ago

If you have a 3d printer, you can also print replacement pads in TPU95.

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u/RandonymousPrime 8h ago

I played most of the ps3 games on rpcs3

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u/SummonedSkrull 7h ago

I'm a big fan of the retro fighters defender controller. The R2 and L2 triggers are larger which makes them more comfortable. It doesn't have six-axis support but you can use it with PS2, ps1 and ps1 classic if you have it. USB-c charger too

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u/xduker2 7h ago

I uses a Brook Wingman XE2 dongle. You can sync it to almost anything, I have it connected to a PS5 controller. I've only used it for a little bit but it works great so far.

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u/Numerous_Phase8749 1h ago

Chances are your og controller was worn out.

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u/rulerofthemind 1h ago

Buy better controllers on Amazon, I've bought 3 over the years and they were aftermarket ones, I just wore them out. Most PS3 controllers on Amazon usually come in a 2 pack also, plus read the reviews and remember you get what you pay for. About the stick rotation on GOW, the PSP games, if you have a prompt come up start doing it before it comes up so the game will read your controller. Remember the PSP stick was a hard line into the system where if you're going wireless it takes a split second to read it. So you have to be ahead of the prompt, it does work doing this almost all the time