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Bought a PS3 Controller how can I tell if it is a knockoff?
I bought a PS3 controller black color, I think it is original I can tell from the smoothness of the joystick.
Also the buttons (Start, Select, Home, square, triangle,circle, X) sink a little more when I press them and the black color is slight light color. Moreover at the back label says DC 5V = 500mA. However the one I got with the fat PlayStation 3 the black color is more black and weights just slightly a bit more and the buttons don't sink as much? At the back label says DC 3.7V = 300mA. So how can I tell for certain if it is or it is not a knockoff? Last edited by Dmugen; 01-04-2013 at 10:43 AM. |
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Search the serial code on the internet?
It can be that they make slight changes to the controllers in time.
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I got bogus controllers trying to be cheap and learned the hard way. Then I found this afterwards:
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Usually on the underside to the right of the screw hole is a tiny pin hole, this resets the controller (forgets PS3 its sync'd to) if its legit, or does nothing, because there is no button behind it, if it's fake IIRC.
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Weight difference might be that one is with vibration and the other not?
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I did look at the model number and I did find it on the net in the community eu playstation.
Do they also put original/real model number on the knockoffs? |
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Here's another with better pics to go by:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/gen...cial-ones.html
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my dualshock 3 is also 5v, i think the other one is 3,7a because it does not vibrate,
that would also explain the weight difference, and also why do you care about this??? i mean if its works as it should why the f*ck you even care about this?? 
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