[Hey everyone, is the new design good? I'm personally loving it {is a sucker for solid black with white text} Everyone can feel free to leave their feedback on the sites' new design here. Don't worry, nobody will be mad, I promise ^^. In other news, I was playing my PS2 and noticed the circle button wasn't doing so hot, so I dismantled it and attempted to diagnose the problem, something I've done a few times with PS2 controllers, and dozens of times with multiple systems in total. It was then that Sony's decision to cheapen everything really started to piss me off when I looked inside what used to be the best controller ever made. Instead of three circuit boards, there are two; the main one has been altered to suit their cheapass 'sock it to our shitty fans' standards. The setup used to be simple; there was a main board where all your buttons pressed into. Your buttons are attached to rubber pads, which press into sensory spots on the main PCB. Now, they have put in a very thin, clear plastic module with the sensory panels on it, and under that another set of panels]

[Here's where it hits you hard. Wanna know why my button wasn't working very well? It wasn't a broken pad, or a piece of plastic that had popped out. It was the fact that the thin plastic sheet with the sensory spots on it was so flimsy that it wasn't staying flat against the board, and so the sensory spot for the circle button wasn't lined up properly. Even more interesting was that I couldn't get the damn piece of shit to stay flat, and there was no room for me to tape it down. I am understanding of a piece of plastic breaks or a rubber bad tears; comes with the territory. But a plastic pad that won't stay flat is causing my button issues? This I cannot ignore. This is unforgivable. Sony Dualshock II controllers were the BEST on the market. They were comfortable and durable as hell, and heavy in your hands to boot. Now they are half the weight with cheaper parts that get air pockets in them. I am disgusted beyond belief]

[There is light at the end of the tunnel for me, at least. Sony has released the PS3 a few months ago, and very soon I will be on the 30 day countdown to D-day, when I finally purchase one. I'm excited to say the least, but their controller shenanigans leaves me wondering...what's next? I love Sony, I really do. Their main console disappointed me a lot, and was way too expensive, sure, but I've always followed that pattern with them. The system comes out, I realize there's not games I want for a while, and wait for them to 'patch things up' for a while. My issue is the direction they are taking with their hardware. PSone and old models of the PS2 controllers are outliving modern PS2 and even PS3 controllers. I don't know about you, but I think there's something wrong with that picture. I really do] -[AT9]