Dual Shock controller and Gioteck

Mini-review on the Gioteck Real triggers for the PlayStation 3 controller.

Most of Sony’s fans, and more so haters, are fully aware of the misfit scheme for their game-controllers. Do you ever get tired of your fingertip slipping off the L2/R2 shoulder-buttons when you’re about to frag someone in Resistance 2, or when you’re onto an awesome Burnout? I know I do.

I’ve found the solution to this, and it has been out for a while. The “flick” started out to only have intentions to be a “little extra” for the PlayStation Magazine UK’ trusty readers – but has turned out to be one of the best gadgets/mods for your PS3 (pressure on controller) to hit earth this far.

What the Gioteck triggers does is adding grip on the shoulder-buttons, the mod may look horribly cheap (and it is); but it works wonders! It makes your shoulder-button arch out under your fingers and actually supporting them as they struggle to keep onto the surface of the shoulder-button itself. In addition the Gioteck triggers makes the controller feel more compact and adult-friendly as a whole, it’s just great.

Product – Gioteck Real Triggers

The package itself isn’t anything fancy (It comes in a grey/black/red-designed cardboard box). I live in Norway, so I bought them from a Norwegian netshop called Gamezone, I am sure GioTeck have their products in a lot of other shops around the world as well though!

They costed 60,- NOK, which is like 8$ USD or 7£ GBP. Not a lot and I can tell you right now: It’s so worth it if you’re annoyed by the fingerslipping problem.

Before applying the mod

R2 and L2 shoulder buttons tend to slip “out” of your grip whenever you rely on them – This is annoying and should never have been added to the final design, even if Sony has stayed with the same scheme since PlayStation 1.

After applying the mod

Shoulder buttons now curving out from your fingers instead of “into” like the old shoulder buttons did – Resulting in a much tighter grip and a more compact feel overall. The way a controller should sit and feel in your hand.

The good

+ Relatively cheap
+ Makes the controller feel so more comfortable and compact
+ Your shoulder-button fingers won’t slip no more
+ Easy to attach, just clip them on and go

The bad
- Looks cheap (It is cheap, so not really that much of a minus)