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  • July 19, 2010

    Digital Chumps just reviewed our full line of Afterglow controllers, they gave them a glowing review! Check out some of the highlights below and visit the link at the bottom for the full review.

    Afterglow AP.1 for the PlayStation 3

    Now, the best part of the controller was how the analog sticks were placed. Call me crazy, but this design was very close to the positioning of the ‘c’ button on the Gamecube controller. This design, again, was one of the better designs in gaming history and it was nearly the same feeling with the Afterglow AP.1. Very comfortable, more so than the PS3 controller from Sony. Amazing, if you think about it.

    Afterglow AX.1 for the Xbox 360

    This is a Microsoft licensed controller and is eerily similar to the official controller. You have pretty much all the buttons in their original places (analog sticks are where they should be, the directional pad is about the same size, etc.)…

    Afterglow Aw.1 & AW. 2 for the Wii

    The Afterglow AW.1 does have two differences, as the 1/2 buttons are no longer vertical, as they are diagonal and the +/- buttons have changed places…

    Editor review

    Happiness is a glowing controller

    While glowing is the first glamor for these controllers, comfort is a very close second. I think that PDP has hit the mark with most of their designs, especially with button and analog stick placement. I think that the Wii controllers could use another round of thoughts.

    (Overall) Rating: 8.3 - Design: 7.0 - Functionality: 8.0 - Value: 10.0 -  Tilt: 8.0 

    Design: While I’m not overly thrilled with the Wii remotes, I think the Xbox 360 and PS3 Afterglow controllers are an improvement. Despite that they sport cords, they’re still nice and comfortable to use. The glowing is pretty cool as well and adds some much needed personality to the PDP devices.

    Functionality: You can see that each controller had some thought put into it; most of the thoughts worked out really well.

    Value: You can’t beat the value of these. You get some glow added to some very inexpensive controllers. With nearly have the cost of the originals, the PDP Afterglow set really hits the mark.

    Full review available at Digital Chumps.

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  • July 21, 2010

    Super exciting!

    by tehgblock
  • January 19, 2011

    my husband bought one of these for our xbox for christmas. we have only been using it about 3 weeks and the buttons are already sticking and the B button barely works anymore not to mention the plug in for the headset only fits certain ones and does not fit the chat pad. they are poor quality and i will never waste my money on another one!

    by km123
  • March 05, 2011

    These controllers are a rip-off., ya there pretty to look at but only work for show not for playing video games; My boyfriend & I just bought one for PS3 & the controls were so messed up that the pretty glow seemed like such a waste of money.

    by Elisa
  • April 23, 2011

    YEA THESE CONRTROLLERS SUCK, YOU CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ORINGNAL XBOX CONTROLLER AND THE GLOW ONES THE GLOW ONES ARE SLOW WHEN AIMING AND ANY MULTI-PLAYER GAME

    by ADAM STARLING
  • December 15, 2011

    I wish they had a yellow one. If you guys ever come out with new ones (do to the poor comments below). I would defiantly take a yellow and/or white one for xbox.

    by Romii
  • December 22, 2011

    These controllers are good. They may have some little defects but the company stands behind their product. Its definatly worth it. i give this a 5 of 5.

    by David Inniss