PS3 SIXAXIS mod: Xbox joysticks on Dual Shock controller

Talk about wanting the best of both worlds: gamer mmmonkey wasn’t getting along with his PlayStation 3 controller because his thumbs kept slipping off the thumbsticks. The solution? He got a donor original Xbox controller and replaced its joysticks with the PS3’s (pictured left).

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Talk about wanting the best of both worlds: Gamer mmmonkey wasn’t getting along with his PlayStation 3 controller because his thumbs kept slipping off the thumbsticks. The solution? He got a donor original Xbox controller and replaced its joysticks with the PS3’s.

The basic idea is simple, even if the execution wasn’t as quick and painless. First he had to open up and rip out the joysticks from the original Xbox controller, then he had to pry open the PS3’s Dual Shock 3 SIXAXIS controller, which is a sensitive process in itself.

Because of the physical differences of the two joysticks, he also had to do some more intricate mods to the joysticks themselves. He filed off a small section of the pole the thumbstick is attached to and widened the hole in the thumbstick to make the two fit together.

Then there’s the whole “fitting the whole thing back together” part, following some good records of what goes where and how it’s attached. You could try this for yourselves but judging from the sensitive work that goes into it you may have to prepare a controller-shaped coffin just in case.

In case you’re wondering, mmmonkey’s controller survived the operation. Head over to his site (linked below) for more details on how the mod was done.