I bought this for my son, but I have used it quite a bit myself. First the controller is wireless which is awesome, no wires to deal with. I'm not into gaming much, but even with my lack of knowledge, I had no problem getting the controller working with the Playstation3. I put new batteries in the controller when we got it. The controller gets used a lot and we have yet to change them. The battery usage / life seems to be good also. We do not keep the blue L.E.D.'s burning so that may help with the battery life. I can't say anything negative. This has been a great controller for our family.