But he managed to replace the charging circuitry with some of his own. When cleaning the insides of the controller he found there were numerous deposits of sludge which he attributes to spilled soda.

So in a few weeks, you may want to give Pelican’s Controller Charging Station a whirl. In a modern, tiered design, this station can charge up to four PS3 controllers via mini USB.

Sony debuts a USB charger for PS3 controllers in Japan. But it only serves to point out some annoyances that continue to plague the PS3.

The original Charge Base for PS3 charged four controllers and costs a bit more than this one, I don't know about you, but I don't have 4 controllers sitting around.