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[LegendOfKage]

Another Dualsense with stick drift after a year of use. I have never seen anything like this and I've been playing games for almost 4 decades. This is my fourth controller and now I will have to buy a new one because it's very uncomfortable to play with this issue.

I want to ask you, how is the experience with the Xbox controller? Is it worth it?

I am thinking of getting one for pc and not buying Sony controllers ever again

Either one of these will be a much better choice for a PS5 controller than anything Sony makes.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Thanks for the tips. I definitely need to experiment a bit. One thing I have noticed while playing is that I push by accident sometimes the back buttons of the controller. I would like to deactivate that so I'll check how to do that as well.

Thanks everyone who recommended me this controller, its definitely a great choice

Back buttons do nothing by default. You have to map them to work. It takes some getting used to, but once you do, there's no going back to controller with no extra buttons at the back.

 

[BeardSpike]

Are the joysticks good? Better quality than Dualsense? I am seeing this controller in a nearby shop. I might just get this one then

Thread 'Controllers |OT| It's the Hall-Effect Life!' https://www.neogaf.com/threads/controllers-ot-its-the-hall-effect-life.1689789/

Drop-in into official GAF controllers OT for further suggestions and a good read. I personally didn't like Ultimate 2 that much. But I'm liking Gamesir G7 Pro so far.

 

[Topher]

Either one of these will be a much better choice for a PS5 controller than anything Sony makes.

That Raiju doesn't have haptics so that's a no go. Hex Gaming is interesting, but expensive.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Man, this thread is really going in circles and I have to wonder why.

Gonzito specifically mentions the use of the Sony DS and its quality (or lack thereof) and people start suggesting various 3rd party joypads with varying degrees of prices...

Meanwhile, the best course of action is literally finding someone on ebay and just have his DSs fixed with HAL/TMR sticks and just be done with it.

It's both the most cost effective solution AND the most practical one since he enjoys the ergonomics of the DS.

I feel that at this point, it's just discussion for discussion's sake.

 

[Miles708]

I remember years ago stick drift was covered by the manufacturer warranty. Is it still the case?

 

[Giallo Corsa]

I remember years ago stick drift was covered by the manufacturer warranty. Is it still the case?

During its warranty period, yes

 

[mdkirby]

Another Dualsense with stick drift after a year of use. I have never seen anything like this and I've been playing games for almost 4 decades. This is my fourth controller and now I will have to buy a new one because it's very uncomfortable to play with this issue.

I want to ask you, how is the experience with the Xbox controller? Is it worth it?

I am thinking of getting one for pc and not buying Sony controllers ever again

I've had several failed duelsenses, so I got the edge, I've had two sticks fail on that but you just swap in new ones.

Xbox I barely play, like at all, vs ps5 daily for years. Even so, when I got the xbox, I played the medium, and halo infinite and I got stick drift on one controller, bought the elite, and whilst I don't have stick drift, the A button is unresponsive like 30% of the time. Far less heavy use vs the PlayStation, overall the elite I find really rather shitty, only nice thing about it is the weight, which makes it feel premium…had to disable vibration as it was really awful.

Despite the issues, the duelsense and edge in particular is the best controller I've ever use. The sticks in all modern controllers just seem shit and are prone to failure. Just get the edge and a couple packs of spare sticks (before you need them, because you will need them and they're not always easy to get)

 

[Miles708]

During its warranty period, yes

Nice. Then, depending on OP's location, he could have 2 years to get a replacement

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Nice. Then, depending on OP's location, he could have 2 years to get a replacement

He's in Europe so he can ask for repairs/a replacement, thing is, this will happen AGAIN since the quality is absolutely abysmal, hence me saying again that the only, proper course of action is finding a guy on Ebay that replaces the Alps modules for HAL/TMR ones...

That's what I did and I couldn't be happier - it had gotten so bad that I stopped using the L3 and R3 buttons (analogue stick "click") altogether and started to reassign the sprint function to any other button as it's one of the culprits for stick drift (dust and grime basically gets pushed into the potentiometers), I can't even begin to imagine how bad it must get for people that actually play for hours on end first person shooters like COD.

 

[Gonzito]

He's in Europe so he can ask for repairs/a replacement, thing is, this will happen AGAIN since the quality is absolutely abysmal, hence me saying again that the only, proper course of action is finding a guy on Ebay that replaces the Alps modules for HAL/TMR ones...

That's what I did and I couldn't be happier - it had gotten so bad that I stopped using the L3 and R3 buttons (analogue stick "click") altogether and started to reassign the sprint function to any other button as it's one of the culprits for stick drift (dust and grime basically gets pushed into the potentiometers), I can't even begin to imagine how bad it must get for people that actually play for hours on end first person shooters like COD.

Honestly I've been playing for a few hours with this new controller and I dont miss at all the Dualsense lol. This one is great, very confortable and the battery life seems to be great compared with the Sony controller. So although this post went a bit off topic, I am actually glad I got this controller. I just hope that there wont be sticker drift long term. We'll see

 

[8BiTw0LF]

Look up Hall Effect fix on marketplace. There should be someone near you who can switch the modules in your controller. I've been using my modded controller for over 2 years now without any problems

 

[zephyrHU]

Actually the official Xbox series controller has same problems with the drift because both (MS/Sony) use the same "Alps Alpine" sticks for their controllers. I have my switches changed by "controller repair guy " to the hall effect version of the sticks. This is the solution. I have been playing this hall effect DS controller for 3 years and 'am satisfied with it. I never had any problem with the buttons and the dpad...

 

[Portugeezer]

Two years in the stick drift caused an untimely death falling from a ledge in Elden Ring.

After that, I beat the shit out of the controller and it fixed the drift.

Probably drifts the opposite way now and cancels out