MarshMellow96
Member
That guy must be a southpaw: I've barely worn my left 360 stick after a few years. It's mostly the right one that goes.
DS4 thumb sticks might have a problem?
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dungtongue
Neo Member
How do you even scratch the thumbsticks so much through normal play?
Red Chocobo
Banned
Amen. I've been through enough generations to see a pattern.
Over the next month or two, we are going to be seeing so many people complaining about tech issues with these new consoles.
Looks like the DS4 uses a very similar surface material for the thumbsticks as the DS3. I have a hard time believing this issue to be genuine. If so it might just be a defect in his controller. Notice that it's only the left stick that is worn. Seriously, that stick looks like it has had years upon years of rough usage. Highly suspect, imo.
You DON'T eat them? I've been doing it all wrong.
curlycare
Member
This. Looks weird, like it was scratched with some sharp object.
Edit: And ew, he should have considered wiping it with some cloth before taking the pic
Indeed, fools buy launch consoles.
Wow, the one guy experienced this on three controllers.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
What the flying fuck?
No. I have been using my DS4 vigorously and it looks nothing like that.
No. I have been using my DS4 vigorously and it looks nothing like that.
biggersmaller
Banned
I dunno, I love the rush and I think the 360 just gave launches a bad name.
Bought launch Dreamcast, PS2, and PS3 and they lasted a long ass time. I sold the Dreamcast in 2002, the PS2 was heavily damaged in a hot car after a week of cooking (and still worked for another year in 2004), and the 60 GB PS3 was sold to GameStop after showing signs of failure last year.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
Does the person have claws?
Red Chocobo
Banned
I'm going to assume not every DS4 manufactured suffers from shitty rubberized sticks. The PS4 lottery is on!
You're right. The DS4 is highly suspicious. Lots of people have commented about this controller's shady behavior.
biggersmaller
Banned
I hope it's not true. If it is, it would likely be a short-term problem and also covered under warranty.
RROD this is not (again, if even true).
RROD this is not (again, if even true).
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
Twitch caster MANvsGame was using the DS4 for a few days and commented on the rubber wearing away in about ~20 hrs of use (a few casts).
Lemonte
Member
I have kind of same problem with 360 thumb sticks. I'm pressing left stick way too hard to the right when playing trackmania2 and the rubber just crumbles off. 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0yce9epx6qi4pr3/2013-11-08 15.07.46.jpg
Those damn things just fall apart in a month... Hopefully DS4 sticks last a little bit longer.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0yce9epx6qi4pr3/2013-11-08 15.07.46.jpg
Those damn things just fall apart in a month... Hopefully DS4 sticks last a little bit longer.
Liamario
Banned
I was thinking the same thing as well. Why the hell would the stick be scratched?! It honestly looks like he was using his nail to scratch the edge off.
Also, there appears to be zero wear on the right stick.
Could be a bad batch?
Felsparrow
Neo Member
With the softness of the tip plastic they use, I can see someone with an exceptionally heavy touch that uses a lot of thumb surface area wearing it down like fine grit sandpaper, just from pressure and the grit of your fingerprint.
We'll have to see how bad it is, and yes, if it is widespread from normal use then Sony will have to do something like produce replacement pads or free repairs.
Either way, not too concerned.
I would kind of rather have these excellent and grippy soft plastic stick pads and risk extra wear, than to go back to crappy old PS3 plastic pads.
We'll have to see how bad it is, and yes, if it is widespread from normal use then Sony will have to do something like produce replacement pads or free repairs.
Either way, not too concerned.
I would kind of rather have these excellent and grippy soft plastic stick pads and risk extra wear, than to go back to crappy old PS3 plastic pads.
Not sure why the official playstation magazine would make it up.
Looks like it. Seems like there are multiple accounts of it happening. I wonder if there is just a high faulty rate with that type of material they are using.
killatopak
Member
GG Sony. You just lost the console war. You should delay your launch to 2016 or the fans will get angry.
Maybe but you heard the same stuff with the PS3 controller and the 360 controller. Despite having 9 Xbox 360 controllers and 3 PS3 controllers and using them for a long time, I've never seen them get even close to the stuff you see people posting. Now I just automatically assume people abuse the shit out their controller or work with battery acid but forget to wash their hands.
EDIT: As mentioned below, picture in OP actually looks like it has been sanded down.
gutterboy44
Member
Yeah, when you sand off the rubber that tends to happen. Nice sanding scuffs on the left and mint condition rubber on the right.
SHADES
Member
Was browsing the PS4 subreddit and some guy was talking about his DS4 thumb sticks falling apart. He even included a picture:
Add onto that, here's a video from the official PS mag which talks about the issue.
Have any GAFers experienced this?
Link to the reddit post: http://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/1q66h4/the_sticks_on_the_ps4_controller_ive_had_for_2/
After paying £115 for a scuf animal (360) only to have the thumbs sticks wear like this I'm fully converted to Kontrolfreaks now so personally this won't be a problem for me.
Kun Aguero
Member
The left stick is covered in scratch marks, looks like it was deliberately damaged to me.
IAmRandom31
Banned
So one guy busts his controller and somehow that means the entire allotment of millions is defective? Nice!
reptilescorpio
Member
Mine couldn't even withstand being thrown out of a moving car. Sony got lazy.
That reminds me. There are vids of people testing the WiiU gamepad by dropping it at different angles on concrete. The thing survived every time and worked perfectly.