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[knguyen]

These things are not made with the best quality materials. However, I have two xbox controllers on PC that still good after a few years, and my ps4 controllers are still the original one that come with the console. I'm more of a calm person when it comes to playing games, i don't smash the buttons and sticks in rage or panic like many people do.

 

[acm2000]

I've had many Switch joycons (I kind of collect them because I'm stupid) and have never had a problem. Now, my son has had two go on him. So, I have seen it.

kids will be kids, heavy handed as fuck.

ive always used analog sticks as theyre meant to be used, smoothly, no need to crank them all over the place smashing the sides.

 

[rm082e]

I've only had one that developed drift personally, but my 13yo son has had two go out on him. He's very hard on controllers though, so now I make him split the cost with me.

What's annoyed me more than stick drift specifically is just the incredibly fragile parts they use to build these expensive controllers. I bought an Elite V2 for use on my PC and after playing Elden Ring, the RB started to wear out and become unreliable. I took it apart based on a YouTube video and found it's just a thin film of plastic that provides the resistance on that button. The film gets stretched out and stops providing enough resistance. And you can't buy that little film piece separately. Ugh.

DS wasn't any better when my son had a trigger go floppy on him. Turned out he broke the hair-thin spring that provided resistance. Thankfully I was able to salvage one from another controller that had stick drift, but Jesus that spring was so fragile. Hard for me to believe they designed it that way on purpose.

 

[Hashassin]

The absolute best joystick is... The PS vita.

I've had this thing for nearly a decade, played on it an extraordinary amount of times, including games like ninja gaiden 1 and 2 on master ninja. I don't think there's a more stick busting game than that.

And the sticks are still absolutely fine. Had to replace the the battery once and nothing else. The quality is absolutely available. you just need to keep paying, and keep paying more, you fatty eating cheetos.

 

[Icymanipulator]

3 PlayStation 5 controllers I've had have gotten stuck drift
2 joycons have stuck drift and an Xbox controller for PC has kept getting the bumpers stuck and regularly lose Bluetooth connection or repeat inputs.

This has been the worst generation for controllers I've ever experienced.

 

[mayham2199]

Need a new controller for my PS5 pro. I'm not a good person to complain about it though because I literally drop my on tile so much. Just got a wireless headset so hopefully I stop dropping my controllers. The cord to my headset was the main cause for most of the drops.

3 plantation 5 controllers I've had have gotten stuck drift
2 joycons have stuck drift and an Xbox controller for PC has kept getting the bumpers stuck and regularly lose Bluetooth connection or repeat inputs.

This has been the worst generation for controllers I've ever experienced.

The Xbox controller disconnecting is one of the top reasons I got rid of my PC. It was driving me crazy.

 

[Sethbacca]

never meet any, sometimes, I wonder how hard people playing with their controllers?

I'm pretty gentle on my shit and have still gone through a dual sense. The problem is just inherent to the technology.

The problem with 3rd party controls is they don't often have all the advanced features that are basic in the dualsense. I'm not sure I'm willing to trade the adaptive triggers in the dual sense for hall effect sticks.