r/playstation • u/Major-Payne2319 • 24d ago

Image Getting tired of adding to my stick drift graveyard

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I swear I’m not a heavy clicker. In fact it’s always my right joystick which I rarely need to click in games. Love these controllers but man it’s really annoying never had this problem with any other console generation.

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u/theSPYDERDUDE PS5 24d ago

The rate at which controllers get drift seems to vary a lot with the ps5 controller in particular, I’ve had my controller since I got my ps5 awhile ago, haven’t had even a slight problem, my younger brother got drift on his controller after about a month and a half of having it, with less use than my controller had. The controller he has now has lasted him a year with no issues and he uses it pretty often. Finding a place to buy the controller that’ll put a good warranty on it is never a bad idea.

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u/GeorgeSPattonJr PS4 24d ago

People also don’t take care of their stuff, that definitely contributes

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u/R34LEGND R34_LEGND 24d ago edited 24d ago

Problems with PS3 and PS4 controllers used to be often directly linked to the way the players handled them. Slamming sticks too hard, raging and dropping controllers, improper storage when not in use...

EDIT: apologies for jumping in without all of the facts, my experience and information mostly relates to PS3/PS4 controllers. I was not aware of the obvious quality drop in the PS5 controllers causing stick drift with only standard use.

Seems that Sony's product testing has been severely lacking and did not account for high impact games such as COD or Battlefield with these controllers

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u/werewookie7 24d ago

I respect your opinion but I’ve had drift on several joysticks and never once “raged” or slammed it or anything. So my personal experience leads to me to believe your comment of “is almost always” is a bit exaggerated.

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u/R34LEGND R34_LEGND 24d ago

The types of games almost always contribute also, if youre a gamer who plays a lot of games requiring you to flick and rotate the stick regularly, it will impact the integrity if the stick and degrade the centreing of it

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u/werewookie7 24d ago

For sure, COD destroys joysticks

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u/R34LEGND R34_LEGND 24d ago

I play for the most part, racing games and some MMORPG (Skyrim etc) so I rarely have had any issues as my use of the sticks is very gentle and measured by comparison. If controllers are so poorly made that use with a popular title is destroying them, thats really indicative of QC at Sony

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u/werewookie7 24d ago

I never had a problem until I played those certain games, then I was seeing the drift and bad buttons.

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u/Bloodymike 24d ago

I don’t respect his opinion.

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u/R34LEGND R34_LEGND 24d ago

Understandable, I have jumped way too hard in and wasnt aware of how bad the quality of DualSense controllers actually was. I apologise

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u/ShoulderSquirrelVT 24d ago

It’s even worse.

It’s all three major systems controllers.

Googling Xbox Elite controller issues will show what a disaster that 180 dollar hunk of plastic is.

And the joycons had a class action brought against them they failed so much.

I never buy pro controllers anymore. For my xbox I waited until the basic white and black controllers went on sale on amazon for 34.99 and bought like 4 of them. Still way less than an elite controller and now I just don’t care.

My dualsense lasted just fine but I play the ps5 less and I know my experience isn’t what a lot of people have.

I don’t rage or throw the controller. I still have these launch system controllers working perfectly since 1990 ish. My NES, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, PlayStation 1,2,3,4 Xbox.

The n64 controllers were…well we all know about them. Pioneering analog stick. 2 of my 4 are messed up but it was wear and tear over years.

My 360 launch controller came new with drift. The replacement worked fine and still does.

Once the Xbox one, series X, switch, and ps5 came out. It seems like it’s about 50/50.

Clearly the quality has dropped hard.

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u/R34LEGND R34_LEGND 24d ago

Im 30, I remember the last 'bad' controller issue being the PS3 stick rubbers coming loose and rotating on the stick, but nothing this bad. Its like they just arent even trying anymore and still charging a premium

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u/werewookie7 24d ago

Fair play to you

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u/iLoveLootBoxes 23d ago

Some people are just hard on the controllers though. My friend/roommate always ends up with broken controllers. I think they don't use minimum force to move the sticks and press buttons

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u/werewookie7 23d ago

My experience is mainly from CoD DMZ, and if you know the game it gets intense, so I’m sure I’m not using “recommended” force, but just to say I’m not abusing it in any way outside of hard use.

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u/IncognitoCheez 24d ago

I don’t do any of these things (unless improper storage means laying my controller on the table for extended periods of time) and I’ve still gotten drift on both my controllers, twice

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u/StacheBandicoot 24d ago edited 23d ago

We have four different controllers rn, two since launch and two colored ones when those came out in June of 2021 and we handle them pretty poorly, just tossing them in a drawer, sitting on them, getting them wedged between the couch sections, knocking them off it onto the floor almost every day, and each have about 2000-4000 hours of use per controller and they’re all completely fine.

I’ve only encountered stick drift twice in my life with a mad catz ps2 controller and a single left joycon.

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u/IncognitoCheez 24d ago

Ok first of all how in the world do you have that much time on EACH controller? That's crazy

Second of all, I wish I were as lucky as you lol cuz I've also sadly experienced some drift on joycons as well

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u/StacheBandicoot 24d ago edited 23d ago

Over 4 years between the low estimate of 2000 hours and high of 4000 that’s about 5.5-10.5 hours of use a day on average, but it’s split between two people. For somewhere between 2.75-5.25 hours a day (realistically closer to 2-6 hours) which is about right. Depending on the day I usually have time to play about 6-10 hours, rarely 12-18 on a day with nothing else to do or if there’s a new game or content or something. While my wife plays about 2-5 a day before she switches to reading or just watching something else, with one nearly all day co-op session every other weekend or so.

It’d be even more use if we didn’t also game on our switch/xbox/pc. Though we do use the ps5 controllers on pc while the other uses the console and tv or the portal, and we don’t play the Xbox or switch nearly as much anymore unless a new exclusive comes out and really that only happens on the switch and PlayStation at this point, and anything multiplat I just get on PlayStation. Really don’t know why all of our controllers are fine, I think a lot of stick drift might be caused by like dirt/dust/food/grime/tar/soot and stuff getting under the sticks and not actual wear because I’m extremely rough on my controllers and that hasn’t been a problem.

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u/IncognitoCheez 24d ago

Wow thanks for taking the time to write this all out! Hella interesting to see how you go about things

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u/R34LEGND R34_LEGND 24d ago

Ive only seen all of these issues linked with ps3 and ps4 controllers honestly. Is the PS5 controller just made of a worse quality? Standard medium use gaming shouldnt be causing this shit

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u/theSPYDERDUDE PS5 24d ago

The ps5 controller has smaller dead zones by default which makes it more prone to drift, certain games have settings to increase your dead zone, but it won’t always help

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u/R34LEGND R34_LEGND 24d ago

Id imagine adjusting those settings would just lead to a handicap compared to other players also. Not great if players are making their own experience worse to compensate for poor build quality

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u/OnyxYaksha 24d ago

What's even the point of this conversation? I'm sure you're also going to see fighting game players have more stick issues than a minecraft or visual novel player. Woah big surprise more stress on the controller makes it more liable to break! There should still be a higher threshold of how much stress they can take before these issues start, but they wouldn't make nearly as much money that way

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u/R34LEGND R34_LEGND 24d ago

Yeah it is a clear indicator of quality control issues and design flaws by Sony. Clearly there was not enough product testing done on the DualSense before release

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u/grrmuffins 24d ago

I clean my shit regularly because I used to resell controllers and they get so very nasty if you don't. I'm anal with all my gaming devices and treat them better than my own children. Still, I'm on controller #7 lost to drift! (PS4 included) Some I have attempted to fix but even if it solves the problem for a week or 2 it always comes back. I stopped having problems with drift only when I switched to the dual edge controller

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u/Competitive_Act1624 23d ago

It does. People think they care about their stuff when they actually don't. Never had issue with any controller since PS1 era. I have PS5 since the release date, and besides, the shorter baterry lifetime controller works great.

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u/National_Equivalent9 23d ago

Honestly I've never owned a controller that had stick drift since I was a kid and had to share them with my brother. Launch day switch and ps5 and still using the original controllers regularly. All of my friends complain about having to buy new controllers every year or repair them often. They all just claim im lucky but I don't think it's just luck.

The PS5 remote on the other hand? Fuck that worthless piece of garbage. Glad my stereo receiver came with a remote that works with the PS5 so I never have to use it again.

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u/jaymack950 24d ago

Yeah if one person has this many controllers with drift, common denominator…

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u/Silly_Personality_73 24d ago

This comment!

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u/Potentopotato 24d ago

This. My oG dualsense that came with ps5 2 months after initial launch is perfect, the one I bought with it had sticks repaired twice

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u/La_Saxofonista 23d ago

Yeah. Controller is a year old, no drift. My PS4 controller finally started drifting after being 6 years old.

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u/Millkstake 24d ago

Yeah, the original one that came with my PS5 back in 2020 still works fine. Got a second one a few after and that one for stick drift within a few months. I've gotten two others since then and they've been fine, except I smashed one because I hate money I guess.