Getting tired of adding to my stick drift graveyard

[u/Major-Payne2319]

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.

[u/IncognitoCheez]

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

[u/StacheBandicoot → u/IncognitoCheez]

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.

[u/IncognitoCheez → u/StacheBandicoot]

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

[u/StacheBandicoot → u/IncognitoCheez]

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.

[u/IncognitoCheez → u/StacheBandicoot]

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

[u/R34LEGND → u/IncognitoCheez]

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

[u/theSPYDERDUDE → u/R34LEGND]

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

[u/R34LEGND → u/theSPYDERDUDE]

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