They keep getting stick drift at insane rates (anecdotal evidence), which sony ensures is a great pain to get fixed, assuming you're in warranty.
Ive just replaced one stick in my friends ds5 with the hall effect type, which should outlast the rest of the controller and cost £1.50 (which I'm sure would be less wholesale).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I've got the feeling that drift is an issue that is becoming more prevalent more and more.

I have controllers from ps1 and ps2 that work flawlessly nowadays. But the more current the controller the more probable it has stick drift.

I'm not all for conspiracies. But I wouldn't be surprised if this is a lightning bulbs type of pact to introduce programmed obsolescence on a product that otherwise would just last forever without need to buy replacements.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You gotta think to the degree of control the ps2 had is very much a drop in the bucket to the sensitivity of new controlers. I think they have complicated things to much so a ever so slight drift which used to not even register is now being picked up.

The biggest thing all consoles could do is make a dead zone calibration tool. It would allows people experiencing stick drift to reduce the detection of movement prolongibg the life of a controler

[–] filcuk 2 points 2 months ago

You're still rubbing a conductor against a resistor - that will wear out due to physical contact no matter what.

Calibration would be a good.

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