The PS5 controller is one of the worst i've ever used. But it's to be expected. We have to have them so ofc they make them trash and make you have to constantly shell out $70 for a new one. I'm on number 3. I've taken 4 and 5 controllers apart. They have the exact same stick set up. Same parts. You think they could have made an improvement in all that time. They just didn't want to.
I JUST got my second this week and I got a PS5 on launch. Batteries finally failed in mine; 10 minute charge time.
Granted, while I used it for 4-8 hours a day in 2020/2021, my usage dropped considerably after that, so it’s entirely possible I got the same number of hours out of it as someone who had to replace earlier.
I never had a single controller failure on my ps4 or any previous consoles that I can remember. I think we’ve bought six dualsense controllers for the two of us. Two ended up with crazy stick drift, one a bad X button, one a bad R2, one with a battery that no longer holds a charge for more than 30m. Problem is that it’s cheaper to replace them than to fix them. Sucks.
The thing I always notice is that while stick drift can affect random people it seems like it always affects the same people more often so its also gotta have something to do with how they use the controllers
You could also accept that both things are true the sticks are not perfect but they dont often break for most people and that there a certain users who manage to destroy them much more often than the average person
It's also been completely proven that Sony literally doesn't fix the controllers on purpose so we keep buying them but keep up the delusion of it having to be how people treat the controller
Yeah mine didn't even last a year before I got stick drift and the second one I have doesn't charge properly, the battery (WHILE CHARGING) can go from 0 bars to 2 in a second and then randomly goes back to 1 bar.
The dualsense controller is literally the most comfortable, quality feeling controller I've ever held. From a design standpoint it's literally perfect. If you treat a $70 controller like it's a stress ball, then it won't last.
Let's all just call it like it is... People that are PS fanboys don't experience stick drift. That's all there is to it. You all act like those of us that complain about it, want to keep having to buy controllers. That we want to be upset with a console that we spent $500 on... It is just facts. Yes, of course different people are going to have different experiences. But do you all think we are professional rock climbers with extreme grip strength just incredible hulking all over our controllers?? So tired of apologists. The controllers are garbage. Like i said, they have the exact same parts as the damn PS4 controllers from what? 9 years ago? There is NOTHING good about this controller. It is cheaply made trash. Anyone that actually plays and has the ability to criticize something while still being able to partake in it, can see that...
Oh thank good I thought I had a bad controller or something cause I got 2 in my bundle and one started drifting like 6 months ago the other one is ok for now but damn I’m gonna have to get another soon
Everyone here me out about this. So I purposely buy the same color controllers from bestbuy with the 2 year warranty. The warranty is like $8. I only buy it for ONE controller. So whichever of any of my 4 controllers goes out, I just bring in the one not working, swap it out for a new one, and pay the $8 again.
I have 5 with left stick drift. And I bought the $250 dualsense pro and after a year the rubber is starting to peel off on the like hand grip part now.
It’s so bad man. The REALLY bad part is I purchased the dual sense edge to have the option to replace the modules. you can’t even buy them. It’s like they don’t exist
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u/jumpspear Feb 08 '25
C’mon Sony. I didn’t buy my fourth shitty Dual Sense controller just for you to blue ball me the moment my squad gets online.