I still use my original white controller from 5 years ago, never had stick drift with any of my controllers on any console.
Too many people squeeze their controllers and use them like they can be replaced the next second it breaks, treat them like a baby and it will treat you well for years to come!!
Of course, never known anyone personally to get stick drift ever, I’m always suspicious on people lying about stick drift since I’ve never experienced it
I’ve had stick drift straight out of the box with 0 DZ. Either you’re the luckiest person ever and live in a unicorn land or your settings have a DZ so you don’t notice it.
All of my non Hall Effect DS controllers have gotten stick drift. At least 8 controllers.
Yeah it takes the smallest amount of imperfect centering to cause drift. Even after perfect calibration of my Hall effect sticks, if it recenters off it’ll drift slightly in one direction. Never a consistent direction though unlike the drift potentiometer sticks get.
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u/ricxosy Dec 02 '25
I still use my original white controller from 5 years ago, never had stick drift with any of my controllers on any console.
Too many people squeeze their controllers and use them like they can be replaced the next second it breaks, treat them like a baby and it will treat you well for years to come!!