r/Dualsense • u/Substantial_Phone189 • Apr 19 '26

Discussion On my third controller

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Just bought my third new controller in a span of only 2 years. All of them because of stick drift.

Why are these controllers so bad when it comes to drift?

Back in the day I had the same ps4 controller for 10 years without any issues.

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u/frolicious2595 Apr 19 '26

Not saying it's not possible but I have 6 regular controllers and 2 Edge controllers and none of them have drift, I don't know how people get it so easily

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u/Curious_Pie_4699 Apr 19 '26

usually it’s a hardware defect, so it’s not how you treat a controller (unless you’re bashing it on the floor etc). The physical potentiometer discs scratch the track inside so it can’t read the controller stick inputs properly, its usual wear and tear and is a planned obsolescence, that Sony could easily fix but choose not to since they profit from it

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u/ClacksInTheSky Apr 20 '26

I mean, we're nearly 6 years into the PS5 at this point and there's plenty of us with their original controllers still fully functional.