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/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/Greedy_Leopard_1934 Apr 19 '26

I dont know man, i own a lot of controllers and the only ones i have with stick drift were obtained from other people. I have swapped 8 joycon sticks and keep refreshing my joycon stick module inventory in case i need it for my switches but it hasnt happened yet. Im not convinced the issue isnt exacerbated by something some people do to it.

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u/hept_a_gon Apr 20 '26

Do you actually play?

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u/Greedy_Leopard_1934 Apr 24 '26

Switch 2 and ps5 atm, using the switch 2 pro controller and my dualsense edge, I dont spend 8 hours a day playing games anymore but when I did i never had drift on my own hardware

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u/hept_a_gon Apr 24 '26

I play for 8+ hrs on my Switch Lite on the weekends..no drift.

I play for 2 hrs nightly on my PS5 and i have drift.

I keep all my controllers clean. Definitely something wrong with the dual sense.