Dungleman’s low stakes conspiracy hour:
analog stick drift is an intentional design flaw to sell us more controllers over the life of the hardware.
Experts agree.
Bloated and bleeding
The system works
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in reply to @dungus's post:
Either that or it's a design flaw. I choose to believe in the latter.
It is a design flaw. An intentionally designed flaw. And quite frankly I won’t stand for it.
Wouldn't be shocked. We know cell phones are made to degrade for the same reason.
I know it’s the ultimate dumbguy conclusion to reach, but I sincerely do not recall analog stick drift ever being this big of a problem. And of course controllers now cost $70 conveniently. The PS5 is apparently real bad with it. Switch joycons are notoriously a nightmare. Even my Xbox Series controller started acting fucky on PC and that thing’s like 2 years old. Meanwhile hall effect sensors exist and yet, no one uses them.
Bc it wasn't a big problem. I still multiple ps2/gc/wii/360/ps3 and 4 controllers that all work (the 4s battery is shit tho). Yet this gen I've replaced about 6 switch controllers, and on my second Series controller in 2 yrs as well (drift and rb started sticking). Quality has gone downhill everywhere, in all industries.
If the next generation of consoles don't have those fancy magnet sticks in the default controllers, then we'll know for sure.