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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I have three, two are dead. It’s fucking stupid.

They should get sued for this, it’s worse than joy cons (at least Nintendo put con in the name)

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How did they die? Like buttons/sticks failing while the controller still works otherwise? Won't charge? Won't turn on/connect?

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Stick drift and trigger drift.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah yeah, now that you mention it, I did fix my PSVR2 controller when it got a drift, though it was from me accidentally throwing it, so I didn't feel disappointed they used a similar implementation to Nintendo for the sticks as I was busy being in "fix it" mode.

On that note, they are fixable (the sticks at least, not sure about the triggers), though reassembling the sticks is a delicate operation and involved unbending/rebending some very thin metal strips, one of which broke on mine (though I was able to secure it anyways when I resoldered it to the PCB).

I've been thinking of trying out a career change to tech repair/tweaking.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I’ve fixed triggers before for ps3 and ps4. With ps5 I’ve been too busy and I don’t really want to deal with the overly fancy resistive triggers.

I bought the pro controller and it does have replaceable sticks, and I’ve gone through one replacement which costs like twice as much as a base replacement kit plus shipping, but it’s easier.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I have three, two are dead. It’s fucking stupi

Are you me? My joy-cobs sill live on after 6.5 years!