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Playstation announces controllers will now be single use only – The Chaser (chaser.com.au)
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[–] 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Stick drift and trigger drift.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months 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.

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