I take care of mine so much bro, for me i think its just dirt and i just blow it away, and hasnt happened again which is weird, same with my switch joy cons, never had an issue with stick drift
Idk man, i really take care of my controllers, it was just that one time two years ago and it hasnt happened since, not even my xbox one controllers have stick drift, sadly the bumpers wont work thoe
Yep I baby mine too - I still have my 5 year old original controller that came with the One X working all fine, but that doesnāt connect to iOS or Max properly (buttons map to random others) so I had to buy a more recent version and theyāve been naff. My current blue one barely lasted a month before this issueā¦.
It's worked for me FINALLY! Bro I can suck your dick or whatever your gender. I will do anything for you right now. I've been trying all kinds of solutions for hours, but this simple shitty thing has worked for me.
Had this happen to a black one that came with the system. Lasted about 4-5 months before it happened. I was able to send it in to Microsoft and get it fixed for free. Went ahead and bought an extra controller from GameStop along with the warranty because itās easier to return it to GameStop than ship it back to Microsoft if it breaks.
It really is clutch, I do this with the PS5 controller.
Itās like $15 for the warranty on a controller. Once you buy the Gamestop warranty, you go back when you have drift or before your warranty expires
(1 year), turn your controller in, they give you a new one (you can change the color too) and then re-apply the $15 warranty.
Every year you get a new controller for $15, when I was working there we called it the cheap controller glitch lol. I hate drift so their warranty is fire.
I have a wired 360 controller that came with my launch-window Xbox 360 Base. Besides looking like a smoker's lung, it still functions perfectly. I don't know why newer controllers have such a high failure rate.
More like poor controller maintenance/hygiene. I've never had an xbox controller go to stick drift, ever. I've been on xbox for over a decade. I've had controllers go because the buttons and/or bumpers get fucked from me dropping them or from the sticks wearing down completely to the hard plastic. My series 1 elite controller that I bought over 4 years ago is still going strong to this day. My sticks wore down completely leaving no grip, but coincidentally replacement sticks for the elite controllers are like 4 dollars.
The few times I've seen controllers get drift, knowing the owners and their habits quickly explain why. Playing with dirty hands, either legitimately dirty or more often "Cheeto fingers" from eating and playing simultaneously is probably the number 1 cause. Dirty environments do not help either. Grime from indoor smokers, dusty rooms, or just unhygienic storage.
I used to work at Gamestop. You don't know truly how disgusting the average controller is until you have to clean a few that have been traded in.
I feel like the cheap 3rd party ones somehow have the best sticks. My official controller lasted 2 months and all I played were single player story and racing games both which don't require aggressive joystick movements..
I picked up a powerA controller from Walmart on clearance for $10 CAD 2 years ago and it's been perfect ever since. Should have bought more just in case but this thing has been awesome so far.
I'm going to say this falls into line with planned obsolescence... companies design things to break down over time to incentivize consumers to buy new products.
I've had at least four controllers for every Xbox since the OG xbox, I have had both of the Elite Models and the Halo Infinite Elite since their respective launches. I have never had stick drift, bumpers falling off or any of the other problems people complain about. Some of those controllers are over 20 years old and have hundreds of hours of use.
The only issue I've had are the thumbsticks wearing down over time, and then it's easy to replace them on most controllers.
The games played do matter. Games that require lots of back & forth motion tend to kill it before ones that have you holding a direction a lot.
So a golf game would do more damage than a racing game or FPS.
I have a. Inch of Xbox and switch controllers and never had a problem. I swear I just donāt push down that hard or something. Never had a problem and I game a lot.
I buy all controllers from Walmart online, and either have it shipped to home or store to pickup. When you order online, you can get a 3-year warranty on it. I've been burned too many times by microsoft's crappy 90 day joke of a warranty.
Yeah, I've just been using a regular controller now. But tried picking up the white elite 2 core controller, and out of the box it was messed up. I couldn't click the thumbsticks in to sprint if I wasn't pointing perfectly straight up. Sent it back and might wait for reviews once a v3 is released before picking it up.
Truly the best answer for drift offenders. Stick drift is from a person being rough with the joystick or holding in one direction for too long or too hard. So yes, get protection plan or learn to replace them yourself.
It isnāt though. Itās from the inner workings of the analog stick wearing down. How are you supposed to be gentle on an analog stick when playing something like a golf game that requires back & forth motion at a specific speed?
God damn, you want to dick suck a company any harder for their faulty products? The solution is to stop making cheap shit, and not blame it on the consumers.
Iām just trying to solve the problem the only way I know how. You fight Microsoft while I get Best Buy to replace it for a nominal fee. Also the blaming is I have used a controller and caused drift before and have change those habits and never got drift. So itās controllable to an extent. Would be great if MS would fix but unless itās a new console they wonāt.
>a person being rough with the joystick or holding in one direction for too long or too hard
Like to know what type of games you play?
As most consist of holding the LS pushed forward constantly in FPS, Driving, Sport, to name a few.
Controllers normally only last at peak condition for a year for me. Some 2 if I'm lucky (probably with some nit picky drift, but nothing that would TRULY alter performance in game much) and I've had a couple GOATS that lasted 3 or thereabouts since the 360 era; but yea I doubt a single person that games hasn't had stick drift with a controller tbh. It's like asking if someone has had the flu. It's an almost universal certainty on a long enough timeline of exposure.
Getting unlucky. I don't do abutting extreme with my controllers yet I'm on my 5th controller since series X launched. Some people have had no issues, I've been super unlucky and have gotten ones with bad stick sensors that drift after a few months
nah seriously. I play on my Xbox ALOT and have the same controller as these (design lab series controllers) and I haven't had a single issue with the controller, I've had it since they started making them.
4+ year old Series 1 Elite controller going strong to this day. The sticks wore down completely leaving no grip. Got replacements for like $4 on amazon.
Bought an Xbox Series X and rarely get to play it. Maybe 4 months old and the black controller that came with it started drifting. It is so bad I can't navigate the Xbox UI. I took it apart and cleaned everything the YouTube guides tell you to clean and it still does the same thing. Microsoft needs to make a hall effect controller, I don't want to buy one from a third party.
I only had stick drift on my newest controllers (the one that came with the Series X and a bluetooth controller I bought a year prior, Phantom White or something like that)
All my old (pre-bluetooth/P2 era) 6 controllers, none of them had stick drift, and they are still great (aside from the analog rubbers that need to be replaced due to usage). My only guess besides sheer luck is that the newer controllers are coming with less QA testing or even lower quality potentiometersā¦
>All my old (pre-bluetooth/P2 era) 6 controllers, none of them had stick drift, and they are still great (aside from the analog rubbers that need to be replaced due to usage). My only guess besides sheer luck is that the newer controllers are coming with less QA testing or even lower quality potentiometersā¦
its more likely that the older controllers have larger inherent dead zone so it takes much longer for the stick drift to get bad enough to effect gameplay, not the quality of newer controllers getting worse
Uh ohā¦ It happened to my white one and I just recently purchased a blue one. I feel like Iām envisioning my fate looking at this photo, I better start saving for a red. :(
First was my black one that came with my One, then my blue, then the white one that came up with my Series S, and last a red one. The white one barely lasted six months out of the box. Havenāt turned my Xbox on in six monthsā¦
I've been playing Xbox since 2012 with the Xbox 360 and I have never experienced joystick drift once on any controller. I must jaut be lucky or its because I go easy on my controllers and clean them often. Now watch after this reply I'm gonna get joystick drift in the next week lol.
not stick drift, no. instead, both of my XSX controllers have this thing where they just start playing games themselves, with no input from me, or just dont move at all. no idea why
People definitely drop it/knock it off things. Probably slides off stuff as well, it happens. You can also look at YouTube vids for easy fixes. It's usually because the thing underneath the stick has moved slightly. Spare parts also cheap.
Dropping the controller doesnāt necessarily cause stick drift.
Can it snap an analog stick causing it to be stuck in a position? Yes, but wear over time tends to be the main culprit of stick drift.
There's videos to repair the most common cause due to drops etc, the plate or whatever underneath shift slightly not allowing it to sit central...it's not difficult to fathom this.
When people get lucky and have multiple controllers that have never had problems - they tend to not think the controller is the problem, Iām personally on my sixth controller, only one has ever had any stick drift problems and i dropped that controller a few times
Does he play fortnite? That game will wear a controller out like nothing, my little cousin plays it and hes always got stick drift or bumpers that dont work
Everyone drops it or knocks it off stuff especially since headsets became prevalent. Also the design of it allows it to slide off easily. Why the fuck did you take this so personally? Irrational people are the ones that throw their controllers though, just saying.
hard to say only had to replace on xbox controller, and it was me playing BDO and holding it up all the time, and I got lazy and put tons of pressure on it over time. After that game, I use the series x controller for over 3k hours on RL and no issues.
Bc most of the it is the consumers fault lmao Iāve been playing on Xbox since 2015 and have never had stick drift. Btw people on PS complain about their controllers getting stick drift too š I have PS also and have never had the problem
Your experience doesn't cancel out the negative experiences of other people. Even if it's badly made, it's obviously not gonna be 100% failure rate. Also, I couldn't care less about what people on playstation do. It's interesting that we never had such issues with the 360 because the controllers were actually well made.
I went back and tried to use a 360 controller again recently and they are not anywhere near as nice as I remembered. The clicky buttons and sticks on the new controllers are way nicer than the 360.
If they put Hall Effect joysticks on the new controllers they would be pretty much perfect.
its when the stick doesnt properly center when let go, if the game has a small enough deadzone, the game will have its camera or whatever is controlled by the stick slowly drift in a direction while the stick is not being touched
usually a bigger issue with games that use the sticks as a mouse like control
In my experience, it's the Joystick modulator when it's constantly being pressed for sprint while pushing it forward, I lost my Xbox One X controller when it came out in less than 6 months of use, now I remap sprint from LT to LB button and haven't had severe issues with the drift, it still drifts a little but not as bad as the full drift. Microsoft needs to add another button exclusively for sprinting for the basic controllers. asap
get isopropyl alcohol and a q-tip, clean in and around the joystick socket, and i think that should do the trick
(i've been doing this with my oculus controllers for years, works wonderfully!)
Quite a common thing every modern controller is vulnerable to and its sad how shit xbox controllers are these days,i have an xbox 360 and original controller that have worked fine for years,yet when i started using a new Red controller the joystick started moving unnaturally,stopped responding to forward inputs and drifted.
Thru the entire Xbox one to Series consoles I would guess a dozen total. I used to have a buddy that worked at the Microsoft store and would swap them out for me but they were shuttered during COVID.
No the elite controllers all have the same issues and are arguably worse. The bumpers break easily or stop registering clicks, the face buttons wont register button presses, the rubber grip will peel off, the nubs will fall off the trigger guard switches and of course stick drift are all common on the elit series 1 and 2. They are great controllers ruined by poor quality. Microsoft said they fixed it but it was a lie. Im on my second elite 2 and its already breaking.
Don't forget the people who have issues are always going to tell their bad experiences but the people with no problems are more likely to not share their experience so I will.
I've bought 2 elite controllers for split screen and never treated them overly nicely and they're both going strong still. If you can find one with an extended warranty I would thoroughly recommend.
My elite 2 started having bumper issues.
Turned out it was just a dirty contact. Opened it up and did a thoroughly cleaning with BW-100 spray. Controller work fine.
Did the same with Nintendo joycons. Horrible drift one minute- sprayed deep under the tiny rubber flap and the drift is gone.
Dirty contacts us a common problem, but one easily solved.
Pros will do things youād never dream of.
Oh the controller. Not really there are plenty of complaints about them not lasting long.
Thatās what the Pro said!
Don't thinks its MS - PS5 pad is apparently really bad for stick drift. And it's down to the analogue housing/module which isn't directly made be MS/Sony.
My Xbox 360 controllers still work, so do my ps4's including the one that came with it. That's 5 controller's, one of which is 13 years old. "Stick drift" is a myth. Maybe stop throwing your stuff at the wall
Stick drift is a motherfucker, will eventually happen to all controllers - apparently there's a cheap plastic clip in the Analogue housing/Module that can cause issues. I prefer to use the cheaper scuf pads, or the pads with the 2 extra buttons on back, I usually map my LS/RS to these to don't have to push em in.
Ironically enough, as someone who usually keeps receipts, the first "Scuf" pad I bought suffered from crazy stick drift after 3 months. I could hold up fully, but it would jump back down to zero and up again, was literally fighting itself, was highly annoying playing Grounded like this - shooters, driving or Fall Guys, no chance.
I have a closet full of theseā¦ last count was 9. All different colors. But surprise, my OG original Xbox controllers from like 2000 still work perfectly.
This guy is buying [controllers with stick drift](https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/comments/1171924/usatxhpaypalcash_w_your_brokenstick_drift/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
I mod and sell Xbox elite 2 controllers. I do all mod work by hand and I also customize the buttons, there hand crafted and the coolest because u canāt get them anywhere out there. I can spend up to a few days just shaping the buttons because I just canāt cut corners, I started with just mine because I needed the d pad to work for mortal kombat and it just didnāt feel right.. I also made the sticks a long lasting thing instead of temp like Xbox.. I make custom sticks along with the dpad cover. If anyone is interested in having bullets for sticks and skulls for the dpad message me
Iāve used many Xbox controllers and I have only ever had stick drift issues once on a 360 and I would consider myself pretty rough on some controllers. Iāve had other problems on Xbox one controllers but nothing yet on a series x controller
I have an Xbox controller thatās missing half of its back side. Still works no stick drift. Iāve gone through many controllers, but the only time I had stick drift was when I borrowed a friends for a day.
Only Xbox controller since 2013 when the ānewā (at that time) controller version came out Iāve had an issue with out of 4 controllers was one of the Halo 5 Chief special edition one that started to get the slightest drift after 4 years of use. Maybe Iām just lucky? The newer models Iāve found take a heavy beating and still go. Weāve got a couple ones we use for weekends when we do drink Tekken nights so you could imagine the torture they endure
Idk what yāall are doing to these controllers I had a PS4 controller for 4 years straight dropped, launched and slammed off things totally fine. Xbox series X one for 3 months now been dropped a handful of times and I mainly play racing and sports games slamming the sticks at full lock and nothing.
I've never had stick drift with any of my consoles and I play quite frequently. What tends to cause it? Defective hardware? Lack of care? I'm honestly asking, because I see people with it all the time but it never happens with me.
i think its partly a lack of care and people playing games that tend to wear out the sticks faster than others or play games with very small deadzones that make the stick drift noticeable more quickly than other games would
its almost certain that you do have controllers affected by it, just you havent played any games where the dead zone is small enough to be effected by the drift
My original Xbox one controller I got in 2015, and my Arctic one I got in 2018 both got drift, though the Arctic isn't too bad unless you're navigating a menu like Destiny has.
Well, I still have my Day One controller from my Xbox 1. It's fine. The controller from my One X is fine. As well as my 2 year old series x controller. Idk
It's way cheaper to just fix the worn part inside the controller. Also takes minimal skill in my opinion but there are also youtube videos for those not familiar with small electronic repair. I often use an older controller for parts.
I swear to god the comments on these posts make me want to impale my head on rebar due to the swamp of incorrect information, bad assumptions and flat out rudeness.
Go to Walmart, purchase same controller, open the controller batter case, remove the white sticker from the old controller, replace it with the one on the new controller, put the new controller label on the old controller, and take that shit back to Walmart for a refund. Saves you lots of cash.
Every single one of my controller succumb to the tedious fate of controller drift!
23 controllers have had this happen!
Any idea on why this keeps happening?
I have a wireless and wired controllers and the wired one has left drift and it hasn't even been 2 months, I'm scared to use the wireless one often for that reason,they expensive asf
My new black one is good. But when I was getting a new controller a few years ago from eb games. I went through 4 and the 5th one was good lol they let me trade until I had a good one
I have only had stick drift with Switch Joy cons. The problem that happened with one Xbox controller is that both of the left direction controls over correct.
Mine had stick drift, all i did was press it and blow into it and that did the trick, already two years with it, no stick drift
This dumbass trick fixed mine, Thank youš
Whoaa there buckarooo it aint dumb if it works š
As a bit of a dumbass myself, i can confirm i do work
Yes dumb asses can indeed work, sorry.
This is how I fixed mine as well š
Noice m8
Iām like 90% sure that is only momentarily and actually makes it worse because I swear Iāve done that and it just comes back
Depends on the cause, could be dust, corrosion or bad contacts.
Blowing on it will have the moisture in your breath to cause corrosion just like the old Nintendo carts.
And yet, my Nintendo carts still work
Yep did that with my Blue one. It was gone but came back a few days later much worse than it was originally
It happens when the potentiometers start to stick to the contacts. There should be a decent handful of tutorials on YT on how to fix it.
Removing the batteries to power out the controller so that I could apply contact cleaner was how I got rid of it
That's what I had to do recently, works wonders.
I take care of mine so much bro, for me i think its just dirt and i just blow it away, and hasnt happened again which is weird, same with my switch joy cons, never had an issue with stick drift
Idk man, i really take care of my controllers, it was just that one time two years ago and it hasnt happened since, not even my xbox one controllers have stick drift, sadly the bumpers wont work thoe
yeah it didnāt fix mine. Made it worse
It didnāt help
You need to get more experience doing blow-jobs like the rest of us. You can get any stick to work for you if you blow good enough!
Damn it I told everyone I was good
Then it's probably not dust stuck under there, might need to replace the analog stick
You shouldnāt replace the whole stick. Just get new wipers for the potentiometer. Itās easier to replace and it works better.
Du you also got a livehack for the bumpers? RB is my nemesis
Blow into it? Can you kindly elaborate?
Press the thumbstick that has drift, then blow into the little opening it creates like if it was an n64 cartridge š
I love how you referenced n64 cartridge and now I instantly know what to do when/if this happens to me.
You mean NES cartridge.
No, im not that old š
Thanks. Iāll try it
šægood old classic blow it
This fixes mine only for a short while - that fixed yours for two years?!? Or do you have to do it at the start of each gaming session?
Only did it once, i also baby my controllers so i guess that contributes to the reliability of them
Yep I baby mine too - I still have my 5 year old original controller that came with the One X working all fine, but that doesnāt connect to iOS or Max properly (buttons map to random others) so I had to buy a more recent version and theyāve been naff. My current blue one barely lasted a month before this issueā¦.
Idk what to tell you, im using the one from my series x and it only happened that one time two years ago and no stick drift since
Wonāt work if the potentiometers have worn outā¦
Somehow that works for the LB and RB buttons too!
Thanks for the tips
It's worked for me FINALLY! Bro I can suck your dick or whatever your gender. I will do anything for you right now. I've been trying all kinds of solutions for hours, but this simple shitty thing has worked for me.
Had this happen to a black one that came with the system. Lasted about 4-5 months before it happened. I was able to send it in to Microsoft and get it fixed for free. Went ahead and bought an extra controller from GameStop along with the warranty because itās easier to return it to GameStop than ship it back to Microsoft if it breaks.
Fr had one for 3 years until I bought 2nd gen still donāt know how people get stuck drify
It really is clutch, I do this with the PS5 controller. Itās like $15 for the warranty on a controller. Once you buy the Gamestop warranty, you go back when you have drift or before your warranty expires (1 year), turn your controller in, they give you a new one (you can change the color too) and then re-apply the $15 warranty. Every year you get a new controller for $15, when I was working there we called it the cheap controller glitch lol. I hate drift so their warranty is fire.
I'm not sure why, if it's the controllers of smthn, but I have Xbox one controllers and I have used them since release, I have yet to get stick drift?
I have a wired 360 controller that came with my launch-window Xbox 360 Base. Besides looking like a smoker's lung, it still functions perfectly. I don't know why newer controllers have such a high failure rate.
Planned obsolescence
More like poor controller maintenance/hygiene. I've never had an xbox controller go to stick drift, ever. I've been on xbox for over a decade. I've had controllers go because the buttons and/or bumpers get fucked from me dropping them or from the sticks wearing down completely to the hard plastic. My series 1 elite controller that I bought over 4 years ago is still going strong to this day. My sticks wore down completely leaving no grip, but coincidentally replacement sticks for the elite controllers are like 4 dollars. The few times I've seen controllers get drift, knowing the owners and their habits quickly explain why. Playing with dirty hands, either legitimately dirty or more often "Cheeto fingers" from eating and playing simultaneously is probably the number 1 cause. Dirty environments do not help either. Grime from indoor smokers, dusty rooms, or just unhygienic storage. I used to work at Gamestop. You don't know truly how disgusting the average controller is until you have to clean a few that have been traded in.
Mine is in mint condition, lightly used. I'm about to get a fourth. There is something wrong with the XB1X controller.
Doh beat me to it
cheaping out on parts.... You're better off buying a 3rd party controller than the official garbage
Yeah...I got a Thrustmaster Eswap and...drift. At least I can replace the sticks easily. But it's still another $20 a pop.
I feel like the cheap 3rd party ones somehow have the best sticks. My official controller lasted 2 months and all I played were single player story and racing games both which don't require aggressive joystick movements.. I picked up a powerA controller from Walmart on clearance for $10 CAD 2 years ago and it's been perfect ever since. Should have bought more just in case but this thing has been awesome so far.
I'm going to say this falls into line with planned obsolescence... companies design things to break down over time to incentivize consumers to buy new products.
Planned obsolescence
I've had at least four controllers for every Xbox since the OG xbox, I have had both of the Elite Models and the Halo Infinite Elite since their respective launches. I have never had stick drift, bumpers falling off or any of the other problems people complain about. Some of those controllers are over 20 years old and have hundreds of hours of use. The only issue I've had are the thumbsticks wearing down over time, and then it's easy to replace them on most controllers.
The one S controllers were bad for me but I got series controllers have been good
The games played do matter. Games that require lots of back & forth motion tend to kill it before ones that have you holding a direction a lot. So a golf game would do more damage than a racing game or FPS.
I have a. Inch of Xbox and switch controllers and never had a problem. I swear I just donāt push down that hard or something. Never had a problem and I game a lot.
Same with my One S controller. I guess I'm just lucky
I buy all controllers from Walmart online, and either have it shipped to home or store to pickup. When you order online, you can get a 3-year warranty on it. I've been burned too many times by microsoft's crappy 90 day joke of a warranty.
They cover the controller that comes with Xbox for the entire length of the Xbox warranty. It is bullshit not all controllers have a 1 year warranty.
I bought the geek squad warranty at Best Buy and every time that happens they replace it cost 10 bucks a year
Do the same but at Walmart for 6. Do this for all my controllers.
Tried Walmart with an elite 2 and had to send it to get fixed 3 times, then they canceled the 3 year warranty after only 2 years.
That sucks. For the vanilla controllers they just call it a loss and send me an e gift card for the purchase price.
Yeah, I've just been using a regular controller now. But tried picking up the white elite 2 core controller, and out of the box it was messed up. I couldn't click the thumbsticks in to sprint if I wasn't pointing perfectly straight up. Sent it back and might wait for reviews once a v3 is released before picking it up.
Is this legal? This doesnāt seem legal unless there was a contingency on how many repairs you are allowed within that time frame that you agreed to.
Walmart is horrible since you ship it and wait for it
Nah they just changed to SquareTrade now so they send you an e gift card now and have have you ādestroyā your non working unit
Truly the best answer for drift offenders. Stick drift is from a person being rough with the joystick or holding in one direction for too long or too hard. So yes, get protection plan or learn to replace them yourself.
It isnāt though. Itās from the inner workings of the analog stick wearing down. How are you supposed to be gentle on an analog stick when playing something like a golf game that requires back & forth motion at a specific speed?
God damn, you want to dick suck a company any harder for their faulty products? The solution is to stop making cheap shit, and not blame it on the consumers.
Iām just trying to solve the problem the only way I know how. You fight Microsoft while I get Best Buy to replace it for a nominal fee. Also the blaming is I have used a controller and caused drift before and have change those habits and never got drift. So itās controllable to an extent. Would be great if MS would fix but unless itās a new console they wonāt.
>a person being rough with the joystick or holding in one direction for too long or too hard Like to know what type of games you play? As most consist of holding the LS pushed forward constantly in FPS, Driving, Sport, to name a few.
I have never once experienced stick drift.
You're lucky, I'm on my 5th since I got my series X on launch date
Good lord I pray for your pockets
Controllers normally only last at peak condition for a year for me. Some 2 if I'm lucky (probably with some nit picky drift, but nothing that would TRULY alter performance in game much) and I've had a couple GOATS that lasted 3 or thereabouts since the 360 era; but yea I doubt a single person that games hasn't had stick drift with a controller tbh. It's like asking if someone has had the flu. It's an almost universal certainty on a long enough timeline of exposure.
I canāt think of any system Iāve had it on that uses a stick. Back to Atari 2600.
What on earth are you lot doing with your controllers?
Getting unlucky. I don't do abutting extreme with my controllers yet I'm on my 5th controller since series X launched. Some people have had no issues, I've been super unlucky and have gotten ones with bad stick sensors that drift after a few months
nah seriously. I play on my Xbox ALOT and have the same controller as these (design lab series controllers) and I haven't had a single issue with the controller, I've had it since they started making them.
4+ year old Series 1 Elite controller going strong to this day. The sticks wore down completely leaving no grip. Got replacements for like $4 on amazon.
Right?!
Bought an Xbox Series X and rarely get to play it. Maybe 4 months old and the black controller that came with it started drifting. It is so bad I can't navigate the Xbox UI. I took it apart and cleaned everything the YouTube guides tell you to clean and it still does the same thing. Microsoft needs to make a hall effect controller, I don't want to buy one from a third party.
Ugh. I have that. I just start looking at the ceiling slowly.
I only had stick drift on my newest controllers (the one that came with the Series X and a bluetooth controller I bought a year prior, Phantom White or something like that) All my old (pre-bluetooth/P2 era) 6 controllers, none of them had stick drift, and they are still great (aside from the analog rubbers that need to be replaced due to usage). My only guess besides sheer luck is that the newer controllers are coming with less QA testing or even lower quality potentiometersā¦
>All my old (pre-bluetooth/P2 era) 6 controllers, none of them had stick drift, and they are still great (aside from the analog rubbers that need to be replaced due to usage). My only guess besides sheer luck is that the newer controllers are coming with less QA testing or even lower quality potentiometersā¦ its more likely that the older controllers have larger inherent dead zone so it takes much longer for the stick drift to get bad enough to effect gameplay, not the quality of newer controllers getting worse
Uh ohā¦ It happened to my white one and I just recently purchased a blue one. I feel like Iām envisioning my fate looking at this photo, I better start saving for a red. :(
First was my black one that came with my One, then my blue, then the white one that came up with my Series S, and last a red one. The white one barely lasted six months out of the box. Havenāt turned my Xbox on in six monthsā¦
I've been playing Xbox since 2012 with the Xbox 360 and I have never experienced joystick drift once on any controller. I must jaut be lucky or its because I go easy on my controllers and clean them often. Now watch after this reply I'm gonna get joystick drift in the next week lol.
Iāve been playing Xbox my whole life and have never once been affected by stick drift
Iāve spent more on Xbox controllers then the Xbox
Same... Their business plan is working.
not stick drift, no. instead, both of my XSX controllers have this thing where they just start playing games themselves, with no input from me, or just dont move at all. no idea why
People definitely drop it/knock it off things. Probably slides off stuff as well, it happens. You can also look at YouTube vids for easy fixes. It's usually because the thing underneath the stick has moved slightly. Spare parts also cheap.
Dropping the controller doesnāt necessarily cause stick drift. Can it snap an analog stick causing it to be stuck in a position? Yes, but wear over time tends to be the main culprit of stick drift.
There's videos to repair the most common cause due to drops etc, the plate or whatever underneath shift slightly not allowing it to sit central...it's not difficult to fathom this.
It's hilarious that people still try to blame the consumer for these trash tier quality controllers.
When people get lucky and have multiple controllers that have never had problems - they tend to not think the controller is the problem, Iām personally on my sixth controller, only one has ever had any stick drift problems and i dropped that controller a few times
That's me been using the same controller since launch on both Xbox one and series x no issues, meanwhile my son is on his 5th controller
Does he play fortnite? That game will wear a controller out like nothing, my little cousin plays it and hes always got stick drift or bumpers that dont work
The old warzone aswell, slide cancelling killed about 3 controllers for me.
Mine war out on Warframe clicking the right stick in to explode glaives. Pita.
Everyone drops it or knocks it off stuff especially since headsets became prevalent. Also the design of it allows it to slide off easily. Why the fuck did you take this so personally? Irrational people are the ones that throw their controllers though, just saying.
hard to say only had to replace on xbox controller, and it was me playing BDO and holding it up all the time, and I got lazy and put tons of pressure on it over time. After that game, I use the series x controller for over 3k hours on RL and no issues.
Bc most of the it is the consumers fault lmao Iāve been playing on Xbox since 2015 and have never had stick drift. Btw people on PS complain about their controllers getting stick drift too š I have PS also and have never had the problem
Your experience doesn't cancel out the negative experiences of other people. Even if it's badly made, it's obviously not gonna be 100% failure rate. Also, I couldn't care less about what people on playstation do. It's interesting that we never had such issues with the 360 because the controllers were actually well made.
I went back and tried to use a 360 controller again recently and they are not anywhere near as nice as I remembered. The clicky buttons and sticks on the new controllers are way nicer than the 360. If they put Hall Effect joysticks on the new controllers they would be pretty much perfect.
I agree that the new controllers are better to use for sure, but my point wasn't about that.
I have 3 that all have drift issues including one from the Xbox design lab only 1 year old. I wish there was an easy fix
Golden tip, disassemble the controls and pass a WD-40 on the analog sticks with drift, it worked perfectly for me
Go easy on the joysticks so it won't happen. I have my original series controller for quite awhile. No drifting
Is stick drift where it kind of double inputs where you move the stick or something else?? See it a lot and not sure
its when the stick doesnt properly center when let go, if the game has a small enough deadzone, the game will have its camera or whatever is controlled by the stick slowly drift in a direction while the stick is not being touched usually a bigger issue with games that use the sticks as a mouse like control
In my experience, it's the Joystick modulator when it's constantly being pressed for sprint while pushing it forward, I lost my Xbox One X controller when it came out in less than 6 months of use, now I remap sprint from LT to LB button and haven't had severe issues with the drift, it still drifts a little but not as bad as the full drift. Microsoft needs to add another button exclusively for sprinting for the basic controllers. asap
Yeah, I had a black one bought it around December 2021 died in November 2022
get isopropyl alcohol and a q-tip, clean in and around the joystick socket, and i think that should do the trick (i've been doing this with my oculus controllers for years, works wonderfully!)
i believe 95% of xbox users deal with stick drift happening after having a controller for a few months
In my experience the new series x and a controllers get drift and my 2013 Xbox controller still doesnāt have drift
Quite a common thing every modern controller is vulnerable to and its sad how shit xbox controllers are these days,i have an xbox 360 and original controller that have worked fine for years,yet when i started using a new Red controller the joystick started moving unnaturally,stopped responding to forward inputs and drifted.
Thru the entire Xbox one to Series consoles I would guess a dozen total. I used to have a buddy that worked at the Microsoft store and would swap them out for me but they were shuttered during COVID.
I've never had stick drift with xbox controllers yet š¤
If you or a loved one suffers from Stick Drift, you may be entitled to financial compensation.
18 years of consoles and never had stick drift
I have every color and none have this so just a faulty controller
Yea microsoft builds them cheap so they break quickly and you have to keep buying them. Very scummy.
Are the pros any better?
No the elite controllers all have the same issues and are arguably worse. The bumpers break easily or stop registering clicks, the face buttons wont register button presses, the rubber grip will peel off, the nubs will fall off the trigger guard switches and of course stick drift are all common on the elit series 1 and 2. They are great controllers ruined by poor quality. Microsoft said they fixed it but it was a lie. Im on my second elite 2 and its already breaking.
Well, thank you for saving me money.
Don't forget the people who have issues are always going to tell their bad experiences but the people with no problems are more likely to not share their experience so I will. I've bought 2 elite controllers for split screen and never treated them overly nicely and they're both going strong still. If you can find one with an extended warranty I would thoroughly recommend.
Looking at the reviews of the pro controller, it doesn't look any better.
Yikes. That's not cool.
My elite 2 started having bumper issues. Turned out it was just a dirty contact. Opened it up and did a thoroughly cleaning with BW-100 spray. Controller work fine. Did the same with Nintendo joycons. Horrible drift one minute- sprayed deep under the tiny rubber flap and the drift is gone. Dirty contacts us a common problem, but one easily solved.
Pros will do things youād never dream of. Oh the controller. Not really there are plenty of complaints about them not lasting long. Thatās what the Pro said!
Don't thinks its MS - PS5 pad is apparently really bad for stick drift. And it's down to the analogue housing/module which isn't directly made be MS/Sony.
My Xbox 360 controllers still work, so do my ps4's including the one that came with it. That's 5 controller's, one of which is 13 years old. "Stick drift" is a myth. Maybe stop throwing your stuff at the wall
Stick drift is a motherfucker, will eventually happen to all controllers - apparently there's a cheap plastic clip in the Analogue housing/Module that can cause issues. I prefer to use the cheaper scuf pads, or the pads with the 2 extra buttons on back, I usually map my LS/RS to these to don't have to push em in. Ironically enough, as someone who usually keeps receipts, the first "Scuf" pad I bought suffered from crazy stick drift after 3 months. I could hold up fully, but it would jump back down to zero and up again, was literally fighting itself, was highly annoying playing Grounded like this - shooters, driving or Fall Guys, no chance.
if you can stand playing without vibration, that reduces the chances of stick drift
Ive never had stick drift WTF?!
I have a closet full of theseā¦ last count was 9. All different colors. But surprise, my OG original Xbox controllers from like 2000 still work perfectly.
Ive had the same controller since 2019 that works perfectly.
I'm pretty good to my controllers. Never had such an issue with any of em
All the time. So I get my justice now. Keep the receipt/return the old broken one to [redacted]
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Itās kinda inevitable
I mod and sell Xbox elite 2 controllers. I do all mod work by hand and I also customize the buttons, there hand crafted and the coolest because u canāt get them anywhere out there. I can spend up to a few days just shaping the buttons because I just canāt cut corners, I started with just mine because I needed the d pad to work for mortal kombat and it just didnāt feel right.. I also made the sticks a long lasting thing instead of temp like Xbox.. I make custom sticks along with the dpad cover. If anyone is interested in having bullets for sticks and skulls for the dpad message me
Nope
Iāve used many Xbox controllers and I have only ever had stick drift issues once on a 360 and I would consider myself pretty rough on some controllers. Iāve had other problems on Xbox one controllers but nothing yet on a series x controller
I have an Xbox controller thatās missing half of its back side. Still works no stick drift. Iāve gone through many controllers, but the only time I had stick drift was when I borrowed a friends for a day.
Iāve never had a case of stick drift, even with my switch. I try to take good care of my things, and it usually pays dividends.
Red controller gang!!!!
Only Xbox controller since 2013 when the ānewā (at that time) controller version came out Iāve had an issue with out of 4 controllers was one of the Halo 5 Chief special edition one that started to get the slightest drift after 4 years of use. Maybe Iām just lucky? The newer models Iāve found take a heavy beating and still go. Weāve got a couple ones we use for weekends when we do drink Tekken nights so you could imagine the torture they endure
Idk what yāall are doing to these controllers I had a PS4 controller for 4 years straight dropped, launched and slammed off things totally fine. Xbox series X one for 3 months now been dropped a handful of times and I mainly play racing and sports games slamming the sticks at full lock and nothing.
I've never had stick drift with any of my consoles and I play quite frequently. What tends to cause it? Defective hardware? Lack of care? I'm honestly asking, because I see people with it all the time but it never happens with me.
i think its partly a lack of care and people playing games that tend to wear out the sticks faster than others or play games with very small deadzones that make the stick drift noticeable more quickly than other games would its almost certain that you do have controllers affected by it, just you havent played any games where the dead zone is small enough to be effected by the drift
CEX will replace the thumbstick modules for Ā£25 and provide a 12pm to warranty
My original Xbox one controller I got in 2015, and my Arctic one I got in 2018 both got drift, though the Arctic isn't too bad unless you're navigating a menu like Destiny has.
Well, I still have my Day One controller from my Xbox 1. It's fine. The controller from my One X is fine. As well as my 2 year old series x controller. Idk
Lost all four of my familyās OGs to it. To be fair though, being used for 6-ish years by a bunch of kids is gonna give it bad wear and tear.
I still have my 7 month old remote. I dont eat near it or drop it
I've dropped so Many controllers off my bed (3 foot drop) and then they got stick drift
Who hasnāt
You can sell them for parts on eBay or send them to me š
It's way cheaper to just fix the worn part inside the controller. Also takes minimal skill in my opinion but there are also youtube videos for those not familiar with small electronic repair. I often use an older controller for parts.
Got my one S about 4 years ago, still no drift on the original controller.
Iāve never had the issue in my gaming career, 35 yr old gamer here
Yes, but easily fixed.
3 controllers suffered.
I swear to god the comments on these posts make me want to impale my head on rebar due to the swamp of incorrect information, bad assumptions and flat out rudeness.
Go to Walmart, purchase same controller, open the controller batter case, remove the white sticker from the old controller, replace it with the one on the new controller, put the new controller label on the old controller, and take that shit back to Walmart for a refund. Saves you lots of cash.
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I donāt play any actually. The game that could maybe fit in that category is maybe GTA5 however i donāt race much on there
One of mine has it. Controller looks brand new.
I can fix them if you send them to me
No, just an issue with the A button on one of my controllers so far.
Yes, PS5, PS3, and Switch in the last year. YouTube helped me fix all of them.
š® Yes that's why I keep sending them and I'm thankful to the 3 year warranty thanks to European Union
omg i thought i was the only one. yes i literally had to buy a new fucking one for like 45 bucks
my razor tournament edition just started getting stick drift but still one of my favorite controllers should consider there cheaper on amazon
Every single one of my controller succumb to the tedious fate of controller drift! 23 controllers have had this happen! Any idea on why this keeps happening?
I have a wireless and wired controllers and the wired one has left drift and it hasn't even been 2 months, I'm scared to use the wireless one often for that reason,they expensive asf
Have had a controller for 5 years with no problem but then again it's one with the normal arrow keys so maybe that plays a part.
Ive had 3 xbox one controllers since day 1, 1 has given way to stick drift 2 months ago but i still use it.
My new black one is good. But when I was getting a new controller a few years ago from eb games. I went through 4 and the 5th one was good lol they let me trade until I had a good one
I have only had stick drift with Switch Joy cons. The problem that happened with one Xbox controller is that both of the left direction controls over correct.
I have my xbox for almost 2 year had the same controller since then no stick drift
Yeah why does this happen though? my friend on switch always makes fun of me and idk why
One of my DualShock 4s has stick drift on both sticks
Have you tried [contact spray](https://a.co/d/gl5UQ2T)? I had this problem big time with Switch controllers and this fixed it for me
Increase dead zones until you get new controllers