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The entire controller industry has this problem. Even ~$200 controllers do this; the Xbox Elite 2 for example was/is infamous for it. Everyone I know who plays

The entire controller industry has this problem. Even ~$200 controllers do this; the Xbox Elite 2 for example was/is infamous for it. Everyone I know who plays on controller complains about the failures. In +20 years of using mice, guess what I've never had fail?

causi 4y ago
Hall-effect joysticks don't drift. I've also never had a 360 controller drift. Switch joysticks drift much faster than average.
- gruez 4y ago
  >Hall-effect joysticks Is this standard for controllers?
  - delfinom 4y ago
    Nope. Hall effect joysticks were encumbered by patents though they are starting to expire off now
lax4ever 4y ago
I'm not denying that eventually most controllers will drift, but the speed at which these controllers developed a drifting problem was much higher than what is expected on average, even for cheaper made third party controllers.
marcellus23 4y ago
The scale of the problem is totally different. I've used a bunch of Xbox controllers that never had this issue, but my JoyCons developed it almost immediately.
hellotomyrars 4y ago
The issue with Joycons is so much more pronounced. I used the same 360 controller with my PC for about a decade with no issues. The Series x controller I’ve used since then is fine. My joycons were drifting less than a year after I bought the switch. Mice are not immune to failure and I have had mice fail on me. Have you been using the same mouse for 20+ years? My favorite one (Saitek Cyborg RAT7) died at the year mark and I won’t buy another one from them for fear of the same thing but it was adjustable in every dimension and as a result was the most comfortable mouse for my merry paws.
humaniania 4y ago
Plastic gears running against plastic gears wear down over time because of friction and that creates dust. I have seen some retro modding solutions to this problem that add lubricant to the gear box to significantly reduce friction and wear.

causi 4y ago

Hall-effect joysticks don't drift. I've also never had a 360 controller drift. Switch joysticks drift much faster than average.

gruez 4y ago
>Hall-effect joysticks Is this standard for controllers?
- delfinom 4y ago
  Nope. Hall effect joysticks were encumbered by patents though they are starting to expire off now

lax4ever 4y ago

I'm not denying that eventually most controllers will drift, but the speed at which these controllers developed a drifting problem was much higher than what is expected on average, even for cheaper made third party controllers.

marcellus23 4y ago

The scale of the problem is totally different. I've used a bunch of Xbox controllers that never had this issue, but my JoyCons developed it almost immediately.

hellotomyrars 4y ago

The issue with Joycons is so much more pronounced. I used the same 360 controller with my PC for about a decade with no issues. The Series x controller I’ve used since then is fine. My joycons were drifting less than a year after I bought the switch. Mice are not immune to failure and I have had mice fail on me. Have you been using the same mouse for 20+ years? My favorite one (Saitek Cyborg RAT7) died at the year mark and I won’t buy another one from them for fear of the same thing but it was adjustable in every dimension and as a result was the most comfortable mouse for my merry paws.

humaniania 4y ago

Plastic gears running against plastic gears wear down over time because of friction and that creates dust. I have seen some retro modding solutions to this problem that add lubricant to the gear box to significantly reduce friction and wear.