Listen --
So this was an old thread that was bumped (by me). I felt the same way as many of you did. That I had played plenty of time on these controller and was showing no signs of wear. I bumped this thread because mine in fact are showing those signs of wear now too. And I was in here commenting against it just a few weeks ago.
The rubber textured grip on the outside has a bumpy more course texture. There appears to be a very, very thin rubber coating over top of the harder rubber contained underneath coating the joystick. I'm getting peeling of this outer 'grip' layer forming on (2) seperate controllers --- (1) purchased outside of the console, from two different locations. I own (7) Dualshock 3's and have never had an issue with anything outside of the Joystick wearing out. So this isn't a 'greasy hands / poorly taken care off / etc /etc' situation. It's happening on the left sticks, so I can logically assume that the 'upward' pressing and holding for sprinting / movement / etc is causing the problem.
While it's not as 'big' a deal (yet) as people (MS trolls) are making it. It's definitely happening and I would imagine it would/will be happening to most gamers playing active games. ( I own Resogun / Veteran mode skill level) and Killzone Shadowfall. I've beat the game and logged maybe 10-20 hours into Multiplayer. You will only see more of these types of posts, I would guarantee it.
