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EricHiggin said:

I take it this means you don't want to attempt to fix it?

I had drift or something like it start around Oct on my PS4. Both sticks. It was minor, but slowly kept getting worse, so in early Jan I tore down the controller and blew out the sticks and potentiometers and then very carefully cleaned the potentiometers. Put it all back together and it's been working like new ever since. I know they say that sometimes that fix will last, and other times you'll only get a few months before it starts to drift again, but so far so good for me.

There's lots of vids online about how to do it. Complete teardowns step by step. If you're good or ok with that kind of stuff then it might be worth a try. I kinda had extra incentive because I added a new high capacity battery a year ago and didn't want to just go out and get a new controller.

You can also buy new sticks and replace them, but that requires a teardown as well and soldering skills. Without some extra soldering tools, it's a bit trickier to accomplish but still doable. Not all sticks are created equal either apparently, so you can end up with a different feel depending on what you buy.

Hmm, I might look into that, the only game that I think I cant play anymore even with my workaround is Sly Cooper 4 cause it requires Sixaxis controls


I still have my Dualshock 3 somewhere lol

-Adonis- said:

Everyone on my friends list is on Helldivers 2 lol.

No surprise, its a huge success - steam concurrent users reached 400,000+ today.