lol manufacturer defect, substance, powder thats plastic on plastic contact when they continuously make contact you will get fine dust

its called a design flaw sony made the r1 and l1 ride on shafts the ps2 and 1 were free floating meaning no plastic contact, meaning no friction, meaning no dust, meaning no sticking

the face buttons also have had this problem on all PS controllers just like that problem i dont see the r1 and l1 sticking issue being resolved ever this gen as its unlikely that sony would re engineer that part of the controller for that minor issue which is easily fixable by cleaning it as was and is for the face buttons

the big issue here is the analog sticks the rubber wearing off in hrs and my new discovery is actually the whole design of the controller at first i was impressed with the ps4 controllers solidness but as with the ps3s after a few hrs its not as solid. you can hear and feel flex in the whole controller as it creaks while gaming also the analog sticks on my 2nd controller suffer from clicking noise while rotating at certain radius's just like many of my ps3 controllers. i just hope that the console isnt as poorly constructed as the controller

still havent noticed premature wear on the sticks of my 2nd controller but havent played much as ive not been gaming much or been gaming on ps3 will report back if those sticks have the wear issue

That thread is probably worst than what you call the stick.

Anyway, playing since launch and no issue, Still we cannot deny a lot if people had issues, I hope they fix this or fixed this for future production.

Beside that the new ds4 is the best controller I have ever had played with, always been a fan of the ds but this one is pure perfection.

has anyone else been getting that plastic powder caused by friction around the joysticks? my triggers have been perfect but the friction from the joystick rubbing on the circle it sits in makes a little bit of powder.

If your controller joystick rubber begins to come off do you send it back for a new one or go to the local best buy you picked it up from and get a new one? needed some advice.

just look at my left analog stick.



1 month...

and look at my 5 year-old ds3



I'm fuming.

I didn't want to believe it! But yeah, the rubbers are garbage. Mine are starting to wear down, and I don't even use it daily.

I gotta say that doesn't look like fair wear and tear, that looks like anger or missuse, the rubber is gouged out.

The issues people are having are certainly problems. Been playing my PS4 daily for 2-4 hrs since launch with no issues on DS4. I don't think these are design faults though, just faulty batches. All my friends IRL have had zero issues .

You need reporting. There's no way on earth that a thumb could cause this. You've picked at it with you nail as you can quite clearly see by the two marks on the very top and God only knows how you faked the melted plastic to the left of that.

Went to JBHifi on Friday and their demo PS4 looks like the sticks are wearing on it too.