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Flame said:
On all 3 of our 360 controllers, The left stick will sometimes move the character without me touching the stick... got me killed on mass effect >.>


That happens on nearly every controller if you abuse the analogs or spill liquid on them.




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I still have my purchase date (march '07) 360 pad (and i have played some incredibly frustrating games and threw the pad across the room many times)

360 pads are made of stern stuff.

On the other hand i'm on my 3rd Headset (they are weaker than superman with kryptonite glued to his bollocks)



I dropped my 360 controller and the back of the controller broke(the part that holds the batteries), nothing else on it broke, but without the back part the controller is useless, I ended up getting a new one and it works fine.



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I was just thinking about this yesterday.. but I was thinking about diffrent controllers..

Had my 360 controllers from 05 and 06, they still work great, no problems..

The other systems I own, one anolog stick is loose, and ones button doesn't work..


I also remember throwing my old 8bit and 16bit controllers and they still work..

But now we live in a time of Rumble, Axis, more buttons, all means more parts, so more likly to break.



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My PS3 sixaxis buttons are sticky... though thats probably from when I was still in love with the PS3 more than any reliability concerns.



Tease.

Squilliam said:
My PS3 sixaxis buttons are sticky... though thats probably from when I was still in love with the PS3 more than any reliability concerns.

Jesus, we don't need to know what you used to do in your spare time :P
Did you wait for everyone to leave and put on some slow music? 



The only problem I have had with 360 controllers is the area in the back that holds the battery in place. A few drops (even small drops) are usually enough to crack this area.



PearlJam said:
The only problem I have had with 360 controllers is the area in the back that holds the battery in place. A few drops (even small drops) are usually enough to crack this area.

exactly



2010 Hardware Sales Predictions

Wii: 20m- Sales will drop, but not by much.

PS3: 13.5m- It sold 12m in 2009, its only common sense it will sell more this year.

Xbox 360: 11m- It sold 11m in 2008 and 2009, I think it will sell the same.

My Fanboy Speech...

Why do you have to make excuses to defend a product that you purchased, but that's the only connection you have to it, you don't make it, you don't lose or gain money on it. I don't see where all of the defensiveness comes in, there is no reason for you or anybody else to feel obligated to defend it. Now I would understand if one of you were a developer for the product and you slaved over said product only to hear somebody call it stupid or a piece of junk. But none of you developed it, none of you are mature enough to realize that. Choosing a product all comes down to preference, you chose said product because it is best for you. Simple as that!

GreyianStorm said:
Squilliam said:
My PS3 sixaxis buttons are sticky... though thats probably from when I was still in love with the PS3 more than any reliability concerns.

Jesus, we don't need to know what you used to do in your spare time :P
Did you wait for everyone to leave and put on some slow music? 

Slow music is so 60's and 70's personally....



Tease.