Ah yeah, now that you mention it, I did fix my PSVR2 controller when it got a drift, though it was from me accidentally throwing it, so I didn’t feel disappointed they used a similar implementation to Nintendo for the sticks as I was busy being in “fix it” mode.
On that note, they are fixable (the sticks at least, not sure about the triggers), though reassembling the sticks is a delicate operation and involved unbending/rebending some very thin metal strips, one of which broke on mine (though I was able to secure it anyways when I resoldered it to the PCB).
I’ve been thinking of trying out a career change to tech repair/tweaking.
I’ve fixed triggers before for ps3 and ps4. With ps5 I’ve been too busy and I don’t really want to deal with the overly fancy resistive triggers.
I bought the pro controller and it does have replaceable sticks, and I’ve gone through one replacement which costs like twice as much as a base replacement kit plus shipping, but it’s easier.
I have three, two are dead. It’s fucking stupid.
They should get sued for this, it’s worse than joy cons (at least Nintendo put con in the name)
Are you me? My joy-cobs sill live on after 6.5 years!
How did they die? Like buttons/sticks failing while the controller still works otherwise? Won’t charge? Won’t turn on/connect?
Stick drift and trigger drift.
Ah yeah, now that you mention it, I did fix my PSVR2 controller when it got a drift, though it was from me accidentally throwing it, so I didn’t feel disappointed they used a similar implementation to Nintendo for the sticks as I was busy being in “fix it” mode.
On that note, they are fixable (the sticks at least, not sure about the triggers), though reassembling the sticks is a delicate operation and involved unbending/rebending some very thin metal strips, one of which broke on mine (though I was able to secure it anyways when I resoldered it to the PCB).
I’ve been thinking of trying out a career change to tech repair/tweaking.
I’ve fixed triggers before for ps3 and ps4. With ps5 I’ve been too busy and I don’t really want to deal with the overly fancy resistive triggers.
I bought the pro controller and it does have replaceable sticks, and I’ve gone through one replacement which costs like twice as much as a base replacement kit plus shipping, but it’s easier.