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How Do You Deal With Thumb Stick Drift? (self.games)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Zahille7 to c/[email protected]
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So I like to use Xbox controllers (doesn't matter if it's first- or third-party) because I like the layout, it's just comfortable to me. However I've noticed that on all my controllers in the past few years, the left thumb stick will start to "give out" over the course of a couple months. For instance I'll be pushing it forward all the way, but it won't register for some reason and my character will only move a little bit. Sometimes wiggling it a bit will fix it, sometimes it doesn't. And it's not like I'm squeezing the hell out of the controller or mashing the stick constantly; in fact it's made me try to be more delicate with my controllers, even though I'm just playing the games normally.

Is it just how controllers are, or am I just getting the shit end of the stick?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

So the way I fixed this and I am in no way sponsored by them was to get a Gulikit King Kong 2 Pro, I also got tired of stick drift and expensive controllers, I have heavy fingers so my joysticks do not last I made some research about it and it turns out magnetic joysticks are a thing they do not get drift and are more accurate allegedly, I can confirm the deadzone on the them is basically 0 it's nuts, it has the Xbox layout of a controller and the price is around the same, I love the thing to bits I do have some complaints tho if you press the joysticks with your nails a lot the covers usually get pretty marked up the buttons can feel low quality for sure you can tell the main focus of the controller is the joystick , the battery life is okish nothing that special but none of that AA battery bs that I hate, I had it for around 2y now and it's still going strong. I don't see myself ever going back to Playstation or Xbox jacked up controllers.

I can give more info on this if you need.

EDIT: I also totally forgot in my excitement to say I'm a PC user so this might not even help OP.