I believe that if I buy something that I need accessories for in the future, it's always better to buy it from a reputable brand. It's unlikely that Philips will suddenly stop making replacement heads for their toothbrushes.care or that you suddenly won't be able to buy coffee capsules from Nespresso. When DualSense came out Edge as a premium controller from Sony for the PS5, I didn't hesitate and we reached for it. Although it is four times more expensive than the standard one, in addition to a few extra features compared to the normal controller, it also has replaceable stick modules, which Sony offers for €25 as a replacement accessory.
Since the DualSense suffers from a so-called drifting problem, where after a certain period of time the controller stick starts to move in games without you touching it, it seemed more sensible to have a premium controller and replace the stick for €25 every now and then, rather than always changing a new controller, which costs around €60. When the stick on my DualSense broke after about a year Edge, I went online as usual, thinking I would order a new one. To my surprise, I found out that the stick is officially sold for €25, but the vast majority of sellers want €40 for it. That's already a price close to the price of a classic controller, but damn it.
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Unfortunately, no retailer in the Czech Republic/Slovakia has it in stock, not even the largest ones. Fortunately, I have no problem ordering goods for a friend in Austria and I often order from the USA from Amazonand so we went first to Amazon and found out that they didn't have the joystick there either. So that left my Austrian friend, who I can order directly from the official Sony e-shop, where they also have the joystick for the 25€. Unfortunately, they don't. The joystick hasn't been available anywhere in the world for several months now, and if anyone has it at home, they're asking for a staggering amount of money on eBay for it. So the next time someone promises you that the biggest advantage of their product is that you can easily replace parts that have problems, be very careful about who they are and what they promise you. I've already learned my lesson and I know that even a company like Sony doesn't have to offer accessories for its new, only about a year old products, and you can have a 200€ controller on your shelf at home and watch it gather dust, while you have to buy a new, ordinary controller for 60€.
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Gold Xbox series X. I've had the controllers since they came out and they still work on 100%.
I really don't understand what Sony's quality control is like, even on the ps4 the controller is broken, the joystick goes up by itself, I've had the xbox controller since the 360 and never the slightest problem
Sony is completely out, not just this. I haven't been able to buy PSVR1.5 controllers for 2 years. The European Union should give them the opportunity to return the goods as they are irreparable and not only that, they are practically unusable because the accessories cannot be bought..
You have it like PSVR2, but not the controllers, right? Is that what you're trying to say???ProIt's given as a whole set and not in parts😉 I don't understand what you're writing here...
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... and are adults really playing with it?
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Is that really an adult person, or adult people? Adults - young people...
I've always wondered how others react to it. I've had a Dualsense at home since PS5 Launch Day and it works normally, the same was the case with PS4. I bought Day One and Dualsense Edge, which I use to the fullest and there was no need to change anything, it still works without any problems…..so tell me what those who need to replace it do with it. It is often not so much the controller, but how someone treats it.
Or maybe you just have a bad handle... I had a ps4 and two dualshocks and never had a problem... ps5 and two dual sense and one of them started to drift to the left about two months ago - I treated them exactly the same as always, I don't hit them, after using I go back to dock and he still got away
This is the same as when everyone complained that their cables were getting damaged. iPhone and I've never had a single broken one in my life from 30 pin to USB-C, and I have about 10 iphone.