Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

Mine's still doing fine! I've never had a controller break on me before!

@RogerRoger You crushed a controller in your hands?! Did you turn green at the same time?

Mustn't have been an Xbox Duke controller, telling you that much XD

My controller still hasn't arrived. Hopefully it lands by the time I need to stream Sly Cooper. I announced that and even got to the stream and...lol controller be deader than last week's cat.

£23.50 it's costing me in all.

Speak of the devil. So the DS4 that my son uses decides it's not going to work anymore. I don't know what's wrong with it exactly but sometimes buttons will work and sometimes they won't it's almost like it's lagging. It doesn't matter where he sits what game he played or even what part in the game buttons will just stop working and the controller disconnects at random times.

If I knew that the PS4 controllers we're going to be this bad I would have gone with an Xbox One in the beginning of this gen. The amount of money I have spent on PS4 controllers this gen I could afford another PS4 and Xbox One. I honestly don't know how Sony can get away with this.

@RogerRoger i still can't get used to that new avatar you know

@Tasuki Same reason they get away with a lot of things as it happens...

The DS4 really should have been revised and I dont mean adding a second damn light bar.

Xbox and Nintendo manage to make meaningful alterations to controllers overtime, just look at the Pro Controller for instance, but Sony's all "More features no one uses!"

How many DS4s is that now?

I'm convinced a lot of people see their controllers as multi-functional tools and use them as hammers. The idea of a controller breaking down, let alone three or four times during a console's lifespan, is absolutely foreign to me

@RogerRoger yeah i missed it

@RogerRoger The only console that ever broke down on me is my GBA, and even then I'm not convinced it's actually broken. I think it has something to do with the third party battery pack. But my DS can play GBA games too, and I haven't touched my DS in years either, so I'm not in a hurry to fix it.

@Octane @RogerRoger i have had one PlayStation 2 break on me and that was my fault because i dropped it but other wise No other PlayStation's, Non Nintendo's and no SEGA's

i have had 4 OG XBOX's 3 XBOX 360's and 2 XBOX ONE's break on me though

I have NEVER broken a controller in anger, never used a controller for anything other than what it is designed for and yet this generation of controllers have 'broken' more frequently than any other. I still have Last gen consoles with many more hours of use that are still working as expected. I look after everything I have but I can't not use them and still play games. Maybe I am 'heavy handed' but I am no more 'heavy handed' with my DS4 than I was with my DS3 and my Xbox Elite controller has lasted 3yrs with NO issue which shows what a 'well built' controller should be. I don't use that controller any differently to a standard XB1 controller or DS4 - other than different angles on the left thumbstick which may have different pressures.

I view these in terms of hours of use so I would expect someone's controller who only plays around 7hrs a week (an hour a day) to last a lot longer than someone who plays 7hours a day. General wear and tear should mean that both controllers last the same number of hours use. If a controller lasts those that play 7hrs a day 2 months, then those that play an hour a day should get a year as that's roughly the same number of hours. Therefore those that say their controller lasts a long time may not be playing as much as those that are finding issues after a few months. Also some games may not be so hard on controllers, may not be having to click the left thumbstick down, hold it down and push forward to run and having to do this a LOT which may wear out these a lot quicker or having to bash buttons compared to the occasional press - using semi automatic weapons compared to fully automatic can wear out triggers a lot quicker too. Point is there are a LOT of factors that can explain why some may not be seeing the issues that others are such as the amount of hours they play by comparison and the types of games they may play too.

Either way, I still think that compared to last gen controllers, this generation are nowhere near as well built. I am playing similar games, similar hours and finding that the controllers are not lasting as long as I would expect or became used to with the last generation!

@Knuckles-Fajita I think that's DS4 number 6 now and I have owned my PS4 since launch. The only other controller I have replaced almost as much are my PS2 controllers.

@Octane Like @BAMozzy I don't use my controllers for anything else other then gaming. I certainly don't slam my controllers into the wall in fits of gamer's rage heck I haven't even dropped them, sat on them or anything else that would cause them to not function. I don't enjoy paying $60 a controller so I take the utmost care of them yet it seems this gen especially something has gone wrong with the DS4 controllers that I had to replace them. As I said in a previous post, I always have had bad luck I guess when it comes to Sony controllers. Heck I have Sega Genesis controllers that I had since I got my Genesis back in 1991 that still work perfectly. Thus I have come to the conclusion that Sony just doesn't know how to make controllers or just doesn't care about the quality of them.

@Tasuki SIX? Bro just let the system die at that point. I would be beyond done with it if the basic Input device for the entire machine died on average once per year. That's £50 per controller here too!

Controller discussion is so boring 😂

For what it's worth, console since launch, 4 controllers. All fine.

@kyleforrester87 same here, i guess it's how you treat them

@FullbringIchigo yeah, these guys with broken controllers must be playing while they eat jam sandwhiches or something! (Sorry if this is "baiting" 😂)

@kyleforrester87 Nah, just average controller use here. Granted its a LOT of use...

Decided to dig out my old PSP that no longer holds a charge (It is 14 years old I suppose) to play Mega Man Maverick Hunter X in preparation for the X Collection on Switch.

I just can't do it. My thumb can't bend the way it needs while I hold the PSP, especially not with Dash being on Circle for obvious reasons to do with Quick Switching on L and R.

This doesn't bode well for the X Collection sadly.

@Knuckles-Fajita Lol I would if I didn't have so many games on the thing. I wish the adapter I use on my Switch so I can use my DS4 controller would work on the PS4 and then I could use a different controller.

@kyleforrester87 Again, just normal use.

Why is it when someone goes through controllers it's right away the person who uses fault and people just can't admit they they manufacturer just makes a bad controller?

@Tasuki Because not everyone has the controllers break like you have. And I think you are in the minority if you think of how many PS4 consoles are out there. If there is a problem with the controllers we would soon hear about it more often and then you could say Sony have manufactured a dodgy controller.