Mere months have passed since the PS5's hotly anticipated launch, and already there's a classaction lawsuit brewing over joystick drift on Sony's hightech DualSense controllers. Who could have seen this coming? Well, as it turns out, everyone. Everyone should have seen this coming. Because for all its exciting new tech, the DualSense uses offtheshelf joystick hardware with a long history of predictable, preventable issues. And now we've investigated those issues in excruciating detail.

Sony isn't the only company to use offtheshelf joystick modules, but, like Microsoft, they've made it difficult to repair this consumable component. Joysticks have a known life expectancyit's listed right in a product sheet from the manufacturer. In this video, we head back inside a DualSense controller to see what is failing, and how.

You can read more about joystick drift in our blog post on iFixit.com:
https://www.ifixit.com/News/48944/her...

Links to other videos we reference in this video:

XQGaming: How to Repair Xbox One Analog Stick Input
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My Mate VINCE: Xbox One Controller Trying different ways to FIX Stick Drift
   • Xbox One Controller  Trying differen...  

SOSS GAMING: How to Replace Xbox One Controller Analog Joystick Fix Stick Drift & More
   • How to Replace Xbox One Controller An...  

SOSS GAMING: How to Replace Xbox One Controller Analog Joystick NEW METHOD [...]
   • How to Replace Xbox One Controller An...  

CYBER DIVER: 【SCUF/PS4コントローラー】【修理/分解】 勝手に動くスティックを新品に交換して修理する方法
   • 【SCUF/PS4コントローラー】【修理/分解】 勝手に動くスティックを新...  

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