JoyCon Drift has plagued the Nintendo Switch since shortly after launch, and now Sony’s PlayStation DualSense controller is also drifting. This prompts an obvious question: what’s the deal with controller drift? IGN talked to Astrophysicist and USF instructor Aaron White to learn more about the science behind controller drift and what can be done to fix controller drift moving forward.

The PS5 Controller is hardly the first game controller to drift, but it definitely seems like controller drift is on the rise. Currently, faulty Nintendo hardware and Sony’s defective controller have now resulted in multiple lawsuits. The DualSense lawsuit came about after numerous reports of PlayStation 5 drift but the Nintendo Switch Lawsuits date back to 2019.

In this piece, you’ll learn a bit about controller drift history, the recent uptick in PS5 drift, and what can be done to fix defective controllers.

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