So I got a Wired Xbox controller about a year ago and the left stick is... kinda falling...

Hello Sans.
My name is Ezequiel. I'm an Independent Consultant and I'm happy to help you today. I am very sorry for the problem you are experiencing, I suggest that you take your controller to Xbox technical assistance even though it is past the warranty period. Xbox repairs products out of warranty there is a table with the prices of the repair, enter this link to make an appointment.

https://support.xbox.com/help/hardware-network/warranty-service/getting-your-product-serviced

No, I got an elite controller about 6 months ago, thankfully with the 2 year replacement plan. The comfort grips arent glued on by any stretch and easily fall off. The joy stick mechanism IS THE EXACT SAME in the standard controllers. So if you got this
150$ trash to not deal with stick drift, think again. The bumpers are a solid piece of plastic held by tension wire (inferior quality to even the standard controller) The thing isnt worth 60$ let alone 150. This company **** sucks and I pray someone opens
a class action against them for marketing crappier tech for higher prices. There is nothing about this controller you want. The extra buttons and trigger locks arent worth it. Get this garbage tech if you really have 150$ burning a hole in your wallet. Otherwise,
stick with the standard controllers or literally anything else.

Controller that came with my console at xmas has been dropped, kicked chewed and anything else you can think of AND it works completely fine. Got a second controller a couple of weeks ago which had barely been used (only to play against my 6 year old on
fifa) and has suddenly got the ever so popular 'LEFT STICK ISSUE'. Swapped this at Game for a fresh controller, had this one a day and BOOM left stick has gone again! MS this is a serious issue which if ignored will result in a major downfall for The
XBOX ONE.

i've got big hands and long fingers so i was lucky i could use the left thumb on the left stick and the other 4 fingers doing the rest, on the Ps3 controller. with the position of the left stick on the xbox controller, i cant do that way.

I just swapped out the old sticks for some new ones a few days ago on my Xbox One controller. The old sticks got loose and had a wobble to them. That controller is secondhand and had a heap of wear already. The new one I bought the left bumper stopped working
properly so I don't really use it anymore.