Thumbstick Fix

Hi everyone,

So i have a controller that the left stick broke on. During normal gameplay, nothing excessive or anything. In fact i had just bought this controller like 2.5 weeks prior to the stick breaking. Its not a cheap one as its a well known pro gaming controller.

I won't name the company for a few reasons...

•It really doesnt matter because i have gone thru about 30 contollers with the exact same issue from Microsoft brand standard ones to elite and elite series 2 all the way to the most generic $20 controller...

•This discussion/question covers everything. Every brand of controller because the part we're going focus on is the thumbstick module itself.

•Microsoft backs them up with an official license

•I won't plug another company on here because im more business focused/appropriate than that

•I have a lot of respect for Microsoft (aside from this thumbstick fiasco theyve put us thru)

BACK ON TOPIC

So, at this time when the controller broke, i was no noob at opening controllers and soldering new modules on. Only to experience the same terrible results over and over...

This night in particular was a bad night. I use my gaming to focus and take escapes from the harsh reality of the world some times. Its literally my only sanctuary.

Well it was about 1AM and the Pandemic just started. I wasnt getting a controller for a while because of the time, the timing, and the fact that i wasnt eligible for unemployment (whole different fiasco.)

I took all of the knowledge from the other 28 controllers i had break on me and opened and gutted and studied etc... I've been doing this for 10 years now remember? Lbvs.

Well that night i got creative, logically creative, backed by knowledge of the broken piece, the contents inside the piece, the exact same issue on about 30 controllers and i had noticed the same defect on every controller... Specifically the left stick module on every controller i had broken.

So, i took all the stuff i had learned and tossed in my creative guy brain, and i was able to fix the controllers thumbstick module for about .05¢.

Yes FIVE CENTS!!!

And i proceeded to fix 15 more the next day (I kept all my broken ones.)

That was the last time i bought an xbox controller...

I'm still using that that professional gaming controller i mentioned above... I havent had to reapply the fix; to any of them. I have used random ones variously along with the professional controller and they have all held up.

This year has been the longest amount of time I've gone without needing to purchase a new controller since launch. And its my fix that did it...

•What should i do?

•Should i try to shop this to Microsoft?

•How do you do that?

•Do i shop it to a Microsoft competitor so they can make solid controllers and Microsoft can visit Karma Road?

I'm genuinely lost here at the moment on what to do.

I dont want to give up and deny us all a good and solid, funtional controller.

I dont want to release it for free, because this is the type of idea that will make millions and that would make me an idiot.

I dont want to sell it to microsoft if they wont use it as intended and instead sweep it under the rug cuz controller breakage is probably their #1 income generator.

I respect and love microsoft and all the amazing stuff they've given ME/US over the years. But that doesnt change the fact that weve all been kinda screwed with this issue and we deserve better.

So, I'm not sure what i should do and i posted this here because id truly like to discuss it so hopefully the right person sees this.

Thank you all in advance,

-Piff Erton

:)