Xbox controllers is the WORST!!!!

this problem is really putting me off buying the new xbox one elite controller, imagine paying over £100 for it and it gets analogue drift after a month

I've owned 3 360s so far, the first one I had for a couple years without this issue. (An Elite) The second one, which was one of the slims when they first came out, I had this issue with 1 of the controllers after about a month. I sent it to microsoft and
they replaced it for free. I haven't had the issue on any of my other 4 controllers I've owned. It's definitely an irritation when it happens though.

The joysticks are a huge problem. Considering if you want to get a good controller you have to go wired it's a bit annoying. You can always replace

them Link2 not an easy thing and voids warranty. If you have an old PS2 controller you can harvest them as they are the same. It's both a mechanical and electric issue since PS3 controllers
uses Hall Effect sensors instead of potentiometers so it can recalibrate whenever it wants, but the pots on the 360 joysticks are stuck with whatever accuracy they were manufactured. They are also zeroed when you turn them on so wherever the stick is will
be the dead zone.



Drove me mad in Assasins Creed BrotherHood to accidentally get out of cover or randomly jump and fall to my death or have to repeat a long climbing sequence. Had to put the game down until I got the new Silver controller which is still the same thing on
the inside as far as PCB layout and components are concerned besides the D-pad. Didn't feel like buying new sticks and soldering them into my old controllers and getting custom shells didn't appeal to me just wanted a working controller. Could have bought
a new game instead of a controller.

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Plus we pay £480 a year to play

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Where are you buying Xbox LIVE Membership for that kind of price?! Maybe I'm not following your wording?



I noticed my first 360's controller began drifting, but my second controller doesn't drift at all. Do you apply a lot of pressure to the sticks or something? Unfortunately there's no way to tighten the sticks up again that I'm aware of, and if there is,
it likely involves opening the controller. Have you considered an officially licensed alternative controller, such as the Razer Onza? It might work for what you need, since the Tournament Edition allows you to tighten the thumb-sticks up a bit.

This is a late response to this but I am experiencing exactly what you describe. The frustration is on a whole new level. I play FPS and it's causing alot of problems in game for me. I am experiencing the "drift" you mentioned but also other issues with
the left thumb-stick like sticking but the controller is clean and nothing is in there. I have found that using those air spray cans and blowing the air into the thumb-stick can free up anything that's under neath it that may be messing with the responsiveness
of the button.