Xbox One Controller Failures

I have purchased two of these controllers in the past year to plug into my pc. For starters how is this not wireless? I got over the cord issues but both controllers had different failures within 6 months of light weekend gaming. First controller was a drift
rendering stealth in games incredibly frustrating and unplayable. Now my second controller has the left bumper stuck. I've owned 4 xbox and 4 xbox 360 controllers and they all still work (worn out rubber on the thumb sticks). I was considering the xbox elite
controller but I would turn red if I had spent 3x on a controller to find the same built in obsolescence. This is absolutely shameful build quality. I've been considering a new console and these issues have me shopping playstation for the first time. I hope
money saved on build quality negates the business lost.

Possible prevention:

- remove controller from the room before sneezing

- after use place controller on red velvet pillow in a low light climate controlled room maintaining a constant 20 degrees Celsius and low humidity levels

- while in use wrap hands in bubble wrap and never fully depress buttons or move thumb sticks to their outer most positions

- only allow trained professionals to operate (2 weeks in class 1 week in the field training course)

- allow controller down time by turning off game every 15 minutes for a minimum of 30 minutes (maximum 4 hours of playtime for every month no more than 1 hour a day while following strict recuperation schedule)

:)

 

Xbox one controller failures

Pot adjestments can be thrown off easily enough to cause drifts in a varity of ways.

However, clicking and holding the thumbstick has nothing to do with the pots themselves, but rather a completely different part of the thumbstick modual. Which rarely goes bad.

What causes drifts is.

1) Potentiometers, or 3d assembly build quality, or lack thereof.

2) Dirt, food, oil from your hands etc finding it's way onto the circuit boards, building up under the 3d mods just enough to cause the pot to get out of adjestment.

Pots are extra sensitive to even the slightest of tweaking and when dirt builds up around them, they can be effected enough to cause drift.

My Solution to 2): Ribbed rubber boots, simular to what you'll find on Flightsticks etc to prevent particulets from finding their way inside the controllers shell and onto the circuit boards.

However if the build quality 1) isn't there then why bother!

 

Xbox one controller failures

Ahhh the dreaded stick drift, it was the right stick for me, it finally took my day 1 controller from me...

Always disliked clicking in a stick for sprint, so one of my Elites paddles is always mapped to the left stick click.