I attempted to repair stick drift on my PS5 controller and it went very poorly

I made the change from XBox to PlayStation slightly over two years in the past. In the identical field as my PS5 got here this glorious little DualSense controller. I beloved it from the second I first laid my palms on it, particularly after utilizing solely XBox controllers for the reason that unique one. Ever since then, it has been clean crusing…till final week.

I used to be doing what nearly each gamer has been for the final week — taking part in Ghost of Yotei — after I acquired as much as get a snack. Nevertheless, I had forgotten to pause the sport earlier than I stood up, and I seen that our essential character, Atsu, was strafing slowly to the left with out anybody being inside 10 toes of the controller. I instantly acquired flashbacks to my outdated XBox days of coping with stick drift, then remembered that I had change into fairly good at fixing the difficulty. I might take any Xbox controller aside with my eyes shut. Why not attempt it on a DualSense? Nicely, pricey reader, assuming you glanced on the title of this story, you already know that it did not actually finish all that nicely, nevertheless it doesn’t suggest I did not have enjoyable making an attempt.

I instantly started operations (graphic content material forward)

Like a gamer surgeon in Gray’s Anatomy who missed auditions

By way of slightly assist from a YouTube tutorial and an in depth instrument field that I hold within the storage, I had the controller aside in only a few minutes. At this level throughout the surgical procedure, I had no worries. This was going to be easy. Simply pop some plastic off, take away a number of screws, take out the battery, unplug some tabs on the board, clear the sticks and use some compressed air, and life can be grand. And I achieved all of these issues. I used to be even capable of get the controller fully again collectively once more — huzzah!

In my sheer pleasure, I fired up the PlayStation. The button nonetheless labored, which after all gave me the boldness of MacGyver after which some. I fired up Ghost of Yotei once more, and would not you already know it, Atsu was nonetheless strafing. My plan had been foiled, at the least on the primary attempt. Nevertheless, after repeating the method and experiencing the identical concern, I knew that extra drastic measures wanted to be taken. I’d not be bested by this enemy of plastic and wi-fi connectivity.

I requested the boss of the family for ideas

Her response was lower than useful

Now I am not a silly man. Every time I’ve an vital query that must be answered, there’s just one place I’m going — to my cat. Give it some thought. She’s labored out among the best existence on the planet. She would not want to fret about algorithms or analytics. She has no payments of her personal to pay. She will get free (to her) meals on a regular basis. This little girl evidently has life discovered. Nevertheless, her assist was suboptimal on this occasion.

All Kat Benatar (sure, that is her authorized identify) did was instantly begin making an attempt to smell out the issue. As in, she actually began sniffing the controller. Then, she laid her paw on the touchpad. I assumed she was utilizing her otherworldly powers to sense the difficulty, which was solely logical. She appeared up at me along with her all-knowing eyes, took one lengthy blink, then shifted away from the controller. It was nearly as if she mentioned, “You are by yourself right here, pal.” On to the subsequent plan it was, then.

It was time to show in direction of the Almighty

With choices working low on this planet, I attempted wanting up

If Kat Benatar could not determine my concern, I assumed that certainly the beings not of this earth with which she communicates would. That is after I went exterior, lifted my controller as much as the sky and requested anybody on the market within the universe with data of DualSense controllers to please lay their hand upon my poor controller.

We have been by thick and skinny, this controller and me. From Malevelon Creek to each Ghost of Tsushima and now most of Yotei, all the way in which to the re-launch of the NCAA Soccer collection, this little controller and I’ve weathered every boss combat, received numerous championships, and introduced managed democracy to greater than our justifiable share of the galaxy. It was at this second I acquired slightly choked up, however one thing modified within the air at that very same time. For no matter cause, I had a sense of hope. I knew deep in my psyche that now, my stick drift would lastly be gone. Then I turned on Ghost of Yotei another time, and Atsu was nonetheless strafing…I had no extra choices. I used to be defeated. Or was I?

It was hammer time

No, not the MC form

Former TopGear presenter Jeremy Clarkson taught me rather a lot rising up, even when it was solely vicariously by the tv. Excessive up on the listing of issues he taught me is the truth that many issues in life can, certainly, be mounted by a hammer. Perhaps not mounted within the sense that they’ll work correctly once more, however at the least mounted within the sense that it makes the consumer of mentioned hammer really feel significantly better about the place they’re at within the means of restore. The outcomes…nicely…they adopted.

The deed was lastly achieved

All was quiet on the gaming entrance, and an Amazon order was made

Like I used to be Atsu in a raging room, I took my frustrations out on the factor that had now fully ruined my afternoon. On a regular basis wasted that might have been spent discovering Altars of Reflection or battling Ronin instantly got here to the forefront of my thoughts as I slammed the hammer down instantly into the touchpad. The battle was over. The deed was achieved. My spouse was taking a look at me like I had lastly misplaced it. Then, I made an Amazon order, and determined that Atsu’s quest for revenge must resume one other day.

DualSense controllers most positively can get stick drift. Go forward and ask me how I do know.