CrimsonIdol3m ago
My apologies, it seemed to me like you were were suggesting that because you’ve never experienced it that it’s not really a problem, or evidence that what’s been examined in this teardown isn’t true (hence why I gave my counter example).
Joystick drift is essentially inevitable given enough wear. There will also be outside factors as to how long that might take, you might even make it a whole generation if you’re lucky. They’re still a lot better than they used to be. We’ve come a long way from the N64 joysticks at least (where the fight was always on in Mario Kart and GoldenEye to get the one controller that DIDN’T have a munted joystick).
source: gamezpot.com