hey_it's_that_dog
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My controller from a shipment in December is as perfect as the day I opened it. I don't know if that means every controller has been fixed since then, but good ones have been out there for quite some time.
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DS4 thumb sticks might have a problem?
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My controller from a shipment in December is as perfect as the day I opened it. I don't know if that means every controller has been fixed since then, but good ones have been out there for quite some time.
licktheenvelope
Member
Some people use controllers in a way that makes the launch was break, for sure.
I had no problem with either of min for 8 months... lent my brother my PS4 for a month and he wore down the left stick on the main controller to cracking (playing less than I do normally).
I bought 10 replacements thumbsticks on amazon for about $10 though so i'm not concerned.
They should atleast have the controller with the newer stick material compared to release.
Mine is from April and has already that pad revision. So far they are fine.
CreateNowSleepLater
Member
This is the revised controller:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NucbuFsaVy0
This is a video on how to do the mod:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsFqFmj2Org
TimeEffect
Member
This actually looks really sexy
The_Almighty_Swan
Banned
I felt my fingers would kinda slip off if held them too long in one direction, now I feel like it sticks like glue. I have big hands so maybe that's why I like em so much. LOL!!!
JetBlackPanda
Member
I have gone back to my DS4 sticks, but I think I will be buying a blue DS4 and using that as my standard and putting my xboxone sticks back on my black one.
I like both but can't decide.
Does anyone know if you can buy replacement screws for the DS4?
I like both but can't decide.
Does anyone know if you can buy replacement screws for the DS4?
Madrugador
Member
Switched the DS4 thumsticks from my controller for a pair of Xbox One thumbsticks yesterday.
My problem now is that the controller is creaking, very annoying and I'm not sure how to fix it.
My problem now is that the controller is creaking, very annoying and I'm not sure how to fix it.
Screws aren't tight enough/ something didn't go back the way it should've.
Here's my launch DS4. Perfectly fine
Madrugador
Member
Both of my left sticks are now worn - one much worse than the other. As I'm approaching my 12 month anniversary I might contact GAME and Sony to see what their response is. I'd hope to get both replaced within warranty tbh, quality is much less than you'd expect - I haven't abused them at all.
I'll open it again and see if I can get it fixed
Make sure all the rubber between the board and buttons lay flat and make sure the trigger rubber mounts fit on their 'grooves'.
You'd be better off just replacing the sticks with some Xbone sticks off eBay. The rubber is much tougher and better designed. Sony hasn't done anything different with their thumb sticks at all.
MightyHedgehog
Member
It's fucking sad that anyone has to state this part at all.
Doctoglethorpe
Member
Told my cousin how I was worried about my sticks since I just got a PS4 and they have the old thumbsticks on the controller. He told me his launch gamepad was still totally fine and not to worry. Then the other day he brought it over for Diablo and I looked at them, they are worn to the bone like polished plastic and a big chunk is missing from the left one. Now I wonder how many other people online are saying theirs are fine in denial.
Yes they have. Newer controllers are using a harder rubber now. I got one of the new blue controllers and the sticks feel quite a bit different, and not just because they are new. The new sticks seem like they would be significantly more durable.
HawksWinStanley
Member
I just got a PS4 a couple weeks ago and after 20+ hours of playing my sticks still look fine. I don't know how much mileage people put on them before they start showing signs of wear though.
I have a launch PS4 and no issues with thumb sticks, but I may need to get a new controller because of a strange issue I've started having. The wire has started curling itself into tight knots for no reason. I don't wrap the wires around anything either. Wouldn't be a problem if not for the horrible battery life.
Madrugador
Member
I think I actually got it fixed, yay!
I bought my own wires for charging. They're ten or twelve feet long, so I can charge-and-play even from my couch. No idea what they were thinking by packing in such tiny cables.
Yeah, I suppose I'll have to do that. They were already short, but with the crazy curling going on, they are almost useless now.
Wires don't come with new controllers.
Madrugador
Member
Fuck, looks like I didn't get it fixed. I feel the handles are creaking a lot, but maybe it was always like this, I'm not sure.
My secondary controller just stated peeling out of the blue while playing PvsZ:GW I really thought that I had somehow dodged this like loud fans or power issues, you know, something you read about but can't relate. So naturally I haven't kept up, is Sony or Gamestop doing anything about this? I mean this shit literally went from zero perceptible damage to a chunk just rolling off the left stick like fake Terminator skin. I'm fucking bummed. I just bought OlliOlli too and from the little that I played before switching to PvsZ I'm scared to use my good controller too!
I really thought that I had somehow dodged this like loud fans or power issues, you know, something you read about but can't relate. So naturally I haven't kept up, is Sony or Gamestop doing anything about this? I mean this shit literally went from zero perceptible damage to a chunk just rolling off the left stick like fake Terminator skin. I'm fucking bummed. I just bought OlliOlli too and from the little that I played before switching to PvsZ I'm scared to use my good controller too!AgentOtaku
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Can't recommend these enough guys
I want to give Sony credit. I had a peeling left stick and sent it in. I included a note requesting a blue replacement for having to pay to ship a factory defect to them after already having to have the console replaced for the auto eject issue. Sure enough they sent back a blue controller as I requested which I got today. May not seem like much but I really appreciate it.
Digital-Hero
Member
Ok, only a week or two after laughing at you guys in this thread. It's happening to me...
I noticed while playing TLOU RM (which I guess was the first time I really had some long intense play sessions on m PS4) that my sticks were getting a bit greasy and annoying.
bought this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003NSLGW2/?tag=neogaf0e-20
seems to have solved everything. $4 solves the problem. And it comes with 2 sets.
bought this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003NSLGW2/?tag=neogaf0e-20
seems to have solved everything. $4 solves the problem. And it comes with 2 sets.
AgentOtaku
Member
Highly recommend them as well
ProcHoliday
Banned
The only (small) problem was the thumbsticks, and that has been fixed while the price has stayed at 399.99. AND the console has already become profitable. I don't think "cheap materials" were the reason for the 399.99 price.
Doctoglethorpe
Member
So I thought I got the old DS4 when I recently purchased my PS4. Now that I've compared my cousins to mine side by side I realize its actually probably the revised version. The paint is a little less shiny. The thumbsticks are also very different but at first I thought his were simply extremely worn down. I thought mine were how they used to be but my memory must be shot. People have described the new ones as having no "stick" to keep your thumbs from sliding off, but thats not how mine feel.
I'm still not 100% sure what to think, but I'm feeling a lot more confident now that my sticks aren't going to be rubbish a month from now.
I'm still not 100% sure what to think, but I'm feeling a lot more confident now that my sticks aren't going to be rubbish a month from now.
You can tell by the FCC ID number on the label.
Original - AK8CUHZCT1
Revision - AK8CUHZCT1F1
The newer sticks have a little bit less grip due to the harder material, but they still give me plenty of grip. I'm not really sure why people have a problem with them.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
Ok, only a week or two after laughing at you guys in this thread. It's happening to me...
Weird. This looks like the newer DS4 with the stick material replaced (more homogeneous texture instead of the rubbery feeling of the older ones)
It's strange this happened underneath the analog stick.
Since launch I have been in the "no issue" crowd, but I have an update...
I'm not sure what the cause is, but it seems now from personal experience that there is definitely something different about how the sticks react to the way certain people hold/play the controller...
My grandfather passed away a few weeks ago so a lot of family was in town that we don't see much...so I was watching a couple of my young cousins one day and I've gone since launch with not a HINT of wear on any of my three DS4's....within a half hour of them playing Resogun (they wouldnt stop playing that game lol) the rubber on my wave blue imported UK DS4's left stick started to peel off...I was shocked...
I knew I shouldn't have let them use "my" controller lol...but it def seems that it was something specific that one of them was doing that caused it
I'm not sure what the cause is, but it seems now from personal experience that there is definitely something different about how the sticks react to the way certain people hold/play the controller...
My grandfather passed away a few weeks ago so a lot of family was in town that we don't see much...so I was watching a couple of my young cousins one day and I've gone since launch with not a HINT of wear on any of my three DS4's....within a half hour of them playing Resogun (they wouldnt stop playing that game lol) the rubber on my wave blue imported UK DS4's left stick started to peel off...I was shocked...
I knew I shouldn't have let them use "my" controller lol...but it def seems that it was something specific that one of them was doing that caused it
Got them as well for my fingers slipping off sticks. Work perfect
The same thing happened with me when my wife played Resogun. I had put hundreds of hours into my single launch DS4. It was starting to wear down a little bit, but there weren't any tears or any kind of peeling. My wife started playing Resogun, and after about twenty minutes I looked at the controller and the sticks were absolutely destroyed.
I have a feeling that all of the launch style sticks are going to eventually wear away, but there definitely seems to be a certain way that people use the analog sticks that will accelerate the issue. For example, my wife swears up and down that she doesn't touch the sticks with her fingernails, but when watching her play she absolutely does from time to time. That in combination with more pressure on the sticks could easily cause the issue to present itself far earlier than normal.
i have 2 controllers since day 1 and both are like new and i play at least 4 days a week for about 3 or 4 hours each day so they get used frequently, i say that was a bad batch of controllers and im guessing everything should be good now
Melchiah
Member
The tiny tear that appeared on the left stick a couple of weeks ago has slightly increased. I hope it won't get worse too quickly, as I don't have the extra money right now to buy a new before Destiny is released. I read somewhere over here, that the sticks in the new DS4 batch have a different kind of texture, which apparently makes them more slippery. Is that true?
The same but on my case only one controller that came with Ps4 on November.
Only problem was R1 geting stuck but fixed it in December and no more problems since then.
Sorry to burst anyone's hopes here, but I just had my NEW REVISED DS4 get it's first tiny cut in the typical left side position. These are verified new revised versions. A little over one month of playing TLOU in MP and the first one is already biting the dust. Hairline rubber fracture will in two or three months turn into a rip.
These ones lasted longer but whatever company is doing this has no idea what they are doing. I still don't like how this rubber feels. It's too sticky and not near thick enough. Thickness won't help it though.
It is my theory that people who use the thumbsticks and move them around with their thumbs a lot and play hardcore are the ones that tear them really easily. I mean dudes, one month here. ONE MONTH. And the revised version is already biting the dust. This is literally some terrible rubber compound they are using.
I have already relegated my other new one to SP only. I will not even touch a multiplayer game with it. All of this reminds me of the days Warhawk was destroying controllers. But that was not rubber mostly and it happened after about a year of play. THIS right here is absolutely pathetic. Cheap ass fix for a cheap ass company atm. Sony needs to do better.
Right now I suggest people do the same with two controllers. Save one for SP play and it should last. I should mention I played TLOU pretty hardcore, got my KDR up 2.30, and played a ton of hours up to like 45 or something.
These ones lasted longer but whatever company is doing this has no idea what they are doing. I still don't like how this rubber feels. It's too sticky and not near thick enough. Thickness won't help it though.
It is my theory that people who use the thumbsticks and move them around with their thumbs a lot and play hardcore are the ones that tear them really easily. I mean dudes, one month here. ONE MONTH. And the revised version is already biting the dust. This is literally some terrible rubber compound they are using.
I have already relegated my other new one to SP only. I will not even touch a multiplayer game with it. All of this reminds me of the days Warhawk was destroying controllers. But that was not rubber mostly and it happened after about a year of play. THIS right here is absolutely pathetic. Cheap ass fix for a cheap ass company atm. Sony needs to do better.
Right now I suggest people do the same with two controllers. Save one for SP play and it should last. I should mention I played TLOU pretty hardcore, got my KDR up 2.30, and played a ton of hours up to like 45 or something.