My DS4 that’s about a year old’s right stick is starting to drift pretty badly. It’s a weird one because I wouldn’t say that I use the right stick that much in the grand scheme of things. It doesn’t register in most situations but any sort of camera movement or aiming it totally throws off and is starting to get in the way of actually playing. I had a look at the inputs through my laptop and it looks like the stick input is bouncing when I don’t touch it at all. Bizarre. I don’t think even a clean out would do the trick as it seems more like an issue with the actual mechanism.
@nessisonett The whole "stick drift" issue is one I see cropping up a lot lately, but (outside of a few isolated incidents with truly ancient PS2 controllers) it's also one I've never encountered. That's pretty incredible that you'd have a major problem with such a young controller. Kinda feels like Sony changed manufacturing processes at some point or something.
Will you take it apart and tinker, or just seek out a replacement?
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@RogerRoger Ooh, now I’m torn between replacing my white one or going for the blue controller! I do like the white but that Midnight Blue is quite the looker.
@nessisonett My original (came with my launch PS4 7 yrs ago) DS4 has right stick drift. It is very subtle also random, sort of. It is not severe enough to throw off aiming much, but it manifests usually on the map screen (menu gradually gets magnified), or occasionally noticeable when idle during the game with a very slow subtle tilting of the camera.
Strangely, it occurs sometimes and then resolves on it own sometimes. Usually it’s most severe when I first start using it then it’s gone after using the controller for 30 minutes or so. Also using canned air to blow into the space at the base of the stick, while pushing the stick down and rotating it around, seems to help about half the time. So I’m not entirely sure it’s dust in there. I’ve heard the DS4 is a nightmare to take apart, so I just live with it.
Fortunately I have a second controller to use as my primary one. Also... I hope to be converting over to a DualSense eventually. 😄
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@RogerRoger I’ve got the midnight blue one coming today! Seeing as how PS5s are seemingly impossible to get hold of, I thought I might as well just get a new controller because it’s getting pretty hard to use.
It never occurred to me until recently of how large the PS4 library is. With that many games there's most definitely a plethora of hidden gems to discover.
@Th3solution With regard to what you said about Nathan, Elena and Sully, wouldn't you agree that Sam is an excellent Naughty Dog creation as well? I would have liked to have seen a game about him and Sully adventuring together in addition to The Lost Legacy!
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@Jimmer-jammer I'm currently farming blood echoes in Bloodborne to get to a +99 Vit tank build for going into The Old Hunters DLC, with 50 Str & 50 Skl. Will take a while, but should be worth it, I really want that Moonlight Greatsword! What are your thoughts on Bloodborne? What are you playing right now? Did you finish Ghostrunner?
@TheBrandedSwordsman The Old Hunters is one of the best DLC’s I’ve ever played. If you haven’t completed it before, you’re in for some of Bloodbonre’s best content. The last boss is one that I will certainly never forget.
I finished up Ghostrunner and enjoyed it quite a bit, though the final level was a struggle for me well beyond anything before it. If it wasn’t for the absolutely fantastic soundtrack, I probably wouldn’t have stayed up till 4:00am and died 973 times to finish it. The part from 2:15 and on has claimed a space in my brain permanently.
As for now, just finishing up Ashen, which as a souls fan, might be worth checking out for you if you haven’t already. It’s been great.
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@Jimmer-jammer I look forward to The Old Hunters then, yeah ,pretty much everyone says it's some of, if not the best content in Bloodborne, and DLC often beats playing a vanilla game anyway. Congratulations on finishing Ghostrunner and good luck with Ashen, my gripe with that game is that all the weapons seem to be axes, doing a quick scan of the game's weapons online didn't turn up any swords, and as a D&D/Souls type guy swords are essential for me - hence the hope of getting either Ludwig's Holy Blade or the Holy Moonlight Sword in Bloodborne.
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@Jimmer-jammer I liked Ghostrunner a lot and I'll definitely replay it when they release the PS5 version. That last level was a bit of a chore but still not as hard as the "first boss"
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@TheBrandedSwordsman ludwig’s holy blade is my favourite weapon in the game 😄 yeah weapons is an area where Ashen really doesn’t even compare to the souls games. Outside of a club I can’t recall anything except axes, one handed and two handed. Even spears are reserved to being a ranged weapon (and a neat traversal mechanic). With that said, if it’s ever on the cheap, it’s one of the better souls like games I’ve played.
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