Most wear and tear on your analog sticks

[Mini Stiggy]

Post a pic of how much of the material on your analog stick has been removed.

Don't play and games where I use a controller anymore, otherwise, I'd be trying to go all the way through


Has anyone ever sawed one completely off?

 

[Bopop4]

Post a pic of how much of the material on your analog stick has been removed.


Don't play and games where I use a controller anymore, otherwise, I'd be trying to go all the way through


Has anyone ever sawed one completely off?

I have a DS2 pad that is so worn down on the left stick that it's completely glazed over, no grip at all.

It then started to spin on the actual stick, and it got so bad that it was better to remove it and use the plastic then to use the cover.

You could barely use it with the pad still on because your thumb would just spin and slip off the pad.

 

[AOS-]

None of my analog sticks have any visible wear. While I barely used it, even the Dualshock 3, I still haven't done any notable damage. If anything, it's the dead skin cells we all jam into the edge of the controller shell and the d-pad. That nasty yellowish/gray (when mixed with dust) gunk in the tight crevices? Yeahhhhh.

 

[Slash]

I've never even come close to that, but I have worn into to some old PS2 controllers pretty good.

But jeez how hard to do you rip on them

 

[Bopop4]

I've never even come close to that, but I have worn into to some old PS2 controllers pretty good.

But jeez how hard to do you rip on them

It's a well known fact that the harder you press the stick, the harder the car turns.

This is especially true when you're about to run off track.

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

It's a well known fact that the harder you press the stick, the harder the car turns.

This is especially true when you're about to run off track.

Turning the controller to the side helps as well.

 

[Slash]

I love when people do that lol. I just laugh

 

[kikie]

Post a pic of how much of the material on your analog stick has been removed.
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Don't play and games where I use a controller anymore, otherwise, I'd be trying to go all the way through


Has anyone ever sawed one completely off?

You must have developed thumbinitis, playing that much.

 

[Grayfox]

No damage on any of my Playstation analog sticks as I dont use them.

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

Mine is about the same depth as the OP's but all the way around on the left stick. Controller is almost 5 years old though and lived through the GOW trilogy.

My friend has one that has deeper grooves, but he's a hockey fanatic and NHL games are notorious for grinding in grooves.

 

[iMikeTheKing]

2 Xbox 360 controllers and 3 DS2 controllers no longer have the rubber on the analog stick (I chipped off a piece of the plastic on one of the 360 controllers as well). I threw the controllers away a long time ago so I have no pictures.

 

[bluemoon_19]

Didn't damage the rubber but plastic around the edge of the left analogue stick got ripped off. I blame it on the muscle car I was driving at the time lol

 

[Monatsende]

Still looking good here.


Original picture...

 

[Bo]

My DS3 isn't too destroyed, but my thumbs definitely are.

 

[Monatsende]

My DS3 isn't too destroyed, but my thumbs definitely are.

Get well soon!

 

[Bo]

My right thumb is actually a little deformed from all these years racing with a dualshock... it's nothing major, just between my bone and the tip of my thumb there is a dent of 4-5mm.

 

[Mini Stiggy]

Get well soon!

What the heck?!?!

I dislocated my thumb and it looked exactly like that!

 

[AOS-]

I don't quite understand the ruckus is about the analog sticks and thumb injuries that I keep hearing about every now and then. Granted it's not as comfortable that it's not situated where the d-pad is, it's not particularly uncomfortable. Are you guys clenching your controllers?

 

[AlvaroF]

Still looking good here.


Original picture...

Game rage to a all new level... I find them really hard to destroy!

 

[Murcie_LP640]

The original white controller I got with my 360 has the little directional rubber "nubs" worn smooth but nothing other than that.

 

[Kamuifanboy]

Still looking good here.


Original picture...

Similarly mine are all moist like that. I've yet to figure out if it is just moisture or some sort of chemical. Just to be on the safe side, I've bought new controllers when they start to do that.

 

[Johnny1996]

Still looking good here.


Original picture...

Holy...!

I've got rubber add-on thingies on my sticks, plus I take good care of my DS2s and DS3s, even when in rage mode (surprisingly), so no damage.

 

[GT5Power]

I've completely destroyed one of my DS2's. But I've never had any problems with DS3's.

 

[Robin]

Gosh you guys must have acidic hands or something! It might also be something to do with the climate you play in.

My two DS2 controllers have pretty much no wear and were used regularly for 10 years although I chipped the square button braking hard in GT4 , my Sixaxis (not DS3) which came with my 60GB has been used since launch and no visible wear.

 

[Lucas]

Mine is about the same depth as the OP's

Remember, children: context could save your reputation.

 

[PsuPepperoni]

The front of my left analog looks like OP, from about 2000 hours running around in Battlefield and CoD

 

[AlvaroF]

The front of my left analog looks like OP, from about 2000 hours running around in Battlefield and CoD

Pretty much the same situiation as me, thousands of hours of CoD and I still have thousands and thousands of laps on the 'Ring (and I'm still a crappy driver)

 

[Jet Badger]

Pretty much no visible wear on my old DS2's and a DS3. But the internals of both DS2's left sticks are trashed, they have so much play and imprecision in them it's barely playable, especially after being used to a smooth new DS3 action. There are replacements for those, they are $2-5 but you need some soldering background to succeed on swapping those.Might give it a try someday.

 

[Dean]

No visible wear on my DS3 either, apart from it being dirty.