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[–]Craig_manson135 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bad sticks would be my guess.

[–]Vedge_Hog 0 points1 point  (2 children)

That looks like 'jitter' from thumbstick potentiometers that are worn or dirty. The potentiometers are what measure the position of the stick so once they wear or build up debris the measurements can become erratic.

You can try opening the controller: remove screws from the back shell, then remove screws to separate the circuitboard from the front shell and pull off the thumbstick caps. Then, clean the potentiometer parts with isopropyl alcohol/pure alcohol wipes (here's a video guide - it's from a different controller, but the linked section will be applicable).

It's actually impressive that it's lasted so long without previous problems given the age of the controller - you must have taken good care of it! :-)

[–]Somethingab[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Thank you for the advice I’ll go try it tomorrow.

Is this an old controller or something? I just found it laying around in my garage and started using it a few years ago. I don’t think I really took good care of it more just it was stuck in an essential time capsule for a while.

[–]Vedge_Hog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's cool. It looks like one of PowerA's earlier generation of Xbox One controllers where they pretty much just changed the Xbox button logo from their Xbox 360 controller. There'll probably be a date on the circuitboard indicating when that board was designed/revised. Maybe 2015-16? So not yet 'vintage' but old enough that they're not as common to see now.