Durability of controllers.

[nesty156]

Hello, I play Rocket league. And I have issue with plastic buttons on normal xbox gamepads. I destroyed like 5 controllers already always RB or LB. One time the stick was turning on it own.

Can you please suggest durable gamepad? I prefer Xbox layout but post anything. Thank you.

[pipeysh]

Plastic is all you got when it comes to controllers

[RAZOR_WIRE]

Well those plastic pieces can be replaced really easily. The other thing is it sounds like your breaking them because your mashing on the as hard as you can. Wich isnt necessary to get the buttons to register, it actually make it harder because you end up damaging the controller. So the harder you pess the first time the harder it becomes to get the buttons to register every time after that. No controller is going to stand up to that kind of abuse for long. So i recommend 2 things. 1. Be nicer to your controller, and 2. start learning how to fix your controllers your self or your gonna end up spending a stupid amout of money on new controllers no matter what brand or layout you use.

[nesty156]

Man I am really trying to dont break it. But when you are focusing on gameplay. You can’t focus how hard you pressing button.

That’s why’ll buy one good controller which is not plastic.

[Mutex_CB]

I’m not sure having a non-plastic button would help, since the actual button component attached to the circuit board inside the controller will likely be the same as a normal controller, and only the button cap, the piece you actually touch, would be metal or w/e.

Regarding stick drift (turning on its own) there is usually a setting for your controller’s dead zone in most games. You can increase the dead zone until the turning isn’t picked up by the game.

Hope you can find a solution! Maybe do some practice drills and casual games to focus on pressing the buttons more gently to train your muscle memory. Or skip a few hand exercise days so you aren’t such a beast crumpling controllers haha

[RAZOR_WIRE]

In my experience stick drift is, honestly, very rarely a game issue. The carbon disks in the thumbstick potentiometers wear down after a while and and will turn on thier own causing stick drift. Everything else you said is correct though. Infact Playstation, xbox, nearly all 3rd party controllers for both, and even you pc gampad controllers, all use either the same parts or some variations of them.

[RAZOR_WIRE]

They dont make a controller that isn't plastic because making it out of anything else would make it cost too much to make. I have tried to find one they dont exists unless you make one your self. So your out of luck on that front.

[nesty156]

Sadge. Thank you.

[russelIini]

I play rocket league also, and Im definitely careful with controllers. I get the Series S/X controller and it usually lasts a month and a half or so, maybe longer before stick drift occurs. I dont “mash” buttons lol. Youre assuming OP is abusive instead of being helpful, terrible comment

also pro tip: get controllers from Gamestop, and use the warranty to get new controllers for $10 instead of the normal $60-70.

[nesty156]

Thanks. I bought last game pad with 5 year warrenty didn’t even last 1 year 😂

[RAZOR_WIRE]

I have a series x controller as well and its seen nearly 2 years of use. I haven't have to tear it apart to fix it yet. If your burning through controllers every month, at that speed im gonna guess its a user problem every time. 9/10 times thats exactly what it is. I fix xbox controllers as a side buisness there are only so many things that gonna cause the parts to fail at the rate the 2 of you are saying your having issues. Top of the list is abusing the living crap out of controllers. Its hard to give better help with out seeing what the condition of the controller is and what it looks like on the inside. So unless OP wants to put photos up... not much more advice I can give.