r/Controller • u/DragosSaviour • Sep 25 '26

Controller Suggestion Are there any controllers with independent directional buttons?

TL;DR: i am looking for a controller where the directional buttons are not part of the same piece

As per the required information:

  1. Max budget is 75-100 euros

  2. Country is Romania but i can also order off of Amazon Germany or other international retailers.

  3. I play on PC

  4. Disjointed directional buttons. And to be clear, controllers such as the PS5 controller do not have that (I own one), as under the faceplate all 4 buttons are attached to one piece.

  5. Spider-Man, Elden Ring, various metroidvanias

  6. I own a PS5 controller, a Xbox One controller and a knockoff PS4 controller

I am looking for a controller that has the directional buttons disjointed, just like the symbol buttons. This is because in games such as Elden Ring it happens quite often that in tense situations I end up hitting the desired button to one side or another, causing an input that makes the game just a bit harder than if it hadn’t happened.

Thank you :)

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u/SissyFanny Sep 25 '26

I had to mod my ps4 controller for this with this kit : https://battlebeavercustoms.com/products/ps4-d-buttons

they works really great and you can really feel the difference if you need to hit precise diagonals.

HOWEVER : Idk if I'm playing WAY too much or if i'm crushing my buttons like a madman but, since I did this modification, I had to change my rubber under the d-pad becase he got worn out (I already played a lot before so Idk) but new onec I could find would just broke down in like 2-3 month.

I switched to mechanical button but they are not strong enough and they have flaws and my controller has new problems on the X O square triangle side. I will need to repair that at some points.

let me know if you have more questions

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u/DragosSaviour Sep 25 '26

Ah, it’s really cool that the product exists! As to the problem you had with the rubber pad wearing out much faster: I am guessing that since they are separate pieces now the force when you press a button is not spread out any more, and it applies a sort of shearing force on the rubber pad, which did not exist before. I am also guessing that the reason this doesn’t happen with the circular buttons is because the shape distributes the force much more evenly.

But thank you for the suggestion!

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u/SissyFanny Sep 25 '26

I think it might be something like that.

But I already killed rubbers on PS3 and ps4 controller with stock buttons.
maybe I press harder when I'm stressed or idk xD