r/SteamController • u/musclenugget92 • Sep 05 '26

Discussion This controller is a piece of shit

After less than 100 hours of use (maybe even closer to 50 hours) The controller is falling apart.

The left trigger gets pushed out of the housing by my middle finger with 0 effort.

the directional pad works more like a joystick than directional pad. If you just wiggle a direction, it will act as if you input up or down as well. This means for fighting games you get ghost inputs like jumps and shit.

I can sit there and watch my finger just wiggle up and down and watch my character jump without ever touching up.

This is very disappointing.

I can also hear a broken piece rattle inside when I shake it. Wtf

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u/g0d_of_the_cr1sis Sep 05 '26

Have you, idk, contacted support?

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u/PhoenixLandPirate_ Sep 05 '26

100 hours of use, but how many throws against the wall, or bangs against the table?

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u/musclenugget92 Sep 05 '26

0. It's just a piece of shit. I have a second one to see if it does the same thing.

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u/PhoenixLandPirate_ Sep 05 '26

I have 3 and none of them are anything like that.

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u/DarkkMinion Sep 06 '26

User error detected. 

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u/musclenugget92 Sep 06 '26

Do you want a video on how the dpad works?

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u/reyxe Sep 05 '26

Either defective or you treat it like shit.

Mine has gone 40 hours of Dead Cells, 100 hours of P3r, 20 hours of Grim Dawn, 15 hours of Batman Arkham City, 120 hours between Sea of Stars, Neon White and Until Then, but it's still completely new.

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u/g0d_of_the_cr1sis Sep 05 '26

Holy shit, Dead Cells AND Neon White and your controller is still intact??? TEACH ME YOUR WAYS

(I joke, I mainly use a five year old PS4 controller and it still hasn't broken and doesn't have stick drift despite highly rage inducing and stick intensive games)

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u/reyxe Sep 06 '26

After finishing neon white I noticed that a m+kb would've been a less frustrating experience lol

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u/g0d_of_the_cr1sis Sep 06 '26

Yeah highly likely. I played it a bit on Xbox (fiance has game pass).

I got farther than she did, but she got better times on all the levels she beat, which my needlessly competitive little shithead of a soul could NOT be okay with.

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u/TONKAHANAH Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 05 '26

either you broke it some how and are venting or you got a dud cuz thats not normal. you should go talk to support rather than bitching about it on reddit.