So, I had the joy-con drift twice : a small one months ago on the left joy-con, which was a bit annoying when playing BOTW as Link would turn a bit sometimes. A friend fixed it for me and never had a problem since.
Well, two weeks ago, bam, right joy-con. This time it's really bad : if I pushed the stick to go up the position would get stucked. It was unplayable. I took the decision to fix it myself and went to a hardware store to buy this baby for 8€ only
It worked like a charm, I just sprayed twice under the stick cap and did a 360° for a minute, the joy-con was functionnal immediately.
Suddendly I was wondering, hey, there's another controller which maybe needs a good clean.
Maybe some of you are familiar with it but a lot of early Xbox One Controllers have the same problem : the right bumper stops working after a while. A colleague works as a director for a big game streaming Twitch channel and most of their pads have this issue too.
I removed the right cover from the controller with my nails (don't worry if you try, it won't break) and sprayed a good amount of contact cleaner inside and like the joy-cons : worked immediately. The controller was good as new.
Honestly I'm stunned it was so simple. I was so frustrated to left the Xbox One controller in its box for a whole year because I couldn't play to Dark Souls or Dragon Ball Fighterz on PC with it properly and now I can.
Did any of you try it to fix your controllers ? Would you if you didn't ?
Well, two weeks ago, bam, right joy-con. This time it's really bad : if I pushed the stick to go up the position would get stucked. It was unplayable. I took the decision to fix it myself and went to a hardware store to buy this baby for 8€ only
It worked like a charm, I just sprayed twice under the stick cap and did a 360° for a minute, the joy-con was functionnal immediately.
Suddendly I was wondering, hey, there's another controller which maybe needs a good clean.
Maybe some of you are familiar with it but a lot of early Xbox One Controllers have the same problem : the right bumper stops working after a while. A colleague works as a director for a big game streaming Twitch channel and most of their pads have this issue too.
I removed the right cover from the controller with my nails (don't worry if you try, it won't break) and sprayed a good amount of contact cleaner inside and like the joy-cons : worked immediately. The controller was good as new.
Honestly I'm stunned it was so simple. I was so frustrated to left the Xbox One controller in its box for a whole year because I couldn't play to Dark Souls or Dragon Ball Fighterz on PC with it properly and now I can.
Did any of you try it to fix your controllers ? Would you if you didn't ?
