PlayStation 5 Galaxy Controllers Appears To Resolve Some Issues With The DualSense In New Discovery

While the issue of analog stick drift is branded to be a massive issue on Nintendo in its own evident respect, the problem is also apparent across the board on other platforms. Fans hoped the problem could be resolved with the limited edition The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD Joy-Cons, however, one report reveals that the controllers are indifferent to previous models. Additionally, a separate report revealed all companies gather the same components from the same manufacturer.

Although the issue is extremely prone to Nintendo Switch hardware, it is also problematic on Xbox and even the latest DualSense controller for PlayStation 5. Overall it is said 400 hours of playtime is the rough estimate before these issue can surface at the very latest. With the previous release of the galaxy collection from Sony for PlayStation 5, it could be possible the new iterations answers to the rising issue.

From YouTuber John Glasscock, he discusses the improvements made to the three color choices are evident compared to the base gamepad that comes with every PlayStation 5 console. You can watch the video below:

“As it turns out, Sony actually made some interesting mechanical design changes to both the DualSense thumbsticks as well as the adaptive triggers. So it looks like Sony is aware of the common issues that users experience and attempting to make corrections with their latest controllers.” He goes on to clarify that the long-term effect of the decisions will be demonstrated as time will reveal to be ultimately effective or not.

Elaborating on the original discovery from YouTuber TronicsFix, it is revealed that the quiet improvements made on these galaxy controllers were intentional including a smaller motherboard. The springs on the triggers also reveals to be replaced with a large component that illustrates to be more effective in practice.

On the discussion of analog drift, the latest Steam Deck faced this problem. However, Valve revealed a new deadzone regression firmware patch was the solution to this issue. You can read the full report by heading here.

Do you notice any differences with the DualSense galaxy controllers over the original one?