Just bought a Microsoft official Series X controller so I could enjoy cloud gaming and use it to play stardew valley on my pc. I can already feel the Joystick on this thing slightly falling a part. Like, i think in a few months i might have some real problems with this thing.
Kind of bullshit considering it was damn near 70 dollars. 360 controllers did not feel cheap like this.
Yes. Everything. The tendency of the rate of profit to fall means the capitalists constantly are looking for ways to cut costs just to maintain profits. Cheaping out on quality is one way to accomplish this, but even that will just be a temporary solution, as are all capitalist methods of maintaining profit.
how long can this go on for before the rate of profit is low enough that the system itself cannot go on? it seems like we’re approaching some kind of asymptote in terms of the severity of the crisis, things are just getting exponentially worse at a faster rate and the proportion of profit meted out to the labour aristocracy is getting smaller and smaller.
It’s fundamentally a question of the extent to which the US can maintain its bullshit financial system, as the structural underpinnings of it (namely imperialism and ever-increasing home values) are the primary drivers of profit. The 2008 financial crisis was never actually resolved, interest rates are zilch and quantitative easing is in overdrive. They’re out of their usual mask-on tools.
That probably means that they’ll be left with mask-off tools: austerity for all, targeting nations outside the US-associated financial system for death even more than usual, and all kinds of disgusting shenanigans to keep exploiter + exploited states in line. India, Vietnam, Indonesia… it will be absolutely essential to the system that they do not become in any way independent: food security, multipolar financial partnerships, improved living standards and fewer work hours will all be high-priority targets of sabotage.
I think it just depends, either way. This is long past the days where shit would last years. I think they’re definitely starting to cheap out on parts like you suggested. This controller is about a month old if that.
Parts were overbuilt before modern mechanical design software could simulate how long they would last. Part of it though is that modern devices are thinner and use less robust switches as a result though.
You can look at old pictures of joystick switches on Ebay and see the progression to ever thinner switches .
I believe Nintendo has changed the design of the joycon controllers. I had to constantly replace the joystick on my launch switch because of drift issues. I finally got a new pair a year ago after breaking the ribbon cable on my old pair and I haven’t experienced any drifting issues since. IIRC they changed the design of the metal casing on the joystick.
I never had a playstation growing up but my N64 and PC controllers were quite bad (especially the joystick on the N64). I don’t doubt that companies cheap out on components but my DS4 and XB1 controllers feel so much better quality than all the crap I had as a kid.
Daulshock 3 joysticks wouldn’t drift, but they’d get stuck all the time, that’s how’d they’d break. Also went though multiple. Also a very tiny controller for most people, my hands aren’t particularly big but I can cover the entire controller with my hand. My friend with small hands loves them though and still uses them to this day as they’re the only controllers she can use comfortably.
They’re trying to make you buy a second one
becoming garbage quality
:astronaut-2: :astronaut-1:
I’ve been using my 30 dollar PS3 controller for 16 years.
My SNES controllers are still functional, but they haven’t been used regularly since I can’t hook them up to my PC
I never had problems with mine, that’s just my anecdote though. If those were considered bad by the majority, then I can’t imagine how people feel about the Xbox One controllers and this new Series X/S controller. The thing feels light as air and like it could fall apart at any moment.
my ~1 year after launch one feels considerably lighter than my 360 pads, and if i run my fingernail over the plasic it sounds “more hollow” if that makes sense
the plastic also feels noticably shittier
i got it brand new with a console
I got it directly from gamestop brand new. IDK, this is just my experience. It feels light to me compared to other controllers but that’s relative.
If it does break on me, ill just call customer support and see what I can work out with them.
Also horrid for a lot of left handed people with the asymmetrical analogue stick layout.
As a left handed person it’s why I probably leaned to PlayStation as a kid
