The PlayStation Portal at least makes stick drift easier to repair

[Gamernyc78]

The PlayStation Portal at least makes stick drift easier to repair

It’s easier than fixing stick drift on DualSense controllers.

www.theverge.com

Good to know! I was worried about this!!


With stick drift plaguing so many controllers these days, it’s nice to see Sony making faulty thumbsticks a bit easier to repair on the PlayStation Portal. In a teardown video posted by iFixit, the team finds that only a little tinkering is required to access and remove the joysticks.

The iFixit team first removes the device’s plastic frame and pries off its backing. It then takes off the panel containing the Portal’s D-pad and button controls, allowing iFixit to disassemble the thumbsticks in about three steps using just a screwdriver. The only downside is that if you need to replace the Portal’s rumble packs, you’ll need to take out your soldering iron because they’re attached to the motherboard.


But still, that’s already more repairable than other first-party controllers out there, including Sony’s own DualSense controllers. As pointed out by iFixit, the thumbsticks on the DualSense controller are soldered to the device’s motherboard, making them far harder to replace. The thumbstick repair process also looks less involved than what’s required for the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con and the Steam Deck.

 

[anonpuffs]

This news makes it much more likely that I'll buy one of these eventually

 

[8BiTw0LF]

That stick module can be easily replaced with a hall effect module.

Let's see who makes it first - still no one has made one for DS Edge - probably because Sony likes to sue companies who makes replacement parts for their devices.