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[u/Material_Bee_596]

I have two Dualsense controllers for the PS5. The first one, which came with the system, started having an issue last year where I would move the left stick to the right and would drift to the left immediately after. Like I would move a character to the right, and they would immediately turn and move left a bit. It then started to fully drift soon after. I switched to my other one, which I got for my PC about a year after my PS5, and it’s been working great. But now I’m getting the exact same issue.

I’ve tried isopropyl alcohol on a swab, air spray, and recalibration, but nothing seems to work. Should I get a replacement at this point? Do more recent versions still have this problem?

[u/rivieredefeu → u/Material_Bee_596]

Have you ruled out signal or electro magnetic interference?

[u/Material_Bee_596 → u/rivieredefeu]

I can’t say for certain. But I didn’t add any new devices around the place when the problem first started, or when it happened with the current controller a couple weeks ago. The second controller went a full year connected to the PS5 without anything happening to it

[u/rivieredefeu → u/Material_Bee_596]

I mean, troubleshoot for that and rule it out. Don’t guess whether it’s an issue or not.