The Steam Deck just launched, but a few owners are already reporting stick drift
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The first batch of Steam Decks is starting to arrive to the lucky few who could order them on Friday, but a handful of the handheld gaming PCs already appear to be showing signs of joystick drift. Joystick drift is an issue that causes your character or cursor in a game to continue moving even when you aren’t actually pushing the joystick in a direction. It’s a problem many have experienced with the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con controllers. While Nintendo itself has suggested the issue will never be fully addressed because Joy-Cons will wear down over time, it does repair drifting Joy-Con controllers for free. Drift doesn’t just appear on Joy-Cons, though; some have reported drift issues with the PS5’s DualSense controllers, and now it... Continue reading…
The first batch of Steam Decks is starting to arrive to the lucky few who could order them on Friday, but a handful of the handheld gaming PCs already appear to be showing signs of joystick drift.
Joystick drift is an issue that causes your character or cursor in a game to continue moving even when you aren’t actually pushing the joystick in a direction. It’s a problem many have experienced with the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con controllers. While Nintendo itself has suggested the issue will never be fully addressed because Joy-Cons will wear down over time, it does repair drifting Joy-Con controllers for free. Drift doesn’t just appear on Joy-Cons, though; some have reported drift issues with the PS5’s DualSense controllers, and now it...
