Sonys Dualshock 4 is certainly their best controller yet, and anyone who has tried using the PS3s lighter, flimsier device in the past 12 months will no doubt attest to the improvements made in between generations. Its by no means a perfect creation, however, and with the next version of the device likely to be almost a decade away with the next version of the console, Sony needs to simply tweak the production of these devices for future batches. Despite all of its ergonomic prowess, the Dualshock 4 is suffering numerous reports of damaged analog sticks even after fairly average usage. With pressure applied to the sticks, their rubber coating is wearing away over time before splitting and peeling away. In the best case this is a mild discomfort for players, but in the worst cases the rubber is tearing right off the stick. In these cases the plastic thats left underneath is nowhere near large enough for effective use and renders the device almost useless. The analog sticks are essential as the cornerstones of almost every games control setup. Despite suggestions from Sony that this issue only affected very early versions, the problem has still not been completely fixed and future batches have to have this resolved to increase the life of the consoles controllers. And while were on the subject of life expectancies
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