Broken Controllers?

[Scherrman]

Out of curiosity, and the fact that I just did it last night, how many controllers have you broken in your days of gaming?

 

[vodad]

I have not broken any, the kids on the other hand, two from our first xbox. now that they are a little older, we have had the same two controllers for the 2 xboxs for 3 years now. bought them when I bought the slim

 

[yourbeliefs]

3 that I know of (I threw them so hard they were unusable afterwards.) I've had other controllers that have failed but they didn't fail right after I did something to them, so I don't know if their breaking was from basic wear and tear or directly caused by my recklessness.

 

[Zookster]

I have one DS PS3 controller with a broken L2 button (from hitting a wall -- I was aiming for a padded chair ). And my very first PS3 controller has a wonky left analog stick, I imagine from being faulty out of the factory, as I noticed a problem with it within the first 18 months of relatively light use.

 

[Teehar]

Broken or simply wore out?I can only recall ever breaking one,and that was because it wasn't working right to begin with.I dunno how many NES,SNES,and Nintendo 64 controllers I simply wore out.I'd take them apart and clean the contacts and get all the hand ick out of em,to get a few more months of life.

 

[dont24]

Haven't broken any per say, but the kids and I have a couple with worn out buttons on 2 of our controllers. Sticking , etc..

 

[king3pj]

Yeah, I can't say I've ever broken one out of frustration. I have had a couple wear out on me over the years though. I have had games frustrate me to the point where I will turn them off and never put them back in but I guess I've never gotten to the point where I felt like smashing a $60 controller.

 

[Scherrman]

I'm talking about getting so frustrated that you bust your controller. I can get pretty worked up when playing NCAA Football. I hit my controller on my footrest and it popped open the controller, I was not trying to damage it at all. I was already frustrated from the game then the controller splitting apart really set me off. Needless to say it turned into about a hundred little pieces. lol

 

[king3pj]

I'm talking about getting so frustrated that you bust your controller. I can get pretty worked up when playing NCAA Football. I hit my controller on my footrest and it popped open the controller, I was not trying to damage it at all. I was already frustrated from the game then the controller splitting apart really set me off. Needless to say it turned into about a hundred little pieces. lol

Oh I've seen it happen. When I was in college playing EA NCAA Football against my roommate he got so mad that he threw a 360 controller against the brick wall of our dorm. Who knew there were so many tiny pieces inside a controller? The thing is that we were playing with my 360 and my controllers so I got pretty mad myself. He replaced it plus a case of beer and all was forgiven.