Hi,

Recently bought myself a second 360 controller, and there's been something that has bothered me ever since I started using it...

Sometimes, the directional pad below the left analog stick will sometimes "stiffen" to the point where it won't press correctly, but this only happens on certain directions. I look down at the controller to see what might be wrong, and I see that the d-pad has gone totally off-centered and is brushing up against the d-pad's housing.

Mind you, this is a new unused controller. I've had this problem with the controller that came with my 360 as well, so I don't think it has anything to do with it being new or a possible defect. It seems if a certain direction is pressed frequently on the pad, it off centers in that general direction, causing it to stiffen up and becomes very hard to press. Not impossible, but it may take two presses to get it to register one.

I was just wondering if this was a common thing with 360 controllers, like has anyone else had this happen to them? Is there a fix for it? Or is it just bad design and nothing can be done about it?

Starbound571

It's a design flaw. Yes even the d-pad on the controller has been disigned wrong. I can never play MK or DOA4 with that junky thing :(

Yes I think this game looks really exciting and fun:D

I've spoken with support several time and it seems ever time I always get operators that I can't understand. Not being prejudice but good grief microsoft atleast hire people that talk english!