Was at Best Buy today, and the clerk next to my checkout sold a $150 extended warranty because the controllers the PS5 come with don't last 2 years before they get "stick drift" and become unusable.
So, not only do they ship shitty controllers and not warranty them for the known failure mode, but the retailer can capitalise on that? Fuck all of that.
Shit like this is why my newest console is a PSOne.
And my controller still works. 🖕
Mx. Eddie R
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