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PlayStation 5 Teardown

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  • With all the easily replaceable parts out, we're down to the soldered-on bits.

  • First off are the two Foster-branded voice coil actuators driving the haptics system.

  • Did someone say pallesthesia?

  • And next: the two joysticks. These look basically identical to the Alps-brand sticks from the DualShock 4.

  • Compared to these, a Joy-Con joystick replacement is a breeze. PlayStation joysticks are certainly less prone to drift than the notoriously drifty Joy-Cons, but soldering them on is a big miss.

  • Update: After widespread reports of joystick drift in nearly-new DualSense controllers, we followed up with a detailed report explaining the cause: Here's Why PS5 Joysticks Drift.

  • And finally, the USB-C port. Another high-wear component that we'd much prefer to see easily replaced.

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