11Mar/090
The red Xbox 360 controller is a broken pile of garbage
I bought myself a red Xbox 360 controller because I needed a new one (I crush the analog stick on those things; this was my fifth controller since getting on the Xbox 360 train back at launch) and I took advantage of Circuit City going out of business (this was like 2 months ago or something), so I was able to nab it kind of cheap. Well, I got about a week out of it before it started acting up. Button input would not translate to the corresponding action in any game, and the right trigger, bumper, and the Y button all started to stick for some reason. Now the right bumper doesn't even work. I've taken this thing apart, used alcohol with cotton swabs, even warm, soapy water, and I've got nothing to show for it.
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