Poll: The controller... it breaks

[Grunt_Man11]

I haven't broken a controller, but I had a friend who literally snapped a Sega Genesis controller in half once.

 

[xshadowslayerx]

well a controller of mine went though a wall while i was trying to beat cod 4 on the highest difficulty there was some serious rage note: i was only 9 and wasnt into games much soo understandable.

 

[Louzon]

You know what both eases stress AND doesn't cost you $40-60?

...swearing.

 

[Saelune]

Yes. 2 from anger, one from shotty make. I got that silver controller with the D-Pad that changes...and the frickin D-Pad thing broke off! And since I use it heavily...it is useless to me. (Fighting games and Menu Selection mostly)

 

[GrimHeaper]

I did throw a control once when I was pissed, but it was a gamecube controller so it was completely unharmed. Nintendo must have been planning for an apocalypse that generation because their stuff was indestructible. I've seen a GC tossed around and dragged behind a truck and then still play games.

All of my NES, N64, Wii, and Xbox360 controllers are working great still. Only my PS2 controllers are breaking down a bit, but that's because they're made of crap. The shoulder buttons on those are all screwed.

Weird... I broke my Gamecube just by sitting on it. And I am so underweight.

Define sit and underweight I can't believe you broke one by sitting on it.

 

[AWDMANOUT]

Hell no. Those things cost sixty bucks nowadays. My father taught me the value of money.

One time a guy I knew threw my controller.

I was pissed.

 

[dday4you]

most fighting games are able to enrage me enough to wanna smash my controllers, or reach the kid on the other end who is spamming bbbbbbbbb.., so yeah

 

[Pearwood]

Not from anger, I accidentally trod on my old PS2 controller wearing boots though. It still worked it just really didn't like it.

 

[GundamSentinel]

Never, all my controllers still work perfectly. They're quite difficult to break, if you ask me... I don't know what people do with them.

 

[GWarface]

Never a controller, but turned a beautiful Icemat mousepad into glassdust once..

I wasnt pleased..

 

[Broady Brio]

I recently started to play my PS2 again.

One controller's D-Pad is not functioning at all. My OTHER controller's face buttons[footnote]Square, Triangle, Circle and X.[/footnote] didn't work. Luckily, it started to work again properly.

 

[Fwee]

Only PlayStation 1 & 2 controllers. Just from use, not from rage.

I almost broke my Nintendo controllers when I was a kid (rage), but I'd take them apart and fix them.

And please: The first time you mention a game (or tv show/movie) title, use the whole thing so people know what the hell you're writing about.

I hate seeing

SOFDIVN5: IAoGNSiLKDN

and have to decide whether I need to look it up or if it even matters.

 

[Psycho Cat Industries]

Many a ps2 controller fell to the joystick lag.
Plus,when I had cats,they'd chew on the wires.
I don't have cats anymore.

Captcha: What is a Dyscin?

 

[SonofaJohannes]

Well, the analog stick on one of my GameCube controllers is a bit loose, but I don't know if that was my fault since it's been like that as long as I can remember. Then again, I have dropped it several times. Other than that all my controllers are in perfect shape.

 

[Fwee]

Never mind this post, my stupid internet browser didn't show my first one until I re-did the whole thing.

 

[Lightning Delight]

I haven't broken anything, but my brothers break controllers quite often. They also lose important parts to them, like, say.... the battery pack. But on the plus side, its awesome to rig an Xbox controller to work on the battery pack from a Wii controller.

 

[BlindMessiah94]

I knew a guy who got so mad at a game once he chucked his controller at his tv, breaking both.
Another time he was mad he wasn't drumming along to rockband properly so starting bashing on the drums with an enraged look on his face and broke the sticks. The worst part is it wasn't even his equipment.

I don't understand why anyone plays a game if it makes them this mad. It's supposed to be fun. It's not worth stressing that much over. I have never broken or thrown anything in anger when playing a video game. It always deeply disturbs me when I play a game with someone and they do.

 

[loc978]

...I still have both of my original NES controllers... hell, even my Atari 1-button joysticks still work.

So no, I've never broken one directly, though I have had a left mouse button break on me from overuse. It lasted a good five years of click-heavy gaming.

 

[Evil Top Hat]

I haven't broken a controller, but I once threw a hairbrush and my wall so hard it left a large dent in the wallpaper.

 

[Tucker154]

I did, bit it was my intention to do so. I took one my old xbox original controllers and just started to do everything under the sun to it, just because I was wondering how durable it was. And it was pretty durable.