The notorious Xbox Elite controller bumpers can and do fail, but there's a real easy fix.

Stick drift is a common problem with the PS5's DualSense controller. Here are some things you can do to fix it.

Under Settings, select Devices > Bluetooth Devices and hover over your controller name with drift issues. On a working PS4 controller, press the Options button in the upper-right corner of the screen.

To fix Xbox controller issues by updating firmware, follow these steps: Power on the Xbox console. Press the Xbox button. Select Profile & System. Select Settings > Devices & Connections ...

We spend the majority of our time in video games mashing on buttons on a controller, so it seems reasonable enough to want to customize that experience to make things as comfortable as possible ...