Why Does Genshin Randomly Give My Controller Stick Drift?

I've been playing Genshin for a while now. Not so recently (a few months ago) I got a new PlayStation 5 controller, and almost immediately, I was having stick drift issues. These issues are not persistent, and feel more like a bug in the game rather than an issue with my controller. No other games have stick drift problems, just Genshin on random.

Today, I was having problems when I logged in. I closed the game, reopened it, kept doing that, and it eventually took me turning on a different controller, then swapping back to the original one to get it fixed. I've seen a lot of people say it's the controller, but it just does not feel the case with this situation. If it was stick drift on my controller, why does it only happen randomly, and turn off when I swap between controllers in quick succession (just to change teams before swapping back with no problems).

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cambreecanon2026-01-02 03:53

Mine does that too sometimes, but I think it is more because Genshin has a smaller dead zone compared to other PS games.

JustHereBeingQueer2026-01-02 03:59

Yes, but if that were the case, I feel it would be more consistent. I only experience this glitch every few weeks, but aside from that, my controls work just fine.

ahmadalhuraibi2026-01-02 03:54

It's probably a hardware issue or your playstyle, which tends to be harsh and destructive. Try using a controller with Hall Effect sensors, it will solve your stick drift issues for good.

thwrlsgenshin2026-01-02 04:06

drift issues are caused by physical problems like dust or debris, or misalignment of the potentiometer so its impossible for genshin to have caused that by simply running.That said, it is indeed a game that demands heavy use of the controller and drift on the stickers is bound to happen. I can't answer why it seems to only happen when you play genshin, my only guess is that you feel like it because it's more noticeable than other games you play but I lack more data.

lostn2026-01-03 00:02

stick drift doesn't happen overnight. It was already on the way and just didn't manifest until you plauyed Genshin. The game itself isn't causing stick drift. That's just flawed stick design. It's also random and doesn't happen every time. It won't drift in every direction, only some.

I'll give you an analogy you might better understand. If you're been smoking all your life and one day in your 50s or 60s after having a smoke one morning, you started to feel the symptoms of oncoming lung cancer.. did that one cigarette you had that morning cause lung cancer while every other cig you've had caused no harm? Or was it a gradual process where every cig you smoked all your life contributed a small amount toward it?

That's how your stick drift progressed.

Kadurry2026-01-03 01:31

Genshin has a tiny deadzone (or not at all) and there's no way to change it in-game. I've had the same problem with a couple of controllers on PS5 too. All other games would work just fine but on Genshin the slightest imperfection is registered as input. The only thing we can do is send feedback to the devs.

Spiritual-Drummer2702026-01-28 11:38

J' ai pas joué à Genshin mais de toute façon, les zones mortes c'est de la merde.

Apprend a jouer sans ou avec le minimum ou reste un gros noob à la manette ad vitam eternam. Les jeux qui impose 5% ou plus de zones morte des sticks sont banni de ma liste, ainsi que ceux qui imposent une courbe de réponse exponentielle exagérée pour limité le stick drift (salut Bethesda et obsidian).

La dérive des sticks provoqué par le fait que tes sticks ne reviennent pas parfaitement à 0 est NORMAL! c'est mécanique, et même un bon signe, preuve que ta manette n'a pas de zones mortes d'usine et lui garantie donc une plus grande précision intrinsèque.

De plus toutes les manettes sont légèrement désaxées, c'est à dire que le 0 électrique n'est pas exactement sur le 0 mécanique. et que le retour mécanique de ton stick à 0 dépend aussi de la qualité du ressort et de sa tension.

Pour conclure, la détérioration des potentiomètres de tes stick dépend surtout de la pression que tu exerces sur ces derniers donc, en règle générale, plus tu joue avec une sensibilité basse et beaucoup de zones morte, plus vite tu abimes tes sticks.