PS4 controller circle button dead (sometimes)

mrcheez · 2024-09-18 21:44:28

I haven't used my PS4 for 6 months or so as I was playing something else, so I grabbed the controller a couple of days ago and note that the Circle button is fairly unresponsive in that it mostly doesn't work unless I hold it down for 4 seconds or so and then it might register. The controller is in mint condition and was…

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I haven't used my PS4 for 6 months or so as I was playing something else, so I grabbed the controller a couple of days ago and note that the Circle button is fairly unresponsive in that it mostly doesn't work unless I hold it down for 4 seconds or so and then it might register.
The controller is in mint condition and was only lightly dusty but I don't think it was dusty enough to cause serious damage.
I tried resetting it but no difference.
Should I buy some canned air or do these controllers just randomly die of their own accord after 7 years or so?

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