Why Would You Buy Joystick Covers?
July 29, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Gaming
Once upon a time, a PlayStation Portable Slim owner bought some rubber caps for his console’s analog stick, much like the current offerings of Caps4stix. However, during the excitement of gaming, they slipped off. The owner would dutifully put them back on, with some effort, but they would slip off again.
Eventually though, he saw no point in putting them back on. It’s easy to see the use of rubber joystick covers; they preserve the most used parts of a gadget from wear and tear, keeping them in pristine condition for a high resale value. But do you really buy a gaming console to keep it mint? No, you buy it to play games! Besides, by the time you want to sell it, value won’t matter as much, especially when everyone’s paying attention to the next-gen consoles.
So again, why would you buy joystick covers?
Because in the heat of combat it’s all too easy for my thumbs to slip off of the domed tops of the Dual Shock analog control sticks. I’ve lost boss fights that way.
It has nothing to do with protecting the joystick.
Im a caps4stix user and have never had them slip off . I dont buy them to protect my joysticks i buy them for the extra grip and control.
mathew: Ok, now I get it. It’s all about the grip!
Val: Again, I get it. It’s about the grip haha.
But seriously guys, is it worth $2? Wouldn’t you want to get used to the joysticks as they are, so you won’t be reliant on stuff like this? What if you have to bring it over at a friend’s house, on his console, and you forgot to bring your controller?