Topic: Are the WIIU gamepad's analog sticks really THAT fragile?!

Haven't had any problems with my gampad and I've had it since december of 2012.

That's so cool, I didn't know they were doing that. They should sell them in the U.S. too.

At launch my local Target had a whole row of separate Gamepads for $100 each. My wife works in electronics and had to convince a lot of families that they didn't need one for each kid... In hindsight, I wish I would have snagged a second one when I had the chance with an employee discount.

No issue with mine; just dropped it for the first time yesterday, but no issues thankfully!

The left stick on mine doesn't seem to require as much pressure to move as the right anymore, but it still functions fine

Yeah, mine was like that around december last year so I just applied the good old L & R button blowout technique... Has been working fine ever since

I had to send in my GamePad today. I've been contemplating whether it was worth it, for a while... The joystick kept jumping up or down whenever I would move it in basically any direction. If I pushed it down, it would jump 1 or 2 spaces in any direction(mainly up or down) and it effected some of the commands I would give. It was a mix of innacuracy and "skicky" keys. I was kinda bummed, but I'll get it back from Nintendo soon enough. It started having this problem almost right after the warrnty expired, which was the worst part.

I tried everything to get it working, besides taking it apart, so now I'm browsing on my Xbox One with a keyboard. I'm fairly certian this isn't that common of an issue, but it does happen.

Thanks!!! This solved my problem xD

I actually think Nintendo still makes the most durable modern hardware...

My Xbox One controller is already showing more signs of wear and fatigue than the Gamepad, lol

I have analog stick problems all the time. So far I sent in my Game Pad for repair 3 times.

I had an issue with my right-analogue stick too. Sent it to Nintendo under warranty and it came back 'repaired' but still exhibiting the same problem. So I sent it back to Nintendo again. They looked at it, said they couldn't find a problem and returned it to me. And it was working normally again. So I never got to find out whether something was stuck inside or what, but it's been fine ever since.

My L stick gets stuck as if I'm holding slightly left...
And I've recalibrated it multiple times with the A B + - thing...
Anyone know a good place to buy a replacement?