……… with stick drift then unresponsive, i haven’t opened it back up to check the numbers on the boards but I 100% now know I have a fake controller thanks to your guide. I will get another controller but this time from a proper shop like Asda, Sainsburys or Argos to make sure it’s genuine. Thank you for putting in the time and effort to show people how to tell if their controller is real or fake.

I’ve had my PS4 for over 4 years, had the same controller that came with it, last week I experienced severe stick drift, opened it up to clean it but broke the square green part that connects to the side of the stick. I bought a new controller the next day from a shop in town for £30, which is £20 cheaper, alarm bells didn’t ring, got it home, worked perfectly then i tried to attach my strikepack to it, it didn’t line up properly so had to put it at an angle, once it was all connected it didn’t work. I decided to open up the new pad and swap the motherboards and stick boards but keep the old usb socket, as i opened it the battery came out and the black plastic tray that the battery sits in fell out, supposed to be attached with a screw, the battery looks like the one in the pic of the fake battery, i swapped the boards over, put in the ribbon from the usb port, the pad wouldn’t work. Changed everything back, the pad worked perfectly but today the left stick has been playing up…………