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I don't get why Sony and Nintendo refuse to follow Xbox and just have a battery door you can throw AAs or a battery pack into. It is a far better design. Still, props to Nintendo for being the only one of the big three to have modular sticks on all their regular controllers (Sony and Microsoft have soldered sticks except on their high end controllers). Disassembly seems a bit tedious on this controller but not a total nightmare. However, all of them need to have modular USB ports, as it's a common failure point that needs to be user serviceable. I do wonder how Nintendo are going to handle the new EU repairability laws when they release Switch 2 revisions.
I've been arguing this point about the batteries for ages. I bought a rechargeable set from Costco for like $12. Six AA batteries on rotation in my Xbox controllers means I can game wirelessly in perpetuity. I've been using those same batteries for over 5 years now and only recently felt it could be time for some new ones.
If you have one nearby, get your new rechargeables from IKEA. The LADDA 2450s are far cheaper rebrands of the usually decently expensive Panasonic Eneloop Pro, and they last such a long time compared to most rechargeables.
I've seen videos where people have replaced the sticks on the base sony controllers with hall effect sticks. They also have hall effect on the more expensive ones, of course.
You can put hall effects on the base DualSense, but it requires a lot of soldering work, putting it beyond most people's reach compared to a simple connector, and most people would get another controller. Hall effect on the Edge is very easy though, since those sticks are modular.