So your saying they are not originally like this but, it happens overtime with use. I'm guessing you have found this yourself, does it make a difference to gameplay? Does it become harder to do combos for instance does it mean the pad is less responsive? Should I get a refund? I have yet to properly try any fighter games myself.
Sorry if you can't answer all these questions. And thanks to all the answers so far.
Correct, not to the extent it appears from your video, but eventually will succumb to that to be sure. Yes, but keep in mind I play fighters on a constant basis and a dpad on a stock DC controller will last me about 2-3 years tops before the dpad wears out its resistance completely to the point where becomes overly sesitive to inputs or the opposite. This is why usually prefer sticks to pads. That all depends on you, if you feel you got moneys worth (how much did you pay btw?). I persoanlly would say to hang on to it, when the pad on my ascii becomes unsuitable to my standards, I will stillmake use of the controller via its internal PCB to make a wonderful custom arcade stick. Ascii FT pads PCBs are wonderful because Dreamcast essentially recognizes these controllers as actual official arcade stick which to me is paramount in creating a custom arcade stick!
I hope I answered most of your questions.
Oh and thanks for the compliment btw. Although, my collection needs to be heavily update as I never had the chance to display my entire collection here.