I had the same thing happen to me. In the interest of saving money, I thought I would sell my Xbox but dragged my feet for a few weeks. After playing Call of Duty and Ratchet and Clank for a few weeks i would wake up with tightness and soreness along (what i now know) is my Ulnar nerve. I thought maybe I was working too hard, I had been putting in long hours at the office.
One morning my wrist was completely locked up, the bones actually clicked as I tried to rotate it left and right. Freaked out, I put it on ice and in a brace for a few days before seeing the doctor. It's been 5 weeks and I still have limited range of motion, but the pain is mostly gone now. My Ulnar Nerve is still healing in my right hand. I still can't lift anything heavy with my right hand but my doctor says it'll take a few more months of slowly going up from 3 pounds to 5 pounds to 10, etc. FYI I used to lift 20 pound weights no problem; now i'm stuck at 3.
From what I've heard it's the haptic force feedback + bad ergonomics of the controller that irritate and inflame the hand ligaments and nerves, and can exacerbate a minor issue (like from holding a cell phone too much) and taking it from a 2/10 to a 10/10. I can't use the Dual Sense, it has to be that expensive Razer wireless controller. But the Xbox Series controller still gives me no issues, even while I'm healing. It sucks because I love some of the PS exclusives, but I can't take 3 weeks off work ever again, it was horrible!
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