This tear-down and disassembly of the Google Stadia controller is a shortened version of our 2-hour-long attempt at getting the controller open carefully. It didn't work. Sponsor: Thermaltake Core P3 on Amazon (https://geni.us/v6j23)
We're working on our Google Stadia review next, but we had to first start with a tear-down of the controller since Google didn't send us an access code as promised. We ordered two Stadia controllers -- one left untouched -- and thought this would be easy. Unfortunately, because Google is obsessed with pretending it's Apple and hiding all screws for the device, it's not easy to disassemble the controller on the first try. It's all held together by massive clips, and we spent about an hour and a half trying to carefully dismantle the controller without any physical damage. We ended up giving up and just using a more destructive means of opening it.
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