My kids under ten do all of those things with way more violence than makes sense. I can't let them use them plugged in, for somewhat obvious reasons. They've still done so, of course. Ripped off the connector of three usb cables. So far, still going strong. :Shrug:

Back when I was a kid, the Atari 2600 joystick:

https://www.digitalgamemuseum.org/consolecontrollerevolution...

was known to be tough. Over engineered, which makes sense in a new market.

I had a friend, who would get annoyed/frustrated, and literally THROW the joystick against the wall. The floor. Your head. :P Tantrum kid.

Anyhow, other than the rubber top coming off of the stick, it just worked forever. I remember when I moved to the Vic20, then the C64 and eventually the Amiga, I still had those Atari joysticks in use with each newer machine.

Incredible joystick. I can't imagine a modern console controller standing up to Tantrum Kid.

(Not saying your kids are throwing controllers at walls, floors, people's heads, etc...)

I remember throwing nes controllers. Mega man was particularly good at upsetting me.

I also remember taking it as a challenge if we could break a controller. Took a fair bit of effort, all told.