We opened up the new Switch 2 to see if it’s any more repairable. Is this really the best Nintendo could do?

Joysticks: Probably Still Drifty

Joy-Con joysticks use a potentiometer to read the voltage at a wiper that slides across a strip of resistive material. That material wears down over time, or plastic and dust can dirty the sensors.

Stick drift is a huge problem with other Switch models. One survey found that 40% of Switch owners had problems with their Joy-Cons drifting, and things didn’t get any better with the Lite or OLED editions. After a bunch of lawsuits, Nintendo’s president even admitted it and apologized, setting up a free repair program for customers in some parts of the world.

  • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    Is glass exploding even that much of a problem?

    Dropping an iPad doesn’t even break the screen all the time and when it does it’s garbled.

    • hark@lemmy.world
      English
      2·
      3 hours ago

      Not sure, but they anticipate a lot of children having this device in their hands, so they’re going to design it for that, perhaps even over-design it, just in case.