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.

  • chunes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    181·
    6 hours ago

    I will never, ever buy the switch 2 then.

    My gamecube controller still doesn’t drift. Nintendo can do better.

      • CallateCoyote@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        5 hours ago

        Yeah, I think we should wait and see how prevalent the drifting is this time around before freaking out. Of course it’s going to happen to some people because every stick that uses this technology has some incidence of drifting, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be as bad as last time. I have lots of these kinds of sticks on lots of gamepads over the years and only the joycons have ever drifted.