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For those who don't know about the joycon problem: I bought a new switch with 4 joycon controllers. A year later, 2 were unusable (the sticks drift), a third o
by chronolitus 4y ago
For those who don't know about the joycon problem:
I bought a new switch with 4 joycon controllers. A year later, 2 were unusable (the sticks drift), a third one with slight but acceptable drift.
On the other hand, I have 4 xbox 360 controllers from 10 years ago that are still perfectly usable.
I sent nintendo an email, they only offered to replace them at a cost, and I would have to send the console in as well, which may be wiped.
Buying new joycons was also not an option, given a (seemingly) >50% chance that they would be unusable within less than a year.
Now, I use a mayflash ns stick (incredible product! https://www.mayflash.com/Support/showdownload.php?id=34 https://www.mayflash.com/Support/showdownload.php?id=34 ), to use my 360 controllers wirelessly in the switch (with a xbox wireless receiver that I also use for PC https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Xbox-Wireless-Receiver-Windows/dp/B000HZFCT2 https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Xbox-Wireless-Receiver-Wind...)
I find this entire situation absurd.
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(I think companies underestimate the fallout from such things because it is so subtle: nintendo sells you an experience, they create the game, the console, and the controller - everyone in my household now subtly associates the nintendo experience with frustration, "I just died because link moved by himself! That's bull**!". Multiplied by the amount of households affected, what is the true effect on Nintendo's brand over the 5 years that the switch is the flagship? And they STILL don't offer a fixed joycon version.)
- drugstorecowboy 4y agoBuy a can of CRC Precision Electronics Parts Cleaner Its electronics parts cleaner spray that pretty instantly and cleanly evaporates. Solved my drift problem with one use and have never had another problem.
- chronolitus 4y agoThis method does work, but not entirely (see for example https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/b5aro8/comment/ejcm0g5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/b5aro8/comment/ej...). The reason is that the underlying problem is mechanical (a likely explanation at 7:30 https://youtu.be/Vid8lIXmZwE?t=451 https://youtu.be/Vid8lIXmZwE?t=451)