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The issue is that the Joy-Cons joystick has what appears to be a design defect that, regardless of how much care is taken, means they have a high likelihood of
by lax4ever 4y ago
The issue is that the Joy-Cons joystick has what appears to be a design defect that, regardless of how much care is taken, means they have a high likelihood of developing what is known as "drift" or phantom movement without the joystick actually being engaged. This issue has been, at the very least, acknowledged by Nintendo, and for a few years now Nintendo has been repairing/replacing Joy-Cons for free (at least in the US) because of it. I don't know if there have been design changes, but Nintendo's public release response has been mixed in an effort to avoid as much culpability as possible.
- KennyBlanken 4y agoThe entire controller industry has this problem. Even ~$200 controllers do this; the Xbox Elite 2 for example was/is infamous for it. Everyone I know who plays on controller complains about the failures. In +20 years of using mice, guess what I've never had fail?
- causi 4y agoHall-effect joysticks don't drift. I've also never had a 360 controller drift. Switch joysticks drift much faster than average.
- lax4ever 4y agoI'm not denying that eventually most controllers will drift, but the speed at which these controllers developed a drifting problem was much higher than what is expected on average, even for cheaper made third party controllers.
- marcellus23 4y agoThe scale of the problem is totally different. I've used a bunch of Xbox controllers that never had this issue, but my JoyCons developed it almost immediately.
- hellotomyrars 4y agoThe issue with Joycons is so much more pronounced. I used the same 360 controller with my PC for about a decade with no issues. The Series x controller I’ve used since then is fine. My joycons were drifting less than a year after I bought the switch. Mice are not immune to failure and I have had mice fail on me. Have you been using the same mouse for 20+ years? My favorite one (Saitek Cyborg RAT7) died at the year mark and I won’t buy another one from them for fear of the same thing but it was adjustable in every dimension and as a result was the most comfortable mouse for my merry paws.
- humaniania 4y agoPlastic gears running against plastic gears wear down over time because of friction and that creates dust. I have seen some retro modding solutions to this problem that add lubricant to the gear box to significantly reduce friction and wear.