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Gray, red and yellow Nintendo Switch Joy-con ending production in Japan
- Thread starter Atheerios
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Grey was a mistake and probably exists just because Nintendo wasn't sure the Neon Joycons would stick with the audience, but shame about the colored variants (and for the people that liked the inferior, boring Grey Joycons too).
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Hopefully they retire all the Joy cons and create something actually durable this time.
Just throw the design into the trash and redo it from scratch.
Just throw the design into the trash and redo it from scratch.
Uh...grey is the only one that I'll buy because it's the only one that doesn't look gaudy or shitty.
This sucks.
This sucks.
fuck me, I've been hesitant about sending in my yellow joycons for fear they wouldn't send a yellow one back, now I really don't know what to do.
Unless they gonna replace it with black version.
Why there is still no black joy con? (except for the dev edition and custom covers)
This doesn't make sense when the entire console is grey. The console might as well be multicolored.
EDIT: OK, the console is black, but it's the only color joy-con to match it.
I hope this means they are stopping production to "fix" the structural issue that causes joy-con drift. I hope it DOESN'T mean they will no longer offer these color variants period. I only have one pair of Joy-cons and that's the ones that came with my console. I only want gray, I have no interest in any of the colored variants and unless Nintendo produces a solid black Joy-con, I don't want to settle for a unnecessary colored one.
Yeah, grey is way better than the mis-matched red & blue. Pick one color and stick to it, dammit.
Got my yellow from GameStop in a 2 for $40 on used ones, and they're in great shape.
I had originally looked at getting them at $70, but that's $130 shy of a Yellow Switch Lite -- which I ended up getting too.
I had originally looked at getting them at $70, but that's $130 shy of a Yellow Switch Lite -- which I ended up getting too.
Same! I have the turquoise lite atm but would sell it for a all black model (as long AC has some way to transfer saves over if that ever happens lol).Gosh I hope so, or a black Switch lite.
Doesn't explain why they didn't just go with black or white. That grey just blows.
Grey also ends up looking nasty after a while of usage. Other colors have this issue also but not as noticeable.
I ordered the gray system in a rush to get a launch-day Switch. It's on the list, next to some of my big relationship breakups, of my biggest regrets.
Because is better to phaseout the models that sell less and maybe introduce new ones
Yup my day 1's look like this now. I'd buy a black variantGrey also ends up looking nasty after a while of usage. Other colors have this issue also but not as noticeable.
Actual analog sticks instead of these weird nubs, a real d-pad on the left controller, and a slightly larger build so they have a more natural grip. These things are a terror on the wrists.
I wish.
Even better if they have playstation layout and vita d pad.
You had me right up until "PlayStation layout". The controller would need to be dramatically revamped for that to be comfortable. I'd get thumb cramps in minutes.
To each their own I guess. I find the dpad being on top to be way more comfortable.
Nintendo have the potential to give us different options for everyone. I am not sure why they are not doing that cause there is a lot of money to be made.
Believe it or not some of us want our Switch to not look like a Picasso disaster underneath our TV
I really wish Nintendo would offer some more muted/boring color options. I'm sure they're not as popular but surely there's as much of a market for them as neon pink
Yeah same, they're both great. I luckily snagged my Smash pair and imported them back in November of 2018.
Quite surprising that they are ending production of the standard Grey Joy-Con honestly, pretty interesting decision on Nintendo's part. I won't really be bothered by it though, as I've already got some and I'd much rather have colored Joy-Con, but still intriguing.