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The joycons drift problem is extremely annoying
- Thread starter Slushimi
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I had the very common left joycon drift issue after about nine months of use. Using contact cleaner helped, but you still need to apply every month or so. Just last week, my right joycon started drifting for the first time. If contact cleaner wasn't a thing, I'd be livid. I also find that my right trigger button doesn't input all of the time. This becomes very noticeable in games like Splatoon 2.
These crappy controllers are insanely expensive for how shoddily they are made. Besides having all kinds of issues, they aren't even a nice or comfortable controller to use.
These crappy controllers are insanely expensive for how shoddily they are made. Besides having all kinds of issues, they aren't even a nice or comfortable controller to use.
Will they do this out of warranty too? Our launch switch started doing this a week ago.
They repaired my sons launch switch joycon about a month before the COVID crisis started here in the US.
I don't think opening it up is any issue (at least in the US) but replacing the sticks with 3rd party ones and then sending it in might raise some eyebrows. But I'll be honest I've never sent anything into Ninty for repairs before.
Personally, I think it's worth it for the couple hour's worth of time it would take to replace the stick vs. the week(s) to send it to Nintendo.
Electric contact cleaner will help, it's worked with both of my Joycons and is a painless workaround for now. With that said, I really really hope they end up fixing the problem either for the Switch or its successor, it's pretty annoying that we have to deal with this 3 years after launch, not to mention other problems the Joycon have.
I first noticed my joycons were drifting on XC2 too. The drift is a terrible problem. Is Nintendo still fixing joycons for free?
It's bad enough that Nintendo will fix it for free, with no proof of purchase or receipt needed.
They are temporarily halting repairs until after the pandemic. Thankfully my procon still going strong
its really frustrating to hear how big of an issue this is. i've experienced it, replaced it once, and then had it again but they wanted to charge 40 for a replacement so I decided not to. They eventually started doing the repairs for free again but i hadn't really noticed any more issue so I never did. Been lucky so far that it doesn't really happen much if any anymore, but I imagine it lies silently, waiting for that perfect moment to fuck me over lol
My left Joy-Con recently started drifting too, after three years. It's super minor, to the extent that I'm pretty sure most games no issue would never manifest, but it's just enough to be a problem in Animal Crossing.
In general it's not detectable, but if I need to make adjustments the angle I'm facing, it'll shift several degrees further to the right than I intend if the adjustment is anywhere on the right half of the rotational arc, including the 0 and 180 degree marks. That seems hyper specific, but ultimately it's enough to cause me constant issues trying to point at the correct angle while fishing.
Also, any amount of detected movement on the left stick will prevent the screen from being tilted to see the sky, even if it's so little that for everything else the game would just ignore it. Which means to look at the sky I *have* to tap the left stick left once, or else the drift will kick in and block me. It took me forever to figure out what was happening, and I missed out on several shooting stars because the screen would refuse to tilt up for several attempts.
In general it's not detectable, but if I need to make adjustments the angle I'm facing, it'll shift several degrees further to the right than I intend if the adjustment is anywhere on the right half of the rotational arc, including the 0 and 180 degree marks. That seems hyper specific, but ultimately it's enough to cause me constant issues trying to point at the correct angle while fishing.
Also, any amount of detected movement on the left stick will prevent the screen from being tilted to see the sky, even if it's so little that for everything else the game would just ignore it. Which means to look at the sky I *have* to tap the left stick left once, or else the drift will kick in and block me. It took me forever to figure out what was happening, and I missed out on several shooting stars because the screen would refuse to tilt up for several attempts.
I luckily haven't had any drift somehow after very intense use of 3+ years, but sooo many people I know have had to send these in for repairs.
I have a different issue.
both of my right JoyCons constantly lose sync with the console when playing docked. Some times there is a long lag or it won't recognize button presses at all and I'll look over and see the lights flashing as it tries to reconnect.
The problem gets worse the longer the play session goes. I have no idea how to fix it.
both of my right JoyCons constantly lose sync with the console when playing docked. Some times there is a long lag or it won't recognize button presses at all and I'll look over and see the lights flashing as it tries to reconnect.
The problem gets worse the longer the play session goes. I have no idea how to fix it.
Finally had it develop on my favorite set of joycons, so now I'm just sitting on them until repairs start up again.
At least once they got called out on it they started doing free repairs but it's pretty gross that it took them as long as they did and the problem is still developing on new units.
At least once they got called out on it they started doing free repairs but it's pretty gross that it took them as long as they did and the problem is still developing on new units.
Fair enough lol. I'm just guessing Nintendo might not know how to fix it because of how widespread of an issue it is without having been fixed. Does the Switch Lite suffer from joycon drift as well?
But yeah, the high price of joycons is pretty much inexcusable considering the drift.
I have also completely given up on Joycons and have been going the 8BitDo route. It's nice.
Randomly busted out a dusty Nunchuk controller for my Wii that's been sitting in a drawer for over half a decade because I wanted to play some Super Mario Galaxy again recently, and it still works perfectly, so... I don't get it.
Randomly busted out a dusty Nunchuk controller for my Wii that's been sitting in a drawer for over half a decade because I wanted to play some Super Mario Galaxy again recently, and it still works perfectly, so... I don't get it.
I don't think the joydrift will ever have the same amount on coverage than RROD. Microsoft and Nintendo aren't the same from a lot of journalists.
It's flat out unacceptable. I don't understand how Nintendo, famous for durable hardware, is able to get away with this.
Honestly, just get an 8bitdo or a Magic NS and deal with the headache of having to pull out the Joycons for amiibos.
Honestly, just get an 8bitdo or a Magic NS and deal with the headache of having to pull out the Joycons for amiibos.
I swear I'm going to start taking shots everytime someone mentions contact cleaner in a thread about this issue. Nintendo should've fixed this issue a long time ago.
Hold on, can we plug any bluetooth controller to the Switch?
Lol, it's because at this point Joycons should come with a can of that shit for free, that's how terrible and widespread the problem is.
One literally killed your console and one is annoying but completely fixable multiple different ways. RROD is like 100x's worse than drifting joycons and it's not even close.
So glad with how lucky I've been. Had a Switch since launch, have 2 sets of Joy Cons and 4 Pro controllers and not a single drift problem *touch wood*
I don't think so, but 8bitdo usually supports the Switch and the SN30 Pro+ is one of the best controllers.
2 months of sporadic use.. and im now going on the 3rd pair... im so fucking pissed. I LOVE the pink/green combo and these are brand fucking new... at this point... im going to keep returning them and swapping for new ones. As long as walmart and target accept returns... even if the controllers arent broken yet... i will return and replace every 30 days so i always have new ones.
fuck nintendo for these pieces of shit.
fuck nintendo for these pieces of shit.
Don't know about durable hardware. An old DS lite of ours had one of the screens that would randomly shut off and the hinge was cracked, falling apart and would no longer hold. Then my OG 3ds had flickering screens depending on how it was opened and the top screen would get scratched when closed. I guess both fall under issues with clam shell design though
Literally the main reason I won't buy a Switch Lite and won't buy a hypothetical Switch 2 without confirmation they have fixed the issue. Having to buy another set of $80 controllers every 3-6 months is unacceptable.
My launch 3DS XL is still kicking like new after 7 years and thousands of hours of heavy use. I guess I got lucky on that one.
My launch 3DS XL is still kicking like new after 7 years and thousands of hours of heavy use. I guess I got lucky on that one.
I bought a Mayflash Magic-NS wireless controller and connect my 360 controller to my switch. It even works with my Madcatz Street Fighter IV TE joysticks. So definitely happy.
I did send a pair back to nintendo to fix and now they're starting to drift a little again. I'll wait for Nintendo to reopen and send them in for repairs. Hopefully it'll cost them more and more money to do this until they decide to provide a permanent solution.
I did send a pair back to nintendo to fix and now they're starting to drift a little again. I'll wait for Nintendo to reopen and send them in for repairs. Hopefully it'll cost them more and more money to do this until they decide to provide a permanent solution.
I can't even play in handheld mode because of this dumb shit. I finally spent the money on a Pro controller to play docked (even in spite of *that* having a shitty D-Pad) but wasn't aware that those are prone to drifting after time too.
I don't know how this shit is acceptable, man.
I don't know how this shit is acceptable, man.
Do not bother it still happens. I was a dummy and went through like 4 pair before I decided to just play docked exclusively which ended up killing my interest as a platform because it's not really good as home console imo.
I had a right one start going thanks to some recent Dark Souls play. Someone else did it(repeatedly poping the right stick in to lock on, imagine) and i went to play botw wild this weekend and...
"oh its losing connection again"
" no wait. I think its starting to drift. Fuuuck"
" oh. its both. "
Super shitty. Ordered a third party controller. I like the joycons in a lot of ways, but it they arent reliable, they cannot be good. I'll blow mine out with cleaner, but im offically soured.
"oh its losing connection again"
" no wait. I think its starting to drift. Fuuuck"
" oh. its both. "
Super shitty. Ordered a third party controller. I like the joycons in a lot of ways, but it they arent reliable, they cannot be good. I'll blow mine out with cleaner, but im offically soured.
I bought a new set just a few weeks ago because the drift made Animal Crossing unplayable. My girlfriend has out over a hundred hours in since then and I'm just waiting for it to start all over again. Nintendo should be ashamed of this problem.
I'm not completely sure, I used quick drying electronic cleaner that I got at Walmart for $5. I've heard people mention that WD-40 contact cleaner works for them, as well.
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