Should the next console address the joy con drift issue from the og switch era?

[FakeNate0]

I was thinking somewhere along the lines of removable joy sticks to combat this, but Nintendo'll likely sell the replaceable sticks for $80 much like what they did for the joy cons that suffer future drifting issues.

 

[PoryKid575]

Yes, 1000%. The quality control on the joy-cons was / is absolutely atrocious; there's no valid reason official controllers should have drift within a year or 2 of normal use like a $20 cheap off-brand. I'm aware that Nintendo's implemented a replacement policy (though only in the US to my knowledge) for controllers with drift, but it shouldn't have gotten to that point to begin with. I don't think replaceable sticks are necessary to fix the issue, Nintendo just needs to use more a more durable type of stick and increase the QC on the Switch 2 joy-cons.

 

[FakeNate0]

I know. I mean before Nintendo was known for quality and durability in their controls, now the running gag is that switch 2 or whatever the next console's name is "may suffer the same design flaws" fate. I miss the days where you didn't have to buy a replacement control every time it "broke." (I guess I can live another year with control drift on my og switch, oh well it's not that bad. I know I'm not the only 1 on my 1st joy cons, not really wanting to get rid of them.) Also, very unpopular opinion, I want Nintendo to bring back the 3ds circle pads, despite them falling off overtime after playing on the circle pad too much although it would need rework as some games used the joy con sticks as buttons when you press on them. At least the circle pad's don't suffer from joy con drift and even if they do, it isn't as atrocious as the switch's joy con drift.

 

[Alex_Among_Foxes]

YES. ABSOLUTELY.

 

[Nah]

I don't think that anyone (except for maybe die-hard capitalists or something) is going to argue that the Switch 2, or any gaming device for that matter, should have drift or any other sort of problem.

And Nintendo is absolutely capable of making controllers that don't drift and stuff. Like, 2 of my 3 OG Gamecube controllers have issues, but this was after many years of very heavy use and not like Switch joycons starting to have problems after a couple years of moderate use.

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

If they don't, they're gonna have a LOT of angry customers.

I've gone through so many Joycons, between waiting 3 weeks for them to send replacements and just being impatient and buying new ones, that I've lost count. Joycon quality is what you'd expect from a cheap third party knockoff, not the actual official product from the hardware manufacturer.

Nintendo better get this right with the new system.

 

[The Mega Champion]

I thought it was already confirmed they would? Reportedly/supposedly they are magnetic instead.

 

[Zeostar]

Yeah.

Considering the cost of consoles, a functioning controller should be the absolute bare minimum.

 

[Cherrim]

Yes, I do think they should... but I also fully expect the Switch 2 to also have drift lol.

 

[Arcaneum]

I was thinking somewhere along the lines of removable joy sticks to combat this, but Nintendo'll likely sell the replaceable sticks for $80 much like what they did for the joy cons that suffer future drifting issues.

I mean... yes of course it should be addressed?! As much as it could be more £ in their pocket, I'd like to think just to avoid the headache they will at least look into it. The money can be made from just actually releasing more customisation/options for them!

 

[popplio25]

yes, they should, i think

 

[.hack]

Nintendo should've addressed it a long time ago, almost criminal they've kept selling them with this issue, but Sony is in the same boat with the Dualsense.

Ridiculous they've been getting away with it. If it was a less common issue it would be fine, but obviously the fail rate is way too high and they must know about it.

The absolute least they could do is make sure their next iterations don't have these issues. They really should have revised their manufacturing years ago so newly manufactured products didn't have the issue (not like they can do much about those already out there, besides offer free and out-of-warranty repairs). But they never did, maybe it's intentional because they make a killing in the replacement controller market? Idunno tho. I remember hearing about some class actions around this a long time ago, I really wish stuff like that had caught some steam. Really need to be pressuring these companies to do better because atm it's like they're just totally getting away with it, no repercussions and making a ton more on people buying replacements, ofc they're not in a rush to fix the situation.

Both Nintendo and Sony deserve all the bad press and significant bad-will this generation from their handling of this.

 

[Hands]

Yes, 1000%. The quality control on the joy-cons was / is absolutely atrocious; there's no valid reason official controllers should have drift within a year or 2 of normal use like a $20 cheap off-brand. I'm aware that Nintendo's implemented a replacement policy (though only in the US to my knowledge) for controllers with drift, but it shouldn't have gotten to that point to begin with. I don't think replaceable sticks are necessary to fix the issue, Nintendo just needs to use more a more durable type of stick and increase the QC on the Switch 2 joy-cons.

This sadly isn't unique to Nintendo, both Microsoft and Sony have the same issue. Sony and Microsoft are using the same OEM for their analogue modules for their standard controllers (their pros do not use these) and the modules have inherent issues that we rarely saw with the PS3/360 era but were rife in the PS4/XB1 era and are still an issue with the PS5/XBsX. I don't know who Nintendo's OEM is for their sticks, but i'd wager they're having a similar issue with their modules.