New Nintendo patent suggests Switch 2 may solve joycon drift
New Nintendo patent suggests Switch 2 may solve joycon drift
by Dilpickle2113
25 Comments
Rosstin316
Well i’d certainly fucking hope so.
Mukigachar
I’m sitting here amazed that the switch 1 didn’t solve joycon drift, it’ll be hilariously embarrassing if the switch 2 doesn’t
antoni_o_newman
Can’t wait for the “Switch 2 isn’t happening, this is just a rumor” comments from Nintendo fans who can’t read the writing on the wall.
2Dement3D
New Nintendo patent shows Switch 2 may be able to play video games.
Unconfirmed as of now so take with a grain of salt.
AirbendingScholar
I believe it, you’d want to get that shadow over your flagship product locked down
DeterminedThrowaway
I hope they solve it for their more traditional controller too. The drift on my Switch pro controller has just been killing my gaming experience lately
armcurls
Well I fuckin hope so
xanthonus
I honestly don’t see it happening. People complain, but they would complain much harder about paying vastly more. Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft did the math and kept analog potentiometers. While certainly, the current magnetic (hall effect) providers are not nearly at the scale needed for Nintendo, the price difference would sticker shock most. We are talking from cents to dollars just for the parts and with current manufacturers and scale 10s of dollars. People should look at what Sony did with the duelsense pro. That was their solution to keep costs down, and if you wanted to put in magnetic options, you could easily. Unless you want to pay $100+ for a standard pair of joycons, you likely want an option that has removable sticks vs. magnetics.
Nintendoper64
Whoa they will do the bare minimum 😳
Sunlit_Neko
Didn’t gulikit already solve it with their Joycon modules? I’m guessing Nintendo wouldn’t want to be too reliant on a third-party company like gulikit and would rather engineer their own hall effect sticks, but the problem *has* already been fixed.
DrWiseWolf
We’ve had a solution for years. Just none of them implemented it.
Pitstop1897
They probably make so much money out of people RE-buying joycons that I don’t think they’ll fix a thing
Fluffy_Mood5781
This has to be a discussion?
sandpittz
I mean probably but at this point I would 100% not be surprised if they just dont fix the issue and continue to avoid acknowledging it even exists
pumamaner
MAY?!?!
Sabin10
My 22 year old PS2, Gamecube and Xbox controllers don’t have drift, this isn’t an accomplishment.
PixieDustFairies
I wonder what people are going on about with all this joy con drift stuff. I have literally never had that as an issue. I know my personal anecdote doesn’t mean that others don’t have problems, but could it be a defect on the part of the controllers themselves?
I_Dont_Have_Corona
My Switch Lite has drift after my OG Switch randomly died completely. I bought a replacement Joycon but opened up the Switch and a couple of the garbage screws stripped, so now I won’t be able to actually replace the Joycon unless I invest in a Dremel which could very destroy it anyway.
Cisqoe
I’m actually shocked nothing ever came from the joycon drift issue. If had 3 switches all infected with it and so what, it’s just fk me??
HunterExo
I’ve been through more pairs of Joy Cons than I did Xbox 360’s with RROD. Frustrating!
James-Avatar
Yeah I wouldn’t think they want to be handing out thousands upon thousands more free repairs.
Shoopaah
We already fixed stick drift 20 years ago with the Dreamcast.
Unfortunately, there’s too much money to be made from planned obsolescence.
Kaotede
Literally the least they could do
PokoWeebo23
Could somebody explain why the Switch controllers are so prone to drift? The Wii U Gamepad and Pro Controller did not have that problem.
vukasin123king
Wasn’t the issue in the ‘it’ll get fixed with the new release’ stage since the original v2 and lite were announced?
25 Comments
Well i’d certainly fucking hope so.
I’m sitting here amazed that the switch 1 didn’t solve joycon drift, it’ll be hilariously embarrassing if the switch 2 doesn’t
Can’t wait for the “Switch 2 isn’t happening, this is just a rumor” comments from Nintendo fans who can’t read the writing on the wall.
New Nintendo patent shows Switch 2 may be able to play video games.
Unconfirmed as of now so take with a grain of salt.
I believe it, you’d want to get that shadow over your flagship product locked down
I hope they solve it for their more traditional controller too. The drift on my Switch pro controller has just been killing my gaming experience lately
Well I fuckin hope so
I honestly don’t see it happening. People complain, but they would complain much harder about paying vastly more. Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft did the math and kept analog potentiometers. While certainly, the current magnetic (hall effect) providers are not nearly at the scale needed for Nintendo, the price difference would sticker shock most. We are talking from cents to dollars just for the parts and with current manufacturers and scale 10s of dollars. People should look at what Sony did with the duelsense pro. That was their solution to keep costs down, and if you wanted to put in magnetic options, you could easily. Unless you want to pay $100+ for a standard pair of joycons, you likely want an option that has removable sticks vs. magnetics.
Whoa they will do the bare minimum 😳
Didn’t gulikit already solve it with their Joycon modules? I’m guessing Nintendo wouldn’t want to be too reliant on a third-party company like gulikit and would rather engineer their own hall effect sticks, but the problem *has* already been fixed.
We’ve had a solution for years. Just none of them implemented it.
They probably make so much money out of people RE-buying joycons that I don’t think they’ll fix a thing
This has to be a discussion?
I mean probably but at this point I would 100% not be surprised if they just dont fix the issue and continue to avoid acknowledging it even exists
MAY?!?!
My 22 year old PS2, Gamecube and Xbox controllers don’t have drift, this isn’t an accomplishment.
I wonder what people are going on about with all this joy con drift stuff. I have literally never had that as an issue. I know my personal anecdote doesn’t mean that others don’t have problems, but could it be a defect on the part of the controllers themselves?
My Switch Lite has drift after my OG Switch randomly died completely. I bought a replacement Joycon but opened up the Switch and a couple of the garbage screws stripped, so now I won’t be able to actually replace the Joycon unless I invest in a Dremel which could very destroy it anyway.
I’m actually shocked nothing ever came from the joycon drift issue. If had 3 switches all infected with it and so what, it’s just fk me??
I’ve been through more pairs of Joy Cons than I did Xbox 360’s with RROD. Frustrating!
Yeah I wouldn’t think they want to be handing out thousands upon thousands more free repairs.
We already fixed stick drift 20 years ago with the Dreamcast.
Unfortunately, there’s too much money to be made from planned obsolescence.
Literally the least they could do
Could somebody explain why the Switch controllers are so prone to drift? The Wii U Gamepad and Pro Controller did not have that problem.
Wasn’t the issue in the ‘it’ll get fixed with the new release’ stage since the original v2 and lite were announced?