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Reports were saying the Switch was coming q4 2024, but now Nintendo is reportedly telling its partners that it's been pushed to q1 2025

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (9 children)

Controller drift. Require new ones. They are expensive as hell. There for to enjoy new games I need to buy the game and new controllers.

I tried the replacement because of the class action suit but because I no longer have the receipt they won't accept replacement

By the way brexit wasn't my idea I hate those fuckers

Edit for context I'm still using xbox 360 controllers with my pc

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Joystick drift can be fixed at home with like 15 dollars worth of replacement parts lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'd recommend that you get these ones, but you can pick them up plenty of places that aren't Amazon too, just make certain you get the ones made by Gulikit, any others are probably as cheap as your originals and you'll have to come back and replace them again in short order. The Gulikit ones use Hall Effect sensing rather than resistive contact pads that will eventually scrape down and break.

That kit at Amazon comes with all the tools to do the job and as the sticks are Hall Effect based, they'll theoretically never drift unlike the ones that ship with Joy-Cons straight from Nintendo.

iFixIt has the process for doing the work: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Left+Joy-Con+Joystick+Replacement/113182 and https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Right+Joy-Con+Joystick+Replacement/113185

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Ordered. Thanks for the info

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