alienboyva Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) Update: Lawsuit officially filed. https://ninfora.com/forums/index.php?/topic/3325-switch-joy-con-drift-class-action-lawsuit... If you don't know about this whole deal with the Switch Joy-Con drift, watch the video in the spoiler bellow first. Spoiler Luckily I haven't experienced this, yet. Though, I know there are a lot that have. I really hope this goes somewhere, because this is a major design flaw and Nintendo hasn't said a world. Joy-Con aren't cheap, ya' know ...Even for a single one. If you haven't experienced this yet, you will eventually. This really makes me wonder about the Switch Lite. Hopefully they didn't use the same control sicks as in the Joy-Con, because you'd be screwed if you start getting drift. You can't just buy new Joy-Con. I know you can just replace the sticks on the Joy-Con yourself, but most people are comfortable doing that and on the Lite, It would probably be more of a pain. In an all perfect world, Nintendo would fix this flaw and replace everyone's Joy-Con sticks for FREE. Edited July 20, 2019 by alienboyva DLurkster and Doc Brown 2 Quote Link to comment
Doc Brown Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I'm glad they're doing this. I haven't run into drift myself... but I ran into disconnection. Wondering if it's related. Quote Link to comment
alienboyva Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, Doc Brown said: I'm glad they're doing this. I haven't run into drift myself... but I ran into disconnection. Wondering if it's related. One of my Joy-Con randomly started disconnecting just before SSBU came out, so I tried this and haven't had that issue since. Doc Brown 1 Quote Link to comment
Doc Brown Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) Yea got it working on my end, but was thinking of sending it in just in case while it's still covered. Do you have any idea of what caused yours to randomly disconnect? Edited July 19, 2019 by Doc Brown alienboyva 1 Quote Link to comment
alienboyva Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 13 minutes ago, Doc Brown said: Yea got it working on my end, but was thinking of sending it in just in case while it's still covered. Do you have any idea of what caused yours to randomly disconnect? Nope. I have absolutely no clue. Quote Link to comment
Doc Brown Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, alienboyva said: Nope. I have absolutely no clue. Ah. Yea mine was similar. It happened when I was trying to play Arby's level. Completely out of the blue. Quote Link to comment
TKrazyO Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Right when they got my joy-con and started the repair. Quote Link to comment
purple_beard Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I haven't expereinced this yet but my original Pro had some weird stuff happen with DPad and left stick keep registering one direction or the other but in random spots. Quote Link to comment
alienboyva Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) Edited July 20, 2019 by alienboyva Doc Brown 1 Quote Link to comment
Ridley Prime Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Much as I love the Switch, they kinda had this coming with how common a problem the drifting joysticks has become. At least there's the youtube suggestions on how to try and fix them, but still. Doc Brown 1 Quote Link to comment
Link, the Hero of Dreams Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 So, that's what's been happening with my controllers last and currently this year. Quote Link to comment
Doc Brown Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) On 7/19/2019 at 6:20 PM, Ridley Prime said: Much as I love the Switch, they kinda had this coming with how common a problem the drifting joysticks has become. At least there's the youtube suggestions on how to try and fix them, but still. Agreed. I found out that some people were able to get the drifting to stop by cleaning it out with tooth picks and stuff. That said, it's not good that it's still happening. Just came across this video on another forum that mentions about joycon drift... Edited July 21, 2019 by Doc Brown Quote Link to comment
alienboyva Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) Nintendo responds... Hmm...Seems like your typical PR response. Well, at least they finally said something about the JC drift. Though, it only took a lawsuit for they to do so. Edited July 22, 2019 by alienboyva Quote Link to comment
DLurkster Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 1 hour ago, alienboyva said: Nintendo responds... Hmm...Seems like your typical PR response. Well, at least they finally said something about the JC drift. Though, it only took a lawsuit for they to do so. Pbhht.... they are recently aware. I know at times it seems like Nintendo lives under a rock sometimes but you cannot be this insular no matter fraction of owners who experience drifting joy-cons from launch and new owners but c'mon besides the typical response I'm more peeved about they are recently aware part. This makes this response more robotic with that bit. I'd expect the go Nintendo support to address but with this lawsuit you'd think this didn't come out of thin air. There's fucking history. Yo Nintendo, check yo'self before you wreck yo'self. Link, the Hero of Dreams, alienboyva and Doc Brown 3 Quote Link to comment
avalonknight Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 (edited) Regardless of the lawsuit, unfortunately I cannot see Nintendo "JUST FIX THE DAMN THING!!!" that I got a feeling people are demanding for. After watching Spawn Wave's video on it and the possible cause, unless there is a way to strengthen the coating on the sensors, Nintendo will need to find a new supplier for their analog sticks or completely rework it from the ground up. I cannot see this have a simple fix or remedy (like the slightly improved D-Pad on the Xenoblade 2 Pro Controller), something about it is going to fundamentally change, like a "Joy-Con Pro". Edited July 24, 2019 by avalonknight Quote Link to comment
Ridley Prime Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Huh... That’s good at least. Link, the Hero of Dreams and alienboyva 2 Quote Link to comment
DLurkster Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 3 minutes ago, Ridley Prime said: Huh... That’s good at least. I was going to say to Avalon's post, that Spawn Wave also said in a vid to day that if they extend their warranty to 2 more years with the year they have this might remedy situation of the Joy-Cons drift, maybe. But is this just as costly to replace the parts and material of Joy-Cons if the make the warranty longer tho. This idea was brought as example with 360 console and eventually provide fwarranty for 3 years. (perhaps for the red ring of death) Maybe Microsoft can afford something like that but not Nintendo. But yeah that tweet is good news too Doc Brown 1 Quote Link to comment
Tyranogre Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Why does it have to be a lawsuit? Can't Nintendo just fix everyone's Joy-cons without someone threatening to sue them if they don't? Quote Link to comment
Link, the Hero of Dreams Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Because we got free repairs out of it. And it makes them realize that they made a flaw and not all of us are happy about it. Stupid pride. Quote Link to comment
alienboyva Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 I wonder how long they are going to do these "free repairs" for? As I mentioned in the OP haven't experienced JC drift, but I know I eventually will. Hopefully they'll still be fixing them for free by then. I also wonder if this means they are going to redesign the JC sticks so this never happens again? Gotta wait for Nintendo to release an official statement on the free repairs, I guess. Quote Link to comment
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