Joysticks: Probably Still Drifty

Joy-Con joysticks use a potentiometer to read the voltage at a wiper that slides across a strip of resistive material. That material wears down over time, or plastic and dust can dirty the sensors.

Stick drift is a huge problem with other Switch models. One survey found that 40% of Switch owners had problems with their Joy-Cons drifting, and things didn’t get any better with the Lite or OLED editions. After a bunch of lawsuits, Nintendo’s president even admitted it and apologized, setting up a free repair program for customers in some parts of the world.

  • kn0wmad1c@programming.dev
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    17 hours ago

    Your post is a little confusing. If you haven’t bought anything from them since the 3ds, then how did you put a screen protector on your Switch 2?

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      17 hours ago

      I meant that prior to the switch 2 I only had a 3ds. I’ve been out of the loop on nintendo stuff during all that time