Team_Rckt_Grunt t1_j86kf5q wrote on February 12, 2023 at 12:39 AM

Reply to comment by Dragmire800 in TIL a Gameboy was stored in a barracks that was bombed in The Gulf War and it ran Tetris like nothing happened. by FalseWallaby9

That's lucky. I know someone else who hasn't had joycon issues, but I also have an OG switch and I haven't replaced the joycons yet... but only because I'm too broke to buy a second pair and the logistics of shipping them back are confusing to me. The drift is so bad it is literally unplayable on handheld mode, I currently play all games on the tv with a separate controller. If I use the joycons it makes it impossible to even select things from a menu because it cycles through the options at high speed when I'm not even touching the stick.

I love the switch in general but the joycon durability is... Not ideal. Hit or miss, shall we say.

Jdoggcrash t1_j86shoq wrote on February 12, 2023 at 1:43 AM

I’ve had three pairs of joy cons including the ones that came with the switch I bought. All three have drift. None of them as bad as yours but at this point I just bought a regular controller and play on the TV like you. Not worth it to keep spending money on the hope that this won’t happen again with the next pair.