Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting

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Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting - Lemmy.World

>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.

Shoulda used the magnets for hall effect sticks rather then clacking joycons on the thing

Fear is a hell of a drug.

First gen switches were broken through the connector for the joycons. Now it’s wrapped in 3 layers of plastic when live.

Increased

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