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

https://lemmy.world/post/31472316

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.

Lack of innovation: checked. Locking users into their ecosystem: checked. Chasing only shareholder value : checked.

The only thing diferentianting them from Apple now is the pricing, which hasn’t reached outrageous levels ( yet ).

I used to respect them for doing their own thing - sometimes winning, sometimes losing, but in the end still innovating. Apparently not the case anymore.

The only thing diferentianting them from Apple now is the pricing, which hasn’t reached outrageous levels ( yet ).

Software is priced at Apple levels.