Nintendo Switch #Bendgate!! Yup!

[KLAMarine]

Ganoncrotch said:

KLAMarine said:

I think it better to use a flashlight...

No, just cut up a strip of paper and see if it can be slipped through.

I just tested mine there with a fleshlight instead, from the switches reaction to it, I would say it's perfectly straight.

Did you unlock its secret third joystick?

Landale_Star said:
After checking my Switch against multiple straight edges including a ruler and spirit level I can confirm that mine is slightly bent. I'm not sure if it has always been like that, perhaps Nintendo didn't design it to be perfectly straight or perhaps this is a problem affecting some number of day 1 consoles.

I can say that I've noticed it getting very hot in the dock, especially after prolonged play but I'd doubt it was enough to bend the systyem. The Switch also hasn't given any indication e.g. crashing, that its under severe stress due to heat.

I think this is just how Nintendo manufactures them, the bend is so slight that I'd have never noticed until I saw this. Makes me wonder how many of my other electronics are slightly bent.

Get it replaced.

Shiken said:

Update

So when I got a chance, I took the joycons off of my switch and put it on a flat table. Sure enough, there was a SLIGHT "bend" where the game card side of the switch was not perfectly flat.

We are talking like a millimeter here and the console never felt hot to my knowledge. This could easily be something out of the box and nothing more than cosmetic. I will keep an eye on it to see if it gets worse, but I still don't think this is a "warping" issue like some people try to say...though the topic does have my attention now.

Check it against a ruler.