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Chrkeller on 20 July 2019
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Shiken said:
Chrkeller said:

Dude, I have been gaming for 30 years.  I have owned a N64, ps1, ps2, ps3, ps4, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Wii, Wii U and a Switch.  I have owned dozens upon dozens of controllers.  I have never had drift issues, it has exclusively been a Joy Con problem for me.  Nintendo is my favorite developer, the Switch my favorite console, but the Joy Cons are trash.  The first pair I had drifted and had connectivity issues.  I replaced them and had drift problems yet again, and now they come of the console easily.  The Joy Cons are not durable.  This is a real problem, not a made up anti Nintendo stance.  Just Google "Joy Con drift" and notice the hundreds of issues being reported.    

Thats cool, my experience is different and I have been gaming since before the NES.  What is your point besides hardware problems exist everywhere but not everyone experiences them during the same generation, because as I have already said I have experienced issues for every console from the N64 to the PS4 at some point, yet I have had no issues with my Switch or controllers.  And before it comes onto question, I am very OCD about my things so I can assure you only the best care is given when handling, storing, or using my devices.

I agree that hardware fails, but a quick google search is an easy way to determine if something is a wide spread problem.  The Joy Con problem is incredibly wide spread.  The drift problem with the Joy Cons is more than seen on other hardware.  Easily the most unreliable controller I have ever owned, which is very unlike Nintendo.  And again, search google and notice the abundant amount of fixes...  those fixes wouldn't exist so readily if it weren't a wide spread problem.    

And if we want to count consoles that don't have analogs I have also owned a NES, SNES, Genesis, Saturn, Atari 2600 and 3DO.  The Joy Cons are crap.  

The shorter version is, your isolated experience doesn't discount what everybody else has experienced.  This poll is telling, roughly 70% of people have drift issues..  make a poll for the DS4 see if it gets anywhere near 70%.  I'm guessing not even remotely close.  

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 20 July 2019