Nintendo "laughed their assess off" when Microsoft tried to acquire the company in 2000

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COKTOE said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Nintendo has never made poor quality hardware.  Even on their systems that sold poorly, their hardware is built to last.  There are a lot of NES systems out there that still function just fine today.

Contrast this with the 360.  RROD lasted for years.  It wasn't a small issue.  I was present when a friend's console got the RROD.  This stuff was happened all the time.  If you were a gamer in the US then you either had a 360 with the RROD or knew someone who did.

How would you rate the build quality of the Switch and Switch Lite as it concerns the joy-cons? It doesn't look particularly good.

Joycons can slip on and off and enable different style of gameplay. I don't have any of the drift problems, and I suspect if many did you'd hear more about it and it would impact sales through word of mouth. The fact that I hardly hear anyone talk about drift and that the device is still selling amazingly indicates it only impacts a small portion of Switch owners. Therefore, for the vast majority of us, I'd rate the build quality of the Switch as great (never tried the Lite).