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Have you experienced joycon drift?

Both of my joycons are nearly unusable. 11 15.07%
 
Both of my joycons are slightly fidgety. 7 9.59%
 
One of my joycons is nearly unusable. 16 21.92%
 
One of my joycons is slightly fidgety. 11 15.07%
 
I've never had a problem with my joycons. 28 38.36%
 
Total:73
Roma on 24 May 2021

I bought it day one and still no drifting but now that I have said it, it will happen :P



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Darwinianevolution on 24 May 2021
heavenmercenary01 said:

Almost all switches have it. It may happen around the 10th-14th month of usage.
The problem here is that we have the seen the improved switch and the switch lite come, and yet the drift hasn't been fixed.
Hope we won't experience it with the rumored switch pro (if it releases of course).

Does the Switch Lite have this problem? Considering you can't detach them from the console, it must be a nightmare for the owners.



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S.Peelman on 24 May 2021

No.

Everything’s perfectly fine.



heavenmercenary01 on 24 May 2021
Darwinianevolution said:
heavenmercenary01 said:

Almost all switches have it. It may happen around the 10th-14th month of usage.
The problem here is that we have the seen the improved switch and the switch lite come, and yet the drift hasn't been fixed.
Hope we won't experience it with the rumored switch pro (if it releases of course).

Does the Switch Lite have this problem? Considering you can't detach them from the console, it must be a nightmare for the owners.

It is , indeed...



Wman1996 on 24 May 2021

I've only ever had the pair that came with it. I very rarely use the JoyCons for anything other than handheld mode. I've probably used them for dozens of hours, and no problems. JoyCon drift is a big issue, but hasn't affected me yet. But it probably will at some point.



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ironmanDX on 24 May 2021

No but it's brand new so... Yeah.



DonFerrari on 24 May 2021

Mine have on both, plus every now and then Switch doesn`t recognize or stop recognizing the joycons (mostly the left one)



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http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

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RetroGamer94 on 24 May 2021

I literally have 10 sets and ALL of them have drift... it's a joke



DonFerrari on 24 May 2021

Mine have on both, plus every now and then Switch doesn`t recognize or stop recognizing the joycons (mostly the left one)



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Cerebralbore101 on 24 May 2021

Nintendo should have fixed this by now. Ridiculous.

Anybody that has drifting joycons should invest in a Hori Split Pad Pro. Much more durable than the joycons. The split pad pro will drift eventually just like the Nintendo Pro controller, but that takes at least 2 years of heavy play from my experience.