This isnt a fluke issue that affects a few users, this is a genuine design flaw. I've seen joycon drift threads on ResetEra since the console was launched. Electric cleaner is also a temporary fix, and its not a universal fix either.
There is no way to tell if it's two-thirds of the user-base and I highly doubt that, or else there would be way more of an uproar.
"Buy another one" is also not a solution lol. The OG phat PS2's having bunk disc drives and lasers, along with the RROD of the 360, has taught me that if a console sells well enough, critical design flaws don't matter to the manufacturer.
Why is "buy another one" not a solution here? It's not the console- it's the controller. You can easily get a replacement or get it repaired. I see people bitching about Nintendo charging for shipping it back to them- that's where I think they should be footing the bill.
Not saying this isn't something that shouldn't be looked into, but it's not as big an issue like say, a fucked-up disk drive or heat sink.
There has been an uproar, but the Switch has been the best selling console (in the US and Japan) for this entire year so far. Design flaws in consoles that sell well get fixed with console revisions.
For the original switch, there needs to be a controller revision that fixes this design flaw. Nintendo has done many controller/control revisions in the past, none for Switch so far.
For the Switch lite, if the sticks are designed and engineered similarly, this issue has extended to being a hardware issue.
With the original Switch getting revisions (better battery life for the upcoming Switches, and a better CPU/memory in the next potential wave), its really ball busting that there isn't any apparent Joycon revision in sight.
the same dummies who suggest fixes for xbox controller stick drift i assume. stick drift is stick drift. it will happen, it may not. i've got a mountain of xbox pads that have drift. there is no "fix"
This is why Im hoping there's some sort of change with the Switch lite, the sticks themselves, or some sort internal difference.
I want a dedicated handheld, but fuck having to send the entire unit in whenever the sticks fuck up. Im fine if drift happens after a few years of heavy use, instead of it being completely random.
Throwing this issue under a rug, as if stick drift universally happens to all peripherals the same way, is fucking dumdums for cocoa rocks.
https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/2019/04/05/switch-owner-with-engineering-background-discovers-joy-con-drift-design-flaw/
Basically, moving the stick around causes the sliders inside to rub along the contact pads. The sliders have metal prongs and the contact pads appear to be made out of graphite, which is softer than the metal prongs. Due to that, the contact pads wear out and microscopic debris are left behind, which then mess with the input readings resulting in the ‘drift’
listen fatso, shit happens.
i've played my vita more than my own flaccid dick and it doesn't have stick drift, and i see people talking about theirs having it. luck of the draw.
Breh, if there's absolutely nothing Nintendo can do about this, they are mass manufacturing bad luck and should be shut down for acts of voodoo and witchcraft.