I hope Nintendo actually makes this a huge step up from the Switch we’ve had since 2017. The OLED switch was nice, but it’s what the switch should’ve been from day one.
Oh and dear lord PLEASE let them fix the joycon issues. I would love to play my switch more in handheld mode but because both of my joycons have drift, it’s impossible to play in anything but docked mode with a pro controller.
I think the copyright for that technology is, well…copyrighted. So Nintendo would need to pay a licensing fee to use it in their Joycons (as would any gaming company for their joysticks). That would add significant cost to the controllers.
Same reason we haven’t seen back buttons adopted into controllers as a standard yet despite being the next logical evolution in controller design.
The OLED switch was nice, but it’s what the switch should’ve been from day one.
The processor was long in the tooth and the joycons were unacceptably flawed on day one. The OLED switch changed none of these things and it still frustrates me a lot that people weren’t more critical of it tbh.
Yeah they’d fill should’ve upgraded the processor for the OLED switch, and I totally agree about the joycon situation. I was more talking about the screen, Nintendo easily could’ve made the first Gen switch OLED but they didn’t.
I feel the price was already a little high at launch (since they are adamant about making a profit on hardware as opposed to Sony/Microsoft who sell at a loss) so the addition of a more expensive screen would’ve probably pushed the price too high tbh. It was 2017, OLED’s were still pretty new and very expensive.
LCD was fine. Locked 60 Hz refresh rate made no sense whatsoever. Even shitty laptops can dip down to 40 Hz, and that’d make dodgy framerates less stuttery. But the Switch is Nvidia hardware. There’s no excuse to not at least support 120 Hz polling to flip framebuffers.
If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), UK and Switzerland Nintendo will fix your joycons for free. If you are anywhere else, just buy some new sticks and replace them.
Piggybacking on this - do they also make the same sensors for pro controllers? I have two Joycon Ls, a Nintendo pro controller, a PowerA controller, and a PS5 controller that all drift (I’m starting to think I might be playing video games wrong…)
Ironically my joycons that I’ve had since launch day have been fine (regarding drift, anyway), but my pro controller got drift last year, and I just had to replace it.
That’s wild. My release day joycons drift like a bitch, but I have never once had an issue with my pro controller. I didn’t even know the pro controller could have drifting issues tbh
If they don’t fix the joycon issues Nintendo is going to lose more lawsuits and be on the hook for fixing people’s joycons for free forever. I just sent 4 of mine in in the US.
I’ve submitted several joycons for repair over the years, always sent back without any charge. The most recent batch also had broken housing, but still repaired for free.
I hope Nintendo actually makes this a huge step up from the Switch we’ve had since 2017. The OLED switch was nice, but it’s what the switch should’ve been from day one.
Oh and dear lord PLEASE let them fix the joycon issues. I would love to play my switch more in handheld mode but because both of my joycons have drift, it’s impossible to play in anything but docked mode with a pro controller.
I wish for all controller manufactures to use that magnetic joystick instead
Hall Effect Joysticks!
I think the copyright for that technology is, well…copyrighted. So Nintendo would need to pay a licensing fee to use it in their Joycons (as would any gaming company for their joysticks). That would add significant cost to the controllers.
Same reason we haven’t seen back buttons adopted into controllers as a standard yet despite being the next logical evolution in controller design.
@StarServal, you mean patents (not copyright), since it is about inventions.
And there is at least one hall effect controller patent that already expired. It is from 1988, so hall effect joysticks are not a new thing at all.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US4825157A/
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The processor was long in the tooth and the joycons were unacceptably flawed on day one. The OLED switch changed none of these things and it still frustrates me a lot that people weren’t more critical of it tbh.
Yeah they’d fill should’ve upgraded the processor for the OLED switch, and I totally agree about the joycon situation. I was more talking about the screen, Nintendo easily could’ve made the first Gen switch OLED but they didn’t.
I feel the price was already a little high at launch (since they are adamant about making a profit on hardware as opposed to Sony/Microsoft who sell at a loss) so the addition of a more expensive screen would’ve probably pushed the price too high tbh. It was 2017, OLED’s were still pretty new and very expensive.
LCD was fine. Locked 60 Hz refresh rate made no sense whatsoever. Even shitty laptops can dip down to 40 Hz, and that’d make dodgy framerates less stuttery. But the Switch is Nvidia hardware. There’s no excuse to not at least support 120 Hz polling to flip framebuffers.
Just put in a modern chip to start with if the hardware will be the same for 7-8 years
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If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), UK and Switzerland Nintendo will fix your joycons for free. If you are anywhere else, just buy some new sticks and replace them.
They do in the US too.
Am in Italy. Sent mine in yesterday actually. Thanks EU!
The US too. Not explicitly mentioned, but Ive repaired several for free
There’s some great tutorials on how to fix it yourself, though that doesn’t excuse Nintendo from the shit design
Tried em, they don’t fix the issue long term. Eventually it’ll creep back and I’m stuck with the same issue again.
Replace the sticks with hall sensor sticks off amazon. They will never drift. Takes about 10 mins.
Note that I’m not excusing nintendo here. If anything it shows how pathetic it is that nintendo isn’t using hall effect sticks.
Got links to ones you recommend?
I got the ones by gulikit. No issues with mine
Piggybacking on this - do they also make the same sensors for pro controllers? I have two Joycon Ls, a Nintendo pro controller, a PowerA controller, and a PS5 controller that all drift (I’m starting to think I might be playing video games wrong…)
I don’t think they do :(
If they do I can’t find them
Ironically my joycons that I’ve had since launch day have been fine (regarding drift, anyway), but my pro controller got drift last year, and I just had to replace it.
That’s wild. My release day joycons drift like a bitch, but I have never once had an issue with my pro controller. I didn’t even know the pro controller could have drifting issues tbh
I’m probably the very edge of the bell curve on those joycons. Unfortunately, the wireless connection on the left joycon is basically unusable.
And, not surprised I got drift on my pro controller. I probably have close to 1000 hours on it in smash alone.
If they don’t fix the joycon issues Nintendo is going to lose more lawsuits and be on the hook for fixing people’s joycons for free forever. I just sent 4 of mine in in the US.
I’ve submitted several joycons for repair over the years, always sent back without any charge. The most recent batch also had broken housing, but still repaired for free.
Give it a shot!