Latest news with #JoyConDrift
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con drift is already a problem: How to ‘fix' it
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, BGR may receive an affiliate commission. The Nintendo Switch 2 is already a huge success. Nintendo is selling more units than it can manufacture, and it's likely the high demand will hold for quite a while. The original Switch (and the upgraded versions) sold incredibly well, so Nintendo has a massive user base ready to upgrade to a more powerful version that can handle much more complex games. Still, it's not all good news. Now that the Switch 2 is in the hands of millions of users, some gamers have discovered that Nintendo hasn't really fixed one of the worst things about the first model. The new Joy-Con controllers can experience the infamous drift, and at least one user encountered the problem just days after buying the Switch 2. Today's Top Deals Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales Best Ring Video Doorbell deals Memorial Day security camera deals: Reolink's unbeatable sale has prices from $29.98 The same 'fix' applies. You have to send your Joy-Cons to Nintendo, and the company will repair them for free. But that doesn't guarantee your next controller won't experience drifting. A Reddit user posted the following clip, showing how one of the controllers is exhibiting the infamous Joy-Con drift problem. I got Joy-Con stick drift out of the box🫠 byu/NearlyCrossing inSwitch He confirmed that he contacted Nintendo, and he'll have to ship the controller to the company to repair or replace it: I got my Switch 2 from Walmart on Thursday but was unable to use it until Friday. The left Joy-Con felt a little cattywampus, but I still was able to play Mario Kart World. Today, Saturday 6/7, the stick felt worse when pushing right. I guess I already had stick drift or something. Tried to recalibrate it in the Switch Settings, and it showed the joystick all messed up. Called Nintendo and now have to send it in for repair. My luck in a nutshell, lol. The Switch 2 Joy-Con drift issue isn't exactly surprising. Nintendo said a few months ago that it didn't use the 'Hall Effect' stick design in the new controllers. That would have been one way to prevent drift. The Hall Effect design uses magnets, which might have interfered with the Joy-Con's built-in magnets. These controllers attach and detach to the console using strong magnets, a feature that wasn't in the first-gen models. In early June, Nintendo confirmed it'll replace Joy-Con 2 controllers that develop drift for free. Separately, iFixit released its Nintendo Switch 2 teardown, starting with the Joy-Con controllers. The well-known repair site suggested that Joy-Con 2 units might still be prone to drifting since Nintendo didn't adopt a new design to prevent it. Besides Hall Effect controllers, Nintendo could have used Tunneling Magnetoresistance (TMR) sensors. That's not the case either. iFixit pointed out the magnet issue but said TMR sensors could have worked instead: But that shouldn't stop them from going with TMR, which is less susceptible to magnetic interference. Whatever tech they use, however, joysticks are a high-wear component. They can still break in a drop, even if they never suffer from drift. Being able to replace these things is a high priority for game console repairability. As you'll see in the following clip, repairing the Switch 2 isn't easy. iFixit gave the console a 3/10 score. If you experience Switch 2 Joy-Con drift, your best option is to contact Nintendo and arrange a repair or replacement. One way to lower the risk of drifting is to keep the controllers as clean as possible, though that's easier said than done. Another option is using a different controller while the console is docked. Don't Miss: Today's deals: Nintendo Switch games, $5 smart plugs, $150 Vizio soundbar, $100 Beats Pill speaker, more More Top Deals Amazon gift card deals, offers & coupons 2025: Get $2,000+ free See the
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Yahoo
Nintendo just banned a ton of Switch 2 consoles, turning them into offline-only bricks
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, BGR may receive an affiliate commission. The Nintendo Switch 2 is the fastest-selling console of all time, and it might be tough to get your hands on one if you didn't preorder or buy it on release day. What I'm getting at is that it could be hard to replace your Switch 2 if something went wrong and you couldn't use it anymore. What could happen to it? I'm not talking about the Switch 2 getting punctured by receipts or dealing with Joy-Con 2 drift right out of the box. The real problem is having Nintendo ban your specific console from connecting to the internet after using the MiG Switch/Flash tool on your new device. Today's Top Deals Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales Best Ring Video Doorbell deals Memorial Day security camera deals: Reolink's unbeatable sale has prices from $29.98 Plenty of users who used the MiG microSD tool discovered that their Switch 2 consoles could no longer connect to the web. A screen displaying error code 2124-4508 appears on the console, informing them that 'the use of online services on this console is currently restricted by Nintendo.' As shown in the video at the end of this post, there's not much you can do to recover your console. A Switch 2 that loaded a MiG card remains banned even after a factory reset. You can still play games offline on a banned Switch 2, but that's not the experience most people are looking for. Playing Mario Kart with friends is one of the highlights of the Switch 2. You also won't be able to buy content from Nintendo's online store or export your game save data. If you reset to factory settings, like YouTuber Scattered Brain did, you'll lose access to offline games too. In that case, the banned console basically becomes an expensive brick. It's still unclear whether Nintendo will eventually lift the ban. The error message says the console is 'currently' restricted, but it doesn't give any timeframe. You could try reaching out to Nintendo support and asking if there's any way to undo the ban. Maybe they'll figure you've learned your lesson and will stick to buying games from the eShop. Or they might just tell you to buy a new console. I'm just speculating. YouTuber Scattered Brain says he used the MiG tool to dump the Switch games he bought onto a microSD card. That's a legit use of the MiG hack that doesn't involve piracy. It just puts all your cartridges in one place for convenience. But others, maybe someone you know, might use the MiG tool to run pirated games on the Switch. That's the real reason Nintendo is cracking down on MiG hacks. The video below shows the ban only applies to the Switch 2, not earlier models. If you and your friends want to use MiG hacks, you'll need to stick with the older hardware. Don't Miss: Today's deals: Nintendo Switch games, $5 smart plugs, $150 Vizio soundbar, $100 Beats Pill speaker, more More Top Deals Amazon gift card deals, offers & coupons 2025: Get $2,000+ free See the
The Verge
03-06-2025
- Business
- The Verge
iFixit is retroactively giving the Nintendo Switch a 4/10 on repairability
Would you call the Nintendo Switch easy to repair, what with its infamously drifting joysticks, glued-in battery, tiny and easy-to-damage ribbon cables, and lack of official repair instructions and replacement parts? iFixit doesn't think so anymore. After giving Nintendo's handheld a rosy welcome at its 2017 debut, the online repair site says the Switch no longer lives up to 2025 standards — and so iFixit is cutting the Switch's repairability score in half, from 8 out of 10 to 4 out of 10. We've never put too much stock into repairability scores, but iFixit's reasoning (in this blog post) makes some sense to me, as a person who happens to open every handheld game system I test for The Verge. It's not Joy-Con drift — it's that the industry has moved on. As of 2025, many handheld gaming PCs are far easier to get inside and repair, and devices are beginning to offer batteries that can be replaced without painstakingly prying a fragile and dangerous-to-damage object (the glued battery) away from their frames. Some iPhones now even let you remove battery adhesive with a jolt of electricity. Plus, the Steam Deck kicked off an expectation that companies that truly want to offer repairable handhelds will make their parts publicly available to purchase, perhaps even through iFixit itself. That's not a place where Nintendo is playing ball —- although New York right-to-repair law may require Nintendo to provide parts for the Switch 2 in the USA, as iFixit points out in its blog post. This isn't the first time iFixit has retroactively decided to diss a big gadget company after thinking better of it: iFixit broke up with Samsung in 2024 after Samsung wasn't forthcoming with official parts and required customers to buy batteries that were preglued to phone screens, among other restrictions. I wonder if they'll exert similar pressure on Logitech. iFixit isn't dissing Nintendo nearly as hard as Samsung, though. 'The original Switch still has bright spots: its modular design philosophy for the joysticks, replaceable (and expandable) storage, and mostly straightforward internal layout all remain commendable. But when compared to newer devices that also offer standardized M.2 slots, socketed components, and widely available parts and repair documentation, the Switch shows its age,' writes iFixit.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
New Nintendo of America policy asks users to give up their rights to a class-action lawsuit and call customer service instead: 'Most matters can be quickly resolved in this manner'
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Nintendo of America's latest End User License Agreement (EULA) includes a new segment asking users to agree to waive their right to join a class action lawsuit against the company. During the lifespan of the Nintendo Switch, Joy-Con drift was a hot topic, and one that got Nintendo a lot of heat from fans. It was the subject of two class action lawsuits – filed in 2019 and 2020 – that were eventually dismissed. And while Nintendo has confirmed that the new Joy-Con 2 controllers are designed from scratch with new sticks (although they don't have Hall effect sticks), there's been no confirmation that the problem is fixed for Nintendo Switch 2. Regardless of whether it's fixed or not, Nintendo clearly wants to avoid more class action legal issues, as a user on Reddit pointed out about the latest EULA for US Nintendo accounts. Clause 16 of the EULA reads: "This arbitration provision precludes you and Nintendo from suing in court, having a trial by jury, or participating in a class action. You and Nintendo agree that arbitration will be solely on an individual basis and not as a class arbitration, class action, or any other kind of representative proceeding. You and Nintendo are each waiving the right to trial by a jury." Nintendo does give users some other options to resolve issues through, such as contacting customer service, about which the company says, "Most matters can be quickly resolved in this manner to our customer's satisfaction." Users also are given the right to opt out of Nintendo's arbitration requirement by sending written notice of this decision to the company's Redmond, Washington HQ; however, you'll only have 30 days from the day you agree to the EULA to do so. Disney had a similar clause in the Disney+ terms, which came to light last year after it was used during a lawsuit a Disneyland customer filed when his wife died from a severe allergic reaction after eating at the park. The company later withdrew its right to arbitration following backlash. Switch 2 price could still rise, as Nintendo president says the company is racing to beat new tariffs.
