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iFixit Says Switch 2 Is Probably Still Drift Prone

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  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldH [email protected]

    Of course it is. Unless they switched to hall effect sticks, which they already said they weren't doing. For whatever reason, they still want to save the pennies instead of using the better component even after the previous issues and lawsuits. Why do companies insist on shooting themselves in the foot constantly?

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    Pennies on one console become millions of pennies on millions of consoles. It's obviously stupid but it's all there is to it.

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    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldH [email protected]

      Of course it is. Unless they switched to hall effect sticks, which they already said they weren't doing. For whatever reason, they still want to save the pennies instead of using the better component even after the previous issues and lawsuits. Why do companies insist on shooting themselves in the foot constantly?

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      While Nintendo is absolutely to blame for not fixing the situation, I've heard they were not going for hall effect sticks because of the interference with the joycons magnets.

      Full disclosure, I have no Switch, Retrodeck Enthusiast here 😁

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        While Nintendo is absolutely to blame for not fixing the situation, I've heard they were not going for hall effect sticks because of the interference with the joycons magnets.

        Full disclosure, I have no Switch, Retrodeck Enthusiast here 😁

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        So they decided that magnetic joycons versus a new rail design were worth another set of drift lawsuits.

        Because any potential new drift lawsuit is going to cite the old one as clear proof that Nintendo knew what would happen, had the opportunity to change the design so it didn't, and decided to do it again anyway.

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          'probably' doesn't say a lot. Let's wait and see

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            Gotta cash in on people buying replacements after 6 months

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              Stop pushing down so hard on the sticks.

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              • ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.comD [email protected]

                Pennies on one console become millions of pennies on millions of consoles. It's obviously stupid but it's all there is to it.

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                Which is just a footnote to Nintendo's profits. Let's not forget the difference between a 1 Million and 1 Billion is roughly 1 Billion.

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                • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldH [email protected]

                  So they decided that magnetic joycons versus a new rail design were worth another set of drift lawsuits.

                  Because any potential new drift lawsuit is going to cite the old one as clear proof that Nintendo knew what would happen, had the opportunity to change the design so it didn't, and decided to do it again anyway.

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                  Nintendo choosing the option that is actively worse for everyone including themselves goes well with my theory that Nintendo is actually just evil and making decisions based on spite and disdain for their customers and fans.

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                  • coelacanth@feddit.nuC [email protected]

                    Nintendo choosing the option that is actively worse for everyone including themselves goes well with my theory that Nintendo is actually just evil and making decisions based on spite and disdain for their customers and fans.

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                    Bruh, go touch some grass.

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                      Which is just a footnote to Nintendo's profits. Let's not forget the difference between a 1 Million and 1 Billion is roughly 1 Billion.

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                      You think it is important that the gain is small? For a company like Nintendo, number goes up means great! Number goes slight down, oh noes!

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                      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldH [email protected]

                        Of course it is. Unless they switched to hall effect sticks, which they already said they weren't doing. For whatever reason, they still want to save the pennies instead of using the better component even after the previous issues and lawsuits. Why do companies insist on shooting themselves in the foot constantly?

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                        Wht spend pennies when you can sell more conrollers? They know that Nintendo boys don't care about money

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                          Stop pushing down so hard on the sticks.

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                          “You’re holding it wrong.”

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                            Seems like a really dumb move after how much the previous lawsuit must have cost them.

                            I'm sure they did some kind of cost/benefit analysis, but it's still fucking dumb imo.

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                              Wht spend pennies when you can sell more conrollers? They know that Nintendo boys don't care about money

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                              They were literally forced to fix/replace broken joycons for free because of the drift issue. In case you weren't aware. I sent two sets away to be fixed, all expenses paid.

                              That costs them lots of money.

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                                Stop pushing down so hard on the sticks.

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                                Damn, where were you when Nintendo got sued a few years back? Had they had this airtight defense back then, maybe they wouldn't have had to spend millions of dollars repairing people's broken joy-cons for free.

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                                  They were literally forced to fix/replace broken joycons for free because of the drift issue. In case you weren't aware. I sent two sets away to be fixed, all expenses paid.

                                  That costs them lots of money.

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                                  Probably made more from every schmuck who didn't know they would be replaced for free and bought extra.

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                                    Probably made more from every schmuck who didn't know they would be replaced for free and bought extra.

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                                    Yeah, exactly this. I'm sure they did the math.

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                                      Seems like a really dumb move after how much the previous lawsuit must have cost them.

                                      I'm sure they did some kind of cost/benefit analysis, but it's still fucking dumb imo.

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                                      I’m sure they did some kind of cost/benefit analysis, but it’s still fucking dumb imo.

                                      The host of what was yesterday the most viewed teardown on YouTube speculated that the string joycon magnets may interfere with hall effect sticks.

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                                        For what it's worth, we've had non-Hall Effect sticks for generations, and they've mostly been fine on everything else but JoyCons. We won't know whether these actually are as fragile as original JoyCons were until we start hearing reports of broken sticks.

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                                        • missingno@fedia.ioM [email protected]

                                          For what it's worth, we've had non-Hall Effect sticks for generations, and they've mostly been fine on everything else but JoyCons. We won't know whether these actually are as fragile as original JoyCons were until we start hearing reports of broken sticks.

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                                          Hard disagree. If you have a non hall effect controller long enough it will degrade. Its a frustrating issue even if you know how to repair it. At this point I just don't buy those types of controllers anymore since there are other options often with better prices. I'm not as familiar with the joycon third party market though.

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