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Switch 2 Pro Controller: Built to Break? Full Teardown | iFixit (www.youtube.com)
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[–] horse@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Can someone explain where the assumption comes from that the sticks are definitely going to drift, just because they use potentiometers? I get that people got burned by the Switch 1 Joycons, but doesn't pretty much every other gamepad ever (except perhaps a few specialty ones) also use that technology for the sticks?

I've personally never had any sticks develop drift, on any controller I've owned. If Xbox, Playstation, PC and older Nintendo controllers all didn't have the problems the Switch 1 Joycons did, then why the assumption the Switch 2 will be like the Switch 1 and not like all the other consoles that use potentiometer sticks with no issues?

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

my joycons didn't drift but my brother's did, all of them. I gave him mine and took my sweet ass time replacing the sticks in his. I put hall effect in one pair and pots in the other. Mine came back with drift. Then his second pot stick joycons came back with drift. I put hall sticks in all of them and so far so good.

My assumption is that handling of the controllers and the game's stick use intensity come in to play.

[–] spitfire@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Heavy usage and maybe more importantly dust/dirt.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

ah yeah that's likely. I keep my stuff obsessively clean

[–] spitfire@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

I prefer keeping mine in a carrying bag instead of leaving it in the dock to be constantly charging and collecting dust

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago

I’ve had 8 joy cons drift. 6 of them I sent in to have Nintendo fix, the last pair I fixed myself with Hall effect sticks. I’ve also replaced some friends joycons with Hall effect sticks.

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