If you need help replacing your drifting thumbstick with a new one check my video here: th-cam.com/video/cMHl7GwbEb0/w-d-xo.html It's still the same part, but it's all we have to work with for now.
I made a video referencing and linking your video, talking about my replacement while following your guide. You really helped me out and stopped my characters from randomly committing suicide. Thanks 🙂
After replacing and following your guide, the stick only goes to the left. I don't know why it's doing that but now it's just even more useless than before. (Edit: with "only going to the left" I mean on the screen, the stick itself can just move freely)
@@MikMok Did you go into the settings and recalibrate the stick? I didn't need to do that, but many people who bought the part said they did. They said the stick worked just fine after that.
Me: *leaves my switch on while checking on my phone for a second* Link: *Is on the edge of a cliff* My controller: I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move.
To fix drift you can take a qtip and soak it in rubbing alcohol and stick it under the cap of the joycon. (Below where you put your finger) This fixed drift on mine temporarily. Everytime they act up repeat.
The left joystick of my pro controller also drifts a bit it started actually the first time I used it but it didn’t for like a month after using it and then the drifting came back
My left joy con started drifting. I didn’t have enough to buy a new joy con so I bought a pro controller. It works great. Returned to joy con for a few cause handheld. It wasn’t drifting but I will stick to pro controller
So if they added deeper backs to the joycons, we get: 1. Better grip 2. More room for tech 3. More durable joysticks Bonus: maybe with the more room compact joysticks that drift after a while would be fixed?
I’m so glad to hear I’m not the only one having this issue. My sticks have been drifting pretty bad for last couple of months and I’ve only had em for about a year. I can’t play most of the games that I love: can’t pick evidence in AA, can’t do shrines (or anything at all) in botw and such. It’s really upsetting that the issue lies not in my poor handling but within the design itself. Real shame.
I remember when the Switch launched and Ben Heck made a video doing a teardown of the Switch. The thing that stuck in my mind was his comment on the Joycons sticks. He said they were the worst sticks he had ever seen in a controller. He was 100% correct.
N64 stick is pretty bad after some use over time but it's forgivable since it was the first analog stick controller but the problem with the Switch joycons is unacceptable in 2019.
Drifting is the main problem I've been having with the Switch. NONE of my previous Nintendo controllers had this problem, including my Gamecube controller that's been sitting in my basement for 10+ years. It's honestly unacceptable and I really want Nintendo to acknowledge this issue and FIX IT :(
Pappteller HAHAHAHA WOW DUDE YOURE FUCKING HILARIOUS, QUIRKY, AND ORIGINAL! IM SURE YOU HAVE MANY FRENDS WHO ENJOY YOUR CLEVER, INSIGHTFUL COMMENTARY!! WHAT A COOL CAT YOU ARE 😎
Dude same! Normally is S rank I roast scrubs all day, but with stick drift my vision will just randomly go to the left, and because I have stick sensitivity high, I play horribly. Definitely a common issue
My left joycon started drifting and I sent it in to nintendo for repair. After a month, they came back and about the next week the other started drifting. This is ridiculous.
And my old ps2 controller still haven’t started drifting after 13 years... While my joycon and pro controller started drifting after less than a year of use
@@stayhydratedkingsqueens Yeah, I mean I get it but these days you can't really trust products from companies that aren't 1st party and those items are almost always the same amount as buying a new game.
Agreed, this is all i wanted out of a new Switch. i dont need pro or mini. I just want "Switch 2.0". Fix the crap they got wrong from launch - its all either cheaper or easier for them to do now: battery life, more internal memory, the Switch drift and de-sync issues (and sub quality bluetooth they use, those controllers have issues in environments where other platforms controllers dont). The kickstand breaking easy. The joycon holders on the switch being made of plastic and breaking so they slide out. make the screen more scratch resistant (people have scratched the screen just docking it). A pro model might be neat, but they need to fix what wrong with the base model first. hope its all addressed in the new consoles if they are real.
same... now I'll never play botw and mario odyseey in peace unless if i docked the console... edit: finally fixed the damn thing. Just sprayed lense spray in the analog stick it without tearing it down, shook the joycon around turn it on along with the console, vibrated it while rotating the analog stick around, and it was fixed
Yeah, because some pieces are cheap, and some pieces are not.... The fact that they have expensive components is probably the reason they have some pieces so cheap....
bad=/=cheap, as said in the vid, just that part is $10 at retail and the controller is proprietary and includes an ir camera/blaster and gyroscope as well as also being a bluetooth game controller.
In your previous video when you mentioned "particles" I had an epiphany! Then I grabbed my OG pair of Grey Joycon, *360 HARD PRESSED TF OUT OF THE JOYSTICKS* thinking "Maybe it'll Flatten out the Debris?" After about 3 minutes of Grinding the sticks,both my Joycon Work Again!!!! XD Thanks for the inspiration!!
@@martinvadakara7759 no idea, I sold my switch shortly after Etika passed. He was the main reason I I got it. Plus "pokemon" was starting to get depressing.
Yaaaahhh im trying to play enter the gungeon and my left stick is getting pretty bad one two different sets of joycons, i just 360 my stick for a minute and after a couple minutes of just tapping my controller and lightly moving it to the left or right it doesnt seem to be doing it any more.. we’ll have to see how long this lasts
Same, the first ones I had the right JC would drift like it was being held down constantly. I got a replacement set but after 3 months I’m starting to notice it again. I maybe play in handheld like an hour a day at most so it’s pretty crap
Otis Denny yep... i haven’t used my switch alot at all mainly because of issues with my shit internet (not a switch problem) however now all of a suddenly it drifts at random and when it does it does it alot as in oh walking trough whiterun in skyrim? LOOK AT THE FLOOR NOW! Yep... my left one does it rarely but sometimes still does it.. mostly when i’ve played mario cart..
I find that hard to believe because Nintendo has known about this problem long before social media started bringing it up. They are the ones who get the front line complaints. I truly believe the new switch is actually their remodel of the joycons but they made the presser about the battery life because they don't want to lose face by outright admitting the joycons have a design flaw. I would be really interested to see side by side durability test with first and second generation joycons after the new switch release. If in fact Nintendo did not fix the joycons then I myself will be pretty disappointed since durability has openly been a Nintendo hallmark from the beginning.
pretty late but.. im so glad this was in my recommended. ive recently been experiencing this, and im glad im not the only one. thank you for randomly appearing in my recommended.
OMG YES I PLAY SKYRIM ON SWITCH AND ONLY MY RIGHT JOYCON DRIFTS (THE PICK) AND WHEN IM NOT EVEN TOUCHING THE JOYCON THE PICK WILL MOVE AND BREAK INSTANTLY. Seriously, I can’t even pick a novice lock.
PLEASE check if the new Lite Switch has the same joystick? We need a better replacement, not replacing a known problem with the same problem. Or is there ANY better joystick replacement option?
@@stone3094 joycons are good cuz they can be used in handheld mode and can become 2 controllers. pro controllers can only be used docked or on a table.
I have a very easy fix that just worked for me when i thought all hope was lost haha. Turn your Joy-Con upside down and scrub around the rubber skirt of the joystick with either a q-tip or a toothbrush lightly doused in 91% isopropyl alcohol. Try to get under the skirt to the “white” part. Then move the joystick around to work it in there. Spray off with compressed air if you have it, or blow air through a drinking straw. Try it out on the calibration menu after. I had to do it twice but i don’t have any drift now!! It was pretty bad before, too. Hope this helps!!
Sofia Alvarez still working great!! try to get one end of a drinking straw under the rubber skirt of the joystick & blow air through it, that was most effective for me!!
true story: i got the online service for 12 months. then after 2 months, it disappeared. nintendo support did jackshit about it and i had to buy it AGAIN.
@@dont.be.evil. I figured! Thanks for your time! It'd be interesting to see everyone else experiencing the same problem and seeing them repair it. I just don't think it's worth the risk in terms of the warranty. It's definitely either too loose or too tight.
@@HaveButOneLife If it's still under warranty, send it back to Nintendo to fix, if it's not under warranty, replace the stick by following the guide Spawn Wave made.
Bought the switch when it came out. After years of use, last week, it happens to me now. And realizing it is a design flaw, there is just no point buying a new pair of Joycon while i planning to ship it to nintendo for a fix. Nintendo should do something to compensate their customers and fix this problem.
Thanks. This problem has been driving me nuts, keep getting this problem after just weeks of new controllers. I had suspected it was on manufacturing level.
Yeah I just press on it and it gets working for a little while. I had to buy a new pair this morning; I even just got the 2 year warranty for the new pair which covers drifting.
I sure hope Nintendo does something about this, my joycon started doing this to me awhile back so I stopped using it for awhile and stuck to playing with my Pro Controller, and then when I had some time I came looking for some answers after my brother said his Switch was giving him similar problems, and I know my other brother may very well going to be dealing with similar issues with his left joycon too, so knowing it's a harsh matter of "how soon will this happen?" and not "it'll happen eventually?" I'm a huge fan of Nintendo, so it sucks when I feel like they've actually let me down.
i ended up dealing with the drift issue about 4 months after getting my switch :/ ended up buying a new colored pair and haven’t had a problem since Maybe they’re doing it on purpose so we’ll buy new controllers,, 🤔
@@user-we9pt4xg4j This is the first I've heard of the actual reason behind the drifting. There's talk of the things just getting dirty, but this is straight up the controller killing itself.
Besides of Joy Con drifting, there's also problems like when I try to press the button on the left Joy Con on the menu, it moves slowly. And even times where it inputs in a certain direction when I wasn't even pressing any button. Which is worse than Joy stuck drift in my opinion.
I would say that it is a bit more than just a couple of months, I got some new Joycons 5 months ago and I still haven't experienced this issue. My Joysticks on my other Joycons do drift, but that was after half a dozen of months.
Not all will start to drift. Friends have some from day1 that don’t drift at all (daily use) It’s less design and more factory problem I’d assume. Would suck though if the switch lite starts to have this issue.. not detachable and all xD
My joy con stick was working perfectly fine, then my switch fell off the bed, joystick broke, replaced it then it started drifting. (The replacement was 7 bucks and I just use a pro controller anyway)
Thumbsticks should not be degrading this fast, it's only been a year. I'm disappointed in Nintendo's quality with this. I'm starting to think there going the way of Apple with really overpriced accessories that break too easily.
@@victor-ts7kw lol xbox one thumbsticks degrade even faster from my miserable experience of being an Xbox One owner. *(and no, I don't rage and throw controllers like a child. the sticks just like to drift after a month or two. probably planned obsolescence I wouldn't be surprised)*
ps4 controller is the best controller on the market just buy one for $40 and it'll last at least a year but it depends my ps4 controllers either last 3 years or break within 6 months
This is how tons of electronics work. Wipers over graphite or copper are extremely common. It's used for air flow meters in cars and lasts hundreds of thousands of miles and decades. It's often used in climate control units too.
Bah well, goes to show what I know. I know buck all about tech, so I don't know what the graphite thing is for. All I know is Link keeps walking when I don't tell him to and I want it to STOP.
WD40 electrical contact spray. I used it on my original controllers to try it out. The joy-con had serious drifting issues with a stuck l button. The spray helped. The joy-con is working with no problems now.
i got both sticks drifting so bad 50% of the time i cant even calibrate the sticks lol. got the problem after 1month of playing Zelda, im actually pissed off about this.
I had to send my left joycon to repair because of the analog drifting problem. It was a lot frustrating because it happened just a month after I bought the console and because of having only one pair of joycons I couldn't play with the switch for 10 days :/
@@KaeYoss no fanboy, because they announced it before the WII U was even available for purchase saying that was going to be one of the launch titles. And u wanted wind Waker HD anyway, I just feel ripped off by the amount of games that were available for the system. There was still Mario maker and smash that were exclusive to Wii u but not anymore so what's it matter they took the only good titles and ported it to the switch so now it's pretty much worthless.
@@kadical7531 Wow, so many lies in such short order. The game wasn't announced before the Wii U's release, and it was never called a Wii U launch title. In fact, they said pretty much from the start that it will take some time to develop, which was why WWHD was offered to tide fans over. Smash has NOT been ported to the Switch. The Switch just got its own installment, like every Nintendo console after the SNES. Complaining that they didn't make a fame they knew would sell like hotcakes is the dumbest thing I've heard outside of feminism. Same with Mario Maker. Switch will get the sequel. And yeah, they did re-release a number of Wii U titles, like NSMBU, MK8 and DKCTF. They did that because the Wii U had a really small player base so they could reach a bunch of new players with the Switch. Condemning a company for NOT witholding games from certain systems is just about the worst mentality in gaming.
@@KaeYoss bro stop defending this stupid company they literally are only good for pokemon zelda and Mario and who knows how much longer that will keep them alive I got ripped off plain and simple they postponed it till the switch's release man wtf do you call that when I got the system to play breath of the wild I gotta wait till they announced the switch? That's fucked up bud take your fanboy ass elsewhere and keep giving them your money, if you were old enough youd understand they are just reaching now and releasing half assed consoles with only a handful of decent games.
Ok so i've had to replace my joycons a bunch for so many different reasons and i got new ones for my birthday and wowie it started drifting OUT OF THE BOX, NEW ONES NOT EVEN USED ;0;
Yes! This happened to my switch as soon as I opened it. The problem didn’t happen again until a month after unboxing it. This shouldn’t be happening. The controllers are expensive af 😫
Both of my left Joy-Cons started drifting about two weeks ago. I've already put more time into Animal Crosssing in one month than I have in playing every other game in the past year, so I guess I significantly accelerated the wear. I want to call this an engineering flaw, but I wouldn't be surprised if this was a deliberate, cost-related choice.
@@georgep2137 They! Fix YOUR FAULT? You are supposed to clean your Joy-Sticks daily like Nintendo said, its just that people are lazy ass and blame Nintendo for THEIR Problem. All you have to do is clean your joy-sticks!
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING OUT THE SOLUTION. I had this problem ever since I got the switch. I tried to replace my joy cons but it didn't work. Thank you for making this video, even though this video was made a year ago, but I found it 🤗
Things like this in my opinion lend more credence to the rumor that the current Switch is a beta product. I've heard many say how Nintendo has always been hardcore when it comes to product quality.
I was able to fix 4 drifting sticks (2 joy con, L/R sticks on my pro controller) with a very, very, small spray of WD-40. It's fixed my issues for several months and I play A LOT on my Switch. I have around 7-8 games with over a hundred hours logged in each.
Same here, I play everyday and a contact cleaner fixed my issue, it's been over two months and no drifting at all. More people should read this instead of just giving up on their joy-cons after watching this video :
@@Juneeeee33 for the joy con I sprayed underneath the small flap that partially expose's the inside of the controller. The pro controller I took apart and sprayed the analog stick directly. I practiced spraying as small amount as possible into a paper towel before I tried on the controllers.
Other joysticks aren't normally designed like these, this graphite technique isn't normal and was probably used because it's a lot flatter so it can easily fit into the joycon
The only problem I’ve had was while I played Pokémon let’s go. If I was playing with one controller unplugged from the switch it was fine, but playing with both joycons attached my character would stutter as I tried to get it to move. Other than that I lucky haven’t had a problem. Hopefully my problems don’t get worse than that lmao 🙏🏻
Thanks for this video, my son was complaining that one joystick was drifting a lot, after watching your vid I decided to blow into it for a good few minutes to see if it would blow any dirt or dust away, and hey presto! It’s worked!! No more drifting 😁
I've also noticed the the ribbon cable is also really sensitive. I tried replacing my stick three times with 3 different replacement sticks, and for the first two tries ended up giving me no response from the stick. However, on the third try I didn't use my tweezers to re-insert the ribbon cable and it worked like a charm after doing a re-calibration. So, it could also be that the board itself is very fragile.
Happened too both of my 3DS's because of Smash Bros, happens again to my Switch because of Smash Bros. Feels bad man :( Really wish NIntendo would up their quality control on their analog sticks. Their console can take a beating and still be fine, but their buttons and analog sticks are made for tiny baby hands.
@@mattstanislen3165 there are 2 joycons right $120 a year and the time spent replacing them. Plus if you pay someone to do it you have to add that cost in too. That is unacceptable I will wait until they fix the problem.
the joycons have had various issues since they came out. This drifting issue is only the newest issue we have seen. My right joycon slides off and doesn't lock in no more. Due to these issues I use the Power A Wireless Gamecube controller which have no issues for me.
Might be possible to fix it on the long term by using a more robust conductive coating. Something like silver/silver clad copper coating. I'd just paint a bit on top of the graphite or even replace the graphite and see how that works.
Yep, this is a problem with both of my sticks. Mine got so bad last night I couldn’t even scroll through the e-shop. Sooo my switch is pretty much trash now. Good work nintendo
Simon Stevens only fix is to get a pro controller and only play on your tv. But then you take away the whole reason to have a switch. I’m pretty upset. I was probably going to buy hellblade on the 11 but now I don’t want to because how would I be able to play. Mario maker 2 would be impossible. This is a serious issue. This is like something where Nintendo should release a statement that says if you have a controller that drifts we will send you a new controller where the issue is fixed. Kinda like a vehicle recall.
@@trentoinsano Raise the flappy plastic under the stick with a toothpick or something and spray inside it, no need to take it apart. But make sure that your controller isn't turned on and don't press any button while/10 minutes after doing this because it tries to sync when you press a button (Just to be safe). You can also find tutorials on how to use contact cleaners on the internet if you're not 100% confident. Good luck!
Well, nice to see a video about this. I was playing Smash's World of Light and the analog stick drifted, rendering the game 100 times more difficult, even on easy mode. I hope Nintendo will have a Joycon trade policy so you can trade in your older Joycons for an improved model that prevents drifting.
If you need help replacing your drifting thumbstick with a new one check my video here: th-cam.com/video/cMHl7GwbEb0/w-d-xo.html
It's still the same part, but it's all we have to work with for now.
Spawn Wave your video was my walkthrough to fix mine. Very informative and ready to follow. Thanks for making it.
MY RIGHT 1 HAS BEEN DOING THT SINCE A FEW MONTHS AGO CAN'T PLAY HANDHELD NO MORE.
I made a video referencing and linking your video, talking about my replacement while following your guide. You really helped me out and stopped my characters from randomly committing suicide. Thanks 🙂
After replacing and following your guide, the stick only goes to the left. I don't know why it's doing that but now it's just even more useless than before.
(Edit: with "only going to the left" I mean on the screen, the stick itself can just move freely)
@@MikMok Did you go into the settings and recalibrate the stick? I didn't need to do that, but many people who bought the part said they did. They said the stick worked just fine after that.
Me: *leaves my switch on while checking on my phone for a second*
Link: *Is on the edge of a cliff*
My controller: I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move.
I think that’s why pro controllers are better
*Controller* : IM ABOUT TO END THIS GUYS WHOLE CAREER.
Lmao
GAME OVER.
Ive done that on skyrim. It drifts off mountains and i dont save periodicly sooo it gets annoying
after all these years my wii u and wii nunchuck joystick work fine
Same here, Wii U pro controller and gamepad’s joysticks work perfectly after 5 years...
I just got a used wii u and pro controller and everything works fine
Even N64 controller still works...
mychemicaljulia well my Wii U joystick is broke since I got it 😔
Those bigger joy sticks are most likely digital, meaning they use hall effect sensors to track the position of the stick.
The fact that literally everyone including nintendo themselves knows about this but they havent fixed it yet makes me angry
I just ordered a new joystick today after replacing the shell and all electronics of my joy on to a new shell thinking it would hopefully fix it
To fix drift you can take a qtip and soak it in rubbing alcohol and stick it under the cap of the joycon. (Below where you put your finger) This fixed drift on mine temporarily. Everytime they act up repeat.
EKTheWallJumper thank for the tip!
@@joshuabang1437 no problem. Just rub the qtip around the edges of the cap.
@Becky C. well I've used alcohol since I first got mine. And nothing bad happend. So you do you and I'll do me.
Nintendo: "your joycon keeps breaking?
"Don't worry! We have the solution!
Buy the pro controller!"
Sam Muñoz well it is better by a lot so it’s a good investment
The left joystick of my pro controller also drifts a bit it started actually the first time I used it but it didn’t for like a month after using it and then the drifting came back
My left joy con started drifting. I didn’t have enough to buy a new joy con so I bought a pro controller. It works great. Returned to joy con for a few cause handheld. It wasn’t drifting but I will stick to pro controller
I’m thinking of selling my joycon and use the money to buy a new pro controller lmao
Do pro controllers drift though?
So if they added deeper backs to the joycons, we get:
1. Better grip
2. More room for tech
3. More durable joysticks
Bonus: maybe with the more room compact joysticks that drift after a while would be fixed?
But then how would you use it, it would hurt?
imaCrAzY10 sorry not a thicker system, but grips on the joycons
@@sandshark2 I know what you meant, but it might still hurt to hold it if the Joy cons are too big.
@@CrAzYGAMINGWOLF
Your hands must be extremely tiny
@@CrAzYGAMINGWOLF they are already too small for most people. I see making them a lil bigger as an absolute win.
I’m so glad to hear I’m not the only one having this issue. My sticks have been drifting pretty bad for last couple of months and I’ve only had em for about a year. I can’t play most of the games that I love: can’t pick evidence in AA, can’t do shrines (or anything at all) in botw and such. It’s really upsetting that the issue lies not in my poor handling but within the design itself. Real shame.
I remember when the Switch launched and Ben Heck made a video doing a teardown of the Switch. The thing that stuck in my mind was his comment on the Joycons sticks. He said they were the worst sticks he had ever seen in a controller. He was 100% correct.
@@nowonmetube Fine. Still means the same thing.
@@nowonmetube You know what's not accidental? Being a pendant on the internet.
Tass
Wow
N64 stick is pretty bad after some use over time but it's forgivable since it was the first analog stick controller but the problem with the Switch joycons is unacceptable in 2019.
nowonmetube His issue is that he got bamboozled by Nintendo by them making him waste $300 on a system that should realistically be priced at $200.
Drifting is the main problem I've been having with the Switch. NONE of my previous Nintendo controllers had this problem, including my Gamecube controller that's been sitting in my basement for 10+ years. It's honestly unacceptable and I really want Nintendo to acknowledge this issue and FIX IT :(
My n64 controllers sticks are absolutely atrocious.. gamecube/wii used the best sticks hands down.
sock i remember my wii nunchucks drifting A LOT
Maybe the new switch model has new ones
@@LunaLuminary Let's hope so!
So? Your GameCube controller is ok because it has been in used for 10+ years
The Pros of the controllers: The pro controller
The cons of the controllers: The Joy-Cons
Now the names make sense
That's smart
It all comes together
I think they dont change the joycons from the revision switch because they wanted to have better money sales from the switch pro controller.....
New's flash the pro controller drifts too.
They just want to help those Mario Kart beginners who don‘t know how to drift
Pappteller HAHAHAHA WOW DUDE YOURE FUCKING HILARIOUS, QUIRKY, AND ORIGINAL! IM SURE YOU HAVE MANY FRENDS WHO ENJOY YOUR CLEVER, INSIGHTFUL COMMENTARY!! WHAT A COOL CAT YOU ARE 😎
Underated
@@myttydohun4851 honestly, the way you commented is better than the original comment ngl
@@myttydohun4851 chill with the passive aggression
Mytty Dohun stop making people cringe with your ironic comment
I play Splatoon a lot, and the drifting HARSHLY affects my preformance.
AWSUMSAS try playing smash bros randomly doing up B
I had it and kept just holding a smash attack and then couldn't use A. Had to get new ones.
Dude same! Normally is S rank I roast scrubs all day, but with stick drift my vision will just randomly go to the left, and because I have stick sensitivity high, I play horribly. Definitely a common issue
It's the reason I stopped playing Splatoon after 1000+ hours lmao
MemeThorn uwu "I roast scrubs all day" fucking cringe, you deserve your controllers being garbage. And I wish you constant issues in the future too :)
I’ve officially named this problem
“Tokyo Drift”
@Michael Shereck somebody named it beforw you like you are two years late
Mr Danny Lane off topic but is that a psycho clown lucha mask?
Kyoto Drift
I've never been so offended by something I 100% agree with
I don't even watch anime and I cackled at this!
My left joycon started drifting and I sent it in to nintendo for repair. After a month, they came back and about the next week the other started drifting. This is ridiculous.
And my old ps2 controller still haven’t started drifting after 13 years...
While my joycon and pro controller started drifting after less than a year of use
lmao I mean fixing it yourself is almost always the better option.
@@matthewmorrison3745 Not many people won't even do that. They bought the joycons to play the games, not to fix it every week.
@@stayhydratedkingsqueens Yeah, I mean I get it but these days you can't really trust products from companies that aren't 1st party and those items are almost always the same amount as buying a new game.
Aidan Lin was it free
It is certainly an issue with the design itself.
Agreed, this is all i wanted out of a new Switch. i dont need pro or mini. I just want "Switch 2.0". Fix the crap they got wrong from launch - its all either cheaper or easier for them to do now: battery life, more internal memory, the Switch drift and de-sync issues (and sub quality bluetooth they use, those controllers have issues in environments where other platforms controllers dont). The kickstand breaking easy. The joycon holders on the switch being made of plastic and breaking so they slide out. make the screen more scratch resistant (people have scratched the screen just docking it).
A pro model might be neat, but they need to fix what wrong with the base model first. hope its all addressed in the new consoles if they are real.
@@squidracerX this will most likely come with the pro
It was originally caused by an update.
@@shanagregory7722 it's totally not a software issue. Which makes it more sad because software is easier to fix than billions of shoddy joycons
@@squidracerX I don't want switch 2.0!!! My dad will NEVER buy me another one!!,
This is so weird. My right joycon just started drifting and then suddenly all these articles and videos are EVERYWHERE
Same, but with my left JoyCon. It makes games unplayable.
Same, but with both my JoyCons. It makes games unplayable.
Lex Nastin bot?
Chocolate Chad bot?
same... now I'll never play botw and mario odyseey in peace unless if i docked the console...
edit: finally fixed the damn thing. Just sprayed lense spray in the analog stick it without tearing it down, shook the joycon around turn it on along with the console, vibrated it while rotating the analog stick around, and it was fixed
Cheap manufacture pieces and they cost $80 the pair.
Yeah, because some pieces are cheap, and some pieces are not....
The fact that they have expensive components is probably the reason they have some pieces so cheap....
bad=/=cheap, as said in the vid, just that part is $10 at retail and the controller is proprietary and includes an ir camera/blaster and gyroscope as well as also being a bluetooth game controller.
Jonathan Odude still an expensive DISPOSABLE pos.
Leaf Shade making big profits
@@retrocratictv275 They literally sell joycons at a loss, but okay.
In your previous video when you mentioned "particles" I had an epiphany! Then I grabbed my OG pair of Grey Joycon, *360 HARD PRESSED TF OUT OF THE JOYSTICKS* thinking "Maybe it'll Flatten out the Debris?" After about 3 minutes of Grinding the sticks,both my Joycon Work Again!!!! XD
Thanks for the inspiration!!
update? still work?
@@martinvadakara7759 no idea, I sold my switch shortly after Etika passed. He was the main reason I I got it. Plus "pokemon" was starting to get depressing.
Yaaaahhh im trying to play enter the gungeon and my left stick is getting pretty bad one two different sets of joycons, i just 360 my stick for a minute and after a couple minutes of just tapping my controller and lightly moving it to the left or right it doesnt seem to be doing it any more.. we’ll have to see how long this lasts
you have two first names
@@stevehess1000 Yeah when i try to jump over the pits, the drift messes me up :/
Me: *Leaves house in New horizons*
Game: Actually I think I’ll stay
😭😭😭
Samee tho 😭
“I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t let you do that.”
I had my switch for a month before mine started drifting. Sent it to nintendo ... Occasionally im stillhaving the problem
same here
I've only had my switch for about two weeks when my left one started drifting during my Zelda gameplay.
Same, the first ones I had the right JC would drift like it was being held down constantly. I got a replacement set but after 3 months I’m starting to notice it again. I maybe play in handheld like an hour a day at most so it’s pretty crap
Otis Denny yep... i haven’t used my switch alot at all mainly because of issues with my shit internet (not a switch problem) however now all of a suddenly it drifts at random and when it does it does it alot as in oh walking trough whiterun in skyrim? LOOK AT THE FLOOR NOW! Yep... my left one does it rarely but sometimes still does it.. mostly when i’ve played mario cart..
Well I cleaned mine and once every two or three weeks I need to again or it keeps drifting
I'm one of those people who got problems in about 2 months. I noticed this because while I was playing Smash Bros, I kept up tilting.
Did your A button ever stop working in Smash? That happened to me, but only during an ongoing match.
UselessTrash #22 huh? How? Have you ever dropped your joy con? (Like a lot, or from a high place?)
Same, If you try to play Smash with the joy cons they break so easily
UselessTrash #22 that happens a lot, all you have to do is press down on the left or right stick and then press A to see if it works
Same thing happened to me. Usually if I disconnect the controller and then reconnect it the problem goes away.
The name “controller” has become heavily ironic
Lol controlitselfer
more like controlless
😂😂😂😭🔫
Con Troller
Communism
So They’re making a Revision of the Original Switch...but the only thing they fixed was the Battery Life...nothing else....
Source?
I find that hard to believe because Nintendo has known about this problem long before social media started bringing it up. They are the ones who get the front line complaints. I truly believe the new switch is actually their remodel of the joycons but they made the presser about the battery life because they don't want to lose face by outright admitting the joycons have a design flaw. I would be really interested to see side by side durability test with first and second generation joycons after the new switch release. If in fact Nintendo did not fix the joycons then I myself will be pretty disappointed since durability has openly been a Nintendo hallmark from the beginning.
IUndercoverTroll literally any Nintendo news source
@@dankman6060 I didn't found anything regarding another switch, aside of the Switch Lite
And I searched quite a long time...
We don't know if there's anything else. Nintendo wouldn't tell us about minor hardware changes
pretty late but..
im so glad this was in my recommended. ive recently been experiencing this, and im glad im not the only one. thank you for randomly appearing in my recommended.
Google (owner of TH-cam) is watching you
Trying to play Skyrim with two sticks drifting makes it literally impossible to lock pick
OMG YES I PLAY SKYRIM ON SWITCH AND ONLY MY RIGHT JOYCON DRIFTS (THE PICK) AND WHEN IM NOT EVEN TOUCHING THE JOYCON THE PICK WILL MOVE AND BREAK INSTANTLY.
Seriously, I can’t even pick a novice lock.
I have over 500 hours on skyrim, I can see that being a HUGE problem. Solution: Get the tower stone, I believe its at the top right area of the map
Damn I csn only imagine the frustration..
I use the Skeleton key lmao
@@aura-chan4845 I kept that for like a whole month before doing the quest too
I love Nintendo and they have been one of my favorite game companies for a while and this saddens me
Joy cons are complete trash because of this, $80 for a controller that won’t last a whole lifespan of a console.
Yeah
Joycons last about as long as the switch's batteries.
I guess at least the pro controllers are fantastic
Dylan Bussell yeah the pro controller is great
GameKingAE same with the speakers
"You don't wanna get mixed up with a guy like me.
I'm a loner, a drifter, destined to ride on the horizons."
- Joy-Con 2 months later
🤣
Thanks for your consistant quality work.
Me: *Goes to this video.*
Ad before the video starts: “Life can be a pain in the butt.”
CrispyFrys coincidence? I think NOT
Whoa 😯😝
This aged well😂.
Zavery Johnson Yes, indeed. （＾ν＾）
I had to constantly calibrate one of my joycons because it kept strolling against my own control. Ugh.
Nintendo needs to replace every single joycon stick. PERIOD
I dont think they give a fuck that a bunch of peseants such as ourselves dislike their controllers
Shane Everett no u
Shane Everett just wait a month
Yeah it makes smash annoying but sometimes the wrong input actually was the then right read but yeah the drifting only bugs me in smash
Shane Everett for now
PLEASE check if the new Lite Switch has the same joystick? We need a better replacement, not replacing a known problem with the same problem. Or is there ANY better joystick replacement option?
Reed kelly you could buy a pro controller
the lite will be fine cuz the sticks have the same design as any other. joycons are just too small.
@@stone3094 joycons are good cuz they can be used in handheld mode and can become 2 controllers. pro controllers can only be used docked or on a table.
I have a very easy fix that just worked for me when i thought all hope was lost haha. Turn your Joy-Con upside down and scrub around the rubber skirt of the joystick with either a q-tip or a toothbrush lightly doused in 91% isopropyl alcohol. Try to get under the skirt to the “white” part. Then move the joystick around to work it in there. Spray off with compressed air if you have it, or blow air through a drinking straw.
Try it out on the calibration menu after. I had to do it twice but i don’t have any drift now!! It was pretty bad before, too. Hope this helps!!
LegitMacaroni you Sir/Maam are my HERO!!!!
So the cause of the drift was just dust and dirt?
@@kakitoceng yep
LegitMacaroni how are your JoySticks? Still good?
Sofia Alvarez still working great!! try to get one end of a drinking straw under the rubber skirt of the joystick & blow air through it, that was most effective for me!!
the drifting ruins the experience, i havent touched my switch for 5 months because its super annoying
Dood I'll take your switch if you want to give it away I need one. I dont care about drifting.
Haven't used something that cost $300 for 5 months because of a controller that costs less than $50 on amazon. Makes sense
@@wyattpetrasek654 controllers aren't that expensive 🤷
@@mashi956 r/choosingbeggers
Same here, I just don't want to play anything on switch, because of drifting
How does my Wii U have no stick drift after like 6 years but my switch has stick drift in under a year
The switch sticks are a bit different material and quality then the Wii u ones especially because they're smaller
I’ve never had a problem with a Nintendo controller until the joycon, usually they are very durable but the joy con isnt
@@robocup357I've had my switch for about 7 months now and they do a small drift sometimes in the main screen bit I fixed it
I have a drift on my wii u :(
Wiiu's controller never had issues because we didnt use them because it was the wiiu
I don’t know why people disliked this. HE HAS SOLVED ONE OF THE ONLY PROBLEMS with the switch .
Joycons and the online "service" are what's holding the Switch back from being the best stuff
Kuush kihng VEVO yeah I don’t get why they had to do the online thing
Nintendo:you have a nintendo account to go online
me: :D
Nintendo:now pay for online service to play online
me: D:
@I still use my Wii Why would we even play Fortnite?
@I still use my Wii fortnite gay
true story: i got the online service for 12 months. then after 2 months, it disappeared. nintendo support did jackshit about it and i had to buy it AGAIN.
I lost against a friend in mario kart because of this.
F
Oof
Your friend is still stuck in the game??
*Angery.*
Oh nooo...
I still 3 stock all my friends in smash regardless of it or not.
YOU GODSEND I NEEDED THIS SO BADLY!
that sucks those things are so expensive... I expected more quality for 80%
I expected 100% more from your comment.
I had this problem and had to replace the stick, it cost me 8 bucks on Amazon, dont spend 80 bucks on new joycons
What should I do if my right stick is loose or requires too much force to slightly turn the camera in a game?
@@HaveButOneLife I wouldnt know, ive never heard of this type of issue before, but I would just replace it either way
@@dont.be.evil. I figured! Thanks for your time! It'd be interesting to see everyone else experiencing the same problem and seeing them repair it. I just don't think it's worth the risk in terms of the warranty. It's definitely either too loose or too tight.
@@HaveButOneLife If it's still under warranty, send it back to Nintendo to fix, if it's not under warranty, replace the stick by following the guide Spawn Wave made.
@@HaveButOneLife Could also be game settings if it's only in specific games, but I'm sure you ruled that out lol
Bought the switch when it came out. After years of use, last week, it happens to me now. And realizing it is a design flaw, there is just no point buying a new pair of Joycon while i planning to ship it to nintendo for a fix. Nintendo should do something to compensate their customers and fix this problem.
This is pretty bad, I hope they revise the controllers soon.
Nothings happened so far, how about a class action lawsuit?
Hyrule Hero a lawsuit? I think thats a step too far, even if they are going to make better joycons the controllers everyone has will not be replaced
100 subs and a 100 dollar giveaway bruh
@100 subs and a 100 dollar giveaway ...wat? Also, it's woooosh with 4 o's
@@cooltwittertag R/wooooooooooooooooooooooo(OH GOD ITS TOO STRONG)OOOOOOOOOOO(AHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhh...)OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH
And this is why I have a warranty every time I replace my joy-cons
Me: Has a drift stick joycon
Spawn Wave: LETS MAKE A VIDEO 2 YEARS AFTER THE RELEASE OF SWITCH
Cait Exactly. He started to care when the problem started affecting all his joycons that he bought with his TH-cam money.
This is so sad :(
Has Nintendo released a statement regarding this?
Unfortunately, they didn't
Yes they said we accept all major credit cards!
Thanks. This problem has been driving me nuts, keep getting this problem after just weeks of new controllers.
I had suspected it was on manufacturing level.
What I do is just hold the joystick down, SLAM it up and down until it just works.
I don't recommend this but it works for me
I just press the analogue stick and its fixed but not fixed forever
Yeah I just press on it and it gets working for a little while. I had to buy a new pair this morning; I even just got the 2 year warranty for the new pair which covers drifting.
I usually just hit mine with a hammer a few times. That seems to work for me..lol
80% of people found this useful
@@Nathan-vb6ny lol IQ 99999
Good thing I bought a Pro controller for Smash. I've run off cliffs multiple times during battle in Xenoblade 2
I sure hope Nintendo does something about this, my joycon started doing this to me awhile back so I stopped using it for awhile and stuck to playing with my Pro Controller, and then when I had some time I came looking for some answers after my brother said his Switch was giving him similar problems, and I know my other brother may very well going to be dealing with similar issues with his left joycon too, so knowing it's a harsh matter of "how soon will this happen?" and not "it'll happen eventually?"
I'm a huge fan of Nintendo, so it sucks when I feel like they've actually let me down.
i ended up dealing with the drift issue about 4 months after getting my switch :/ ended up buying a new colored pair and haven’t had a problem since
Maybe they’re doing it on purpose so we’ll buy new controllers,, 🤔
how lon have you had the colored pair?
Mafer Midence almost 6 months now :O
@@cozmo_Comet have they started drifting or, are they okay o:
TheDuckPone they’ve been working great ^^
I bought new ones and one of them is having a huge drift upwards. They are expensive, $80, that is not acceptable.
This is so sad. Alexa, can you ban drifting from chat?
lol
"now playing night of fire - initial D Soundtrack version by manual"
Drifting has ruined my Smash bros Ultimate joycons...
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Actually just buy a new pair and re-shell them
Nintendo will repair them if it's only a drift issue i sent away my smash Bros joycons and got em back
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I wish I saw this video this morning before I bought a new pair 😒
Once I get a new pair I'll try to replace the sticks on my drifting joycons in case I mess up. If I succeed, then I'll have two working pairs.
I mean, you can refund it if you have the receipt
You should have looked up the issue online. People even say why it happens
@@user-we9pt4xg4j This is the first I've heard of the actual reason behind the drifting. There's talk of the things just getting dirty, but this is straight up the controller killing itself.
Besides of Joy Con drifting, there's also problems like when I try to press the button on the left Joy Con on the menu, it moves slowly. And even times where it inputs in a certain direction when I wasn't even pressing any button. Which is worse than Joy stuck drift in my opinion.
Thx so much, I’ve been looking for this teardown for a long time
Me in Spyro aerial courses : "Ok, let's go down a little"
My Joycon Drift whispering in Spyro's ear : "Go Pearl Harbor. DO IT."
When I olay smash, I fall off a ledge then my joycon drifts to the OPPOSITE PLACING OF THE STAGE AND MY KIRBY JUST FLIES AWAY
me too. game and watch just walked into a warlock punch smh
"Pikachu is confused!"
"Pikachu walked into Aura Sphere!"
lucas went to see the rest of his family because of this problem
Well to be honest smash is wayyyy to intense for fragile joycons
F
$80 controllers.
Starts drifting after a couple of months
Edit: thanks for so many likes!!
Never got this amount before
I would say that it is a bit more than just a couple of months, I got some new Joycons 5 months ago and I still haven't experienced this issue. My Joysticks on my other Joycons do drift, but that was after half a dozen of months.
Not all will start to drift. Friends have some from day1 that don’t drift at all (daily use)
It’s less design and more factory problem I’d assume.
Would suck though if the switch lite starts to have this issue.. not detachable and all xD
Good thing they have one of the longest warranties I’ve seen from a big name
That’s how Nintendo gets you
Where you buying controllers from that they're 80 dollars Jesus Christ
My joycon when I’m trying to dig in animal crossing: ⬆️⬇️↗️↘️↙️↪️↩️⤵️⤴️↖️↕️🔁🔃🔄➡️
My joy con stick was working perfectly fine, then my switch fell off the bed, joystick broke, replaced it then it started drifting.
(The replacement was 7 bucks and I just use a pro controller anyway)
RIP xd
Thumbsticks should not be degrading this fast, it's only been a year. I'm disappointed in Nintendo's quality with this.
I'm starting to think there going the way of Apple with really overpriced accessories that break too easily.
Buy an adapter and use your ps4 controller or xbox controller cuz nintendo don't got quality products
@@victor-ts7kw they have quality products dumbass shut up it's great
@@victor-ts7kw lol xbox one thumbsticks degrade even faster from my miserable experience of being an Xbox One owner. *(and no, I don't rage and throw controllers like a child. the sticks just like to drift after a month or two. probably planned obsolescence I wouldn't be surprised)*
ps4 controller is the best controller on the market just buy one for $40 and it'll last at least a year but it depends my ps4 controllers either last 3 years or break within 6 months
@@colin3ds1 you're shitty
Well... This is disappointing.
WHO ON EARTH THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO PUT GRAPHITE IN THE JOYCON CONTROLLERS!?
This is how tons of electronics work. Wipers over graphite or copper are extremely common.
It's used for air flow meters in cars and lasts hundreds of thousands of miles and decades.
It's often used in climate control units too.
It's standard joystick tech.
But the thing is too damn thin.
Bah well, goes to show what I know.
I know buck all about tech, so I don't know what the graphite thing is for.
All I know is Link keeps walking when I don't tell him to and I want it to STOP.
Because nintedo is a bunch of crooks who only care about money and they don't care because there nintedo and people will always buy there games
bson 1009 harsh
WD40 electrical contact spray. I used it on my original controllers to try it out. The joy-con had serious drifting issues with a stuck l button. The spray helped. The joy-con is working with no problems now.
just give it time, it'll come back
Joel Johnson lol
It works for a few then the drift gets worse
Me: Trying to fix my switch
Recommended list: *50 WAYS TO BREAK A NINTENDO SWITCH*
Olas G you’re not wrong
Actually the switcj was the only console who survived the drop from a crane
Despacito of Roblox is Oofercito. This is cool dude XDD
Apparently Nintendo named them "joyCONS" for a reason :D
Yeah, they are super cons those connards
the joyCONS and the PRO controller
i got both sticks drifting so bad 50% of the time i cant even calibrate the sticks lol. got the problem after 1month of playing Zelda, im actually pissed off about this.
I had to send my left joycon to repair because of the analog drifting problem. It was a lot frustrating because it happened just a month after I bought the console and because of having only one pair of joycons I couldn't play with the switch for 10 days :/
That sucks man, Nintendo is being pretty snakey recently 🐍
@@kadical7531 Why? Because you bought a console for a game when the game was announced?
@@KaeYoss no fanboy, because they announced it before the WII U was even available for purchase saying that was going to be one of the launch titles. And u wanted wind Waker HD anyway, I just feel ripped off by the amount of games that were available for the system. There was still Mario maker and smash that were exclusive to Wii u but not anymore so what's it matter they took the only good titles and ported it to the switch so now it's pretty much worthless.
@@kadical7531 Wow, so many lies in such short order. The game wasn't announced before the Wii U's release, and it was never called a Wii U launch title. In fact, they said pretty much from the start that it will take some time to develop, which was why WWHD was offered to tide fans over.
Smash has NOT been ported to the Switch. The Switch just got its own installment, like every Nintendo console after the SNES. Complaining that they didn't make a fame they knew would sell like hotcakes is the dumbest thing I've heard outside of feminism.
Same with Mario Maker. Switch will get the sequel.
And yeah, they did re-release a number of Wii U titles, like NSMBU, MK8 and DKCTF. They did that because the Wii U had a really small player base so they could reach a bunch of new players with the Switch.
Condemning a company for NOT witholding games from certain systems is just about the worst mentality in gaming.
@@KaeYoss bro stop defending this stupid company they literally are only good for pokemon zelda and Mario and who knows how much longer that will keep them alive I got ripped off plain and simple they postponed it till the switch's release man wtf do you call that when I got the system to play breath of the wild I gotta wait till they announced the switch? That's fucked up bud take your fanboy ass elsewhere and keep giving them your money, if you were old enough youd understand they are just reaching now and releasing half assed consoles with only a handful of decent games.
Ok so i've had to replace my joycons a bunch for so many different reasons and i got new ones for my birthday and wowie it started drifting OUT OF THE BOX, NEW ONES NOT EVEN USED ;0;
Now I know why it drifts, Yay!
Too bad I'm not gonna fix it
I literally can't play smash because my right joystick drifts making my character repeatedly perform smash attacks over and over
That's probably how you play without the drift anyways, dirty casual!
Half the times my charcter will just be not even attack because the right stick prevents me from attacking
My drift is so strong that it doesn't listen to me anymore and goes jump of the ledge i have lost so many games because of that
Time to main Ganondorf
@@gamechannel1271 /:|
*Me trying to lockpick in Skyrim*
My right joy con: Let me help ➡️⬅️➡️↗️⬆️↘️↙️
Yes! This happened to my switch as soon as I opened it. The problem didn’t happen again until a month after unboxing it. This shouldn’t be happening. The controllers are expensive af 😫
Jess P They should rename the switch, NINTENDO SHIT.
4:07 That little ribbon looks like a diabetic test strip. This video just gave my switch diabetes. Thanks a lot!
For me, it was the right joycon stick...
While playing Zelda, the camera would start drifting for no reason and it's so goddamn annoying !
Both of my left Joy-Cons started drifting about two weeks ago. I've already put more time into Animal Crosssing in one month than I have in playing every other game in the past year, so I guess I significantly accelerated the wear. I want to call this an engineering flaw, but I wouldn't be surprised if this was a deliberate, cost-related choice.
I thought it was because I logged 300 hours on BoTW. I clicked so fast.
Nah broski-ur not alone. Gamer tech should be made bearing in mind the lifestyle of a typical gamer, smh🤟😔💔
@@whi2gan lmao
When me and the bois played fortnite a couple years ago (I'm sorry I know) I logged about 845 hours and never drifted. Guess I got lucky
I’ve died so many times because frisk kept running into the attacks in Mettaton
And here I was thinking it was just me. Thank you for the vid and once again for spreading awareness
Actually have this problem with one of my joycons and was going to replace it any day now. Good to also have an explanation.
Nintendo: let's make the switch joy con drift so we make more money
People: How do we fix this?
Its not THEIR FAULT
@@TH-camr-xi6qo maybe not but they definitely should have fixed it by now
@@georgep2137 They! Fix YOUR FAULT? You are supposed to clean your Joy-Sticks daily like Nintendo said, its just that people are lazy ass and blame Nintendo for THEIR Problem. All you have to do is clean your joy-sticks!
@@TH-camr-xi6qo Nintendo said that? clean it how? alcohol?
Keep us updated with a better joycon if anything cause I mostly play in handheld so playing with my pro controller is kind of not good.
I feel Nintendo should give their Switch owners with Joycon Drifting problems. Free Joycon replacement, no matter if warranity expires or not.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING OUT THE SOLUTION. I had this problem ever since I got the switch. I tried to replace my joy cons but it didn't work. Thank you for making this video, even though this video was made a year ago, but I found it 🤗
Things like this in my opinion lend more credence to the rumor that the current Switch is a beta product. I've heard many say how Nintendo has always been hardcore when it comes to product quality.
I was able to fix 4 drifting sticks (2 joy con, L/R sticks on my pro controller) with a very, very, small spray of WD-40. It's fixed my issues for several months and I play A LOT on my Switch. I have around 7-8 games with over a hundred hours logged in each.
Same here, I play everyday and a contact cleaner fixed my issue, it's been over two months and no drifting at all. More people should read this instead of just giving up on their joy-cons after watching this video :
Same here it's because drift is caused by grease on the contacts and not by the wear of the contacts
Where would you spray it? Sorry if this is a bother but I just want to make sure just incase!
@@Juneeeee33 for the joy con I sprayed underneath the small flap that partially expose's the inside of the controller. The pro controller I took apart and sprayed the analog stick directly.
I practiced spraying as small amount as possible into a paper towel before I tried on the controllers.
Jeff Locher thank you so much! I’ll have to try this soon
I would have liked to know what other controllers have which prevent them from drifting
probably not made as cheaply
Other joysticks aren't normally designed like these, this graphite technique isn't normal and was probably used because it's a lot flatter so it can easily fit into the joycon
I'm buying the binbok and the kydlan controller:)
Thanks for telling me about that... I hope the switch lite fixes the drifting issue, since the joy-cons are permanently on them.
Yeah
If they don't fix the problem on Lite but in normal joy-cons yes,I remember u can use normal Joy-cons on a Lite via wirless
@Galleon Ok
The only problem I’ve had was while I played Pokémon let’s go. If I was playing with one controller unplugged from the switch it was fine, but playing with both joycons attached my character would stutter as I tried to get it to move. Other than that I lucky haven’t had a problem. Hopefully my problems don’t get worse than that lmao 🙏🏻
Thanks for this video, my son was complaining that one joystick was drifting a lot, after watching your vid I decided to blow into it for a good few minutes to see if it would blow any dirt or dust away, and hey presto! It’s worked!! No more drifting 😁
I've also noticed the the ribbon cable is also really sensitive. I tried replacing my stick three times with 3 different replacement sticks, and for the first two tries ended up giving me no response from the stick. However, on the third try I didn't use my tweezers to re-insert the ribbon cable and it worked like a charm after doing a re-calibration. So, it could also be that the board itself is very fragile.
Happened too both of my 3DS's because of Smash Bros, happens again to my Switch because of Smash Bros. Feels bad man :(
Really wish NIntendo would up their quality control on their analog sticks. Their console can take a beating and still be fine, but their buttons and analog sticks are made for tiny baby hands.
@@FlightVGM The Gamecube controller is the best controller Nintendo has ever made due to the fact that it can withstand so much abuse.
My Joy-Cons started drifting like a week ago and now TH-cam is recommending this video.
_Is GOOGLE LISTENING TO ME?_
NotArnar yes lol
$10 would add up fast if you have to replace it every couple months
lol like a wopping 60 bucks a year..
@@mattstanislen3165 there are 2 joycons right $120 a year and the time spent replacing them. Plus if you pay someone to do it you have to add that cost in too. That is unacceptable I will wait until they fix the problem.
You sir are hired. We here at Nintendo like the way you think and want you to be apart of our vision!
its worse then that after you replaced it a few time you start getting cocky and forget to unclip the last little cable and snap it
the joycons have had various issues since they came out. This drifting issue is only the newest issue we have seen. My right joycon slides off and doesn't lock in no more. Due to these issues I use the Power A Wireless Gamecube controller which have no issues for me.
Replace the lock on the joy con
Might be possible to fix it on the long term by using a more robust conductive coating. Something like silver/silver clad copper coating. I'd just paint a bit on top of the graphite or even replace the graphite and see how that works.
Yep, this is a problem with both of my sticks. Mine got so bad last night I couldn’t even scroll through the e-shop. Sooo my switch is pretty much trash now. Good work nintendo
Simon Stevens only fix is to get a pro controller and only play on your tv. But then you take away the whole reason to have a switch. I’m pretty upset. I was probably going to buy hellblade on the 11 but now I don’t want to because how would I be able to play.
Mario maker 2 would be impossible. This is a serious issue. This is like something where Nintendo should release a statement that says if you have a controller that drifts we will send you a new controller where the issue is fixed. Kinda like a vehicle recall.
Try using a contact cleaner, it fixed mine and it hasn't drifted in over two months. And I saw a lot of other people who did the same on the internet!
@Simon Stevens Good luck, hope it works for you as well!
Hazel Heart like take the controller apart first? Or just spray it where the stick goes into the controller?
@@trentoinsano Raise the flappy plastic under the stick with a toothpick or something and spray inside it, no need to take it apart. But make sure that your controller isn't turned on and don't press any button while/10 minutes after doing this because it tries to sync when you press a button (Just to be safe). You can also find tutorials on how to use contact cleaners on the internet if you're not 100% confident. Good luck!
This really sucks for the switch mini owners in July.
Well, nice to see a video about this. I was playing Smash's World of Light and the analog stick drifted, rendering the game 100 times more difficult, even on easy mode.
I hope Nintendo will have a Joycon trade policy so you can trade in your older Joycons for an improved model that prevents drifting.
That would be great
Experienced this March 2018. Splatoon 2's constant forward direction caused mine to drift forward about every 1/3 times.