Started off with what appeared to be some form of signal interference where the input would just get lost for a few seconds and occasionally the left con would turn off and on again on its own as if it were trying to re-establish the connection. Changing the location of the living room dock seemed to fix the problem (or at least cut down on the frequency of incidence). When I first started noticing the drift, it was occasional and slight and since my switch didn't get a whole lot of play, and the cons had never been dropped, handled roughly, or otherwise jostled, I assumed that it was just a different manifestation of my signal issues. Then it became near constant and much more dramatic and I looked online and learned of the "joycon drift." Got my switch in November. Interference issues began in January. Drift became a problem in April. My brother, however got his a year before me and has only the slightest bit of drift very rarely. On the other end of the spectrum, my flatmate for his in December and has gone through two joycons already (he's also more careless and quite a bit rougher than I which, I assume, exacerbates the problem). Would love for this to not be a thing anymore. Joycons are too expensive and Nintendo too large and prosperous a company for a design flaw like this to be overlooked and left unadressed.
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Re: Poll: Have Your Joy-Con Been Drifting?
Started off with what appeared to be some form of signal interference where the input would just get lost for a few seconds and occasionally the left con would turn off and on again on its own as if it were trying to re-establish the connection. Changing the location of the living room dock seemed to fix the problem (or at least cut down on the frequency of incidence).
When I first started noticing the drift, it was occasional and slight and since my switch didn't get a whole lot of play, and the cons had never been dropped, handled roughly, or otherwise jostled, I assumed that it was just a different manifestation of my signal issues. Then it became near constant and much more dramatic and I looked online and learned of the "joycon drift."
Got my switch in November. Interference issues began in January. Drift became a problem in April.
My brother, however got his a year before me and has only the slightest bit of drift very rarely.
On the other end of the spectrum, my flatmate for his in December and has gone through two joycons already (he's also more careless and quite a bit rougher than I which, I assume, exacerbates the problem).
Would love for this to not be a thing anymore. Joycons are too expensive and Nintendo too large and prosperous a company for a design flaw like this to be overlooked and left unadressed.