• JDPoZ
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    1324 days ago

    They still could have it on rails, just use magnets to secure rather than a latch that can get stuck or broken as easily. I would worry more that magnets = no Hall effect joysticks.

    • CEbbinghaus
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      324 days ago

      As if they were willing to give up that revenue stream in any case. It makes them too much money.

      • FiveMacs
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        224 days ago

        Original switch user…zero drift, never dropped or had controllers just fall out.

        The fuck are people doing?

        • @Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          524 days ago

          Also no drift!

          …but I’ve only used my joycons for maybe an hour total, I can’t stand them. Love the pro controller though!

            • @Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              324 days ago

              Dualsense is my fave! Especially in games where the triggers and haptics work (I play everything on the computer now.) Pacific Drive and Returnal make excellent use of the haptics and triggers.

        • @rbits@lemm.ee
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          223 days ago

          You just got lucky, I guess. Or maybe you don’t use the joycons as much? I had to send my joycons back because of drift 3 times. Joycons aren’t full on falling out, but one of them will come out without pressing the button. Kickstand is also pretty useless, falls out from a tiny bit of pressure.

        • @UID_Zero@infosec.pub
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          223 days ago

          I barely used my joycons, but I had drift. I don’t think I was misusing them, I only used them when mobile, and that was infrequent. And yet they drifted.

          I replaced the sticks with Hall effect sticks, and they’ve been fine since.

        • CEbbinghaus
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          119 days ago

          Drift has nothing to do with what people are doing. It occurs naturally from any dust or debris that makes it into the controller. Obviously the better care you take the less likely it is but it’s not user error causing stick drift.

        • CEbbinghaus
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          119 days ago

          Eh. You would think. But it could well have been about saving face more than actually wanting to do good. Think about how many people would have gone through the paperwork and trouble of getting their joycon repaired when buying a new pair is so much easier

          • @Donut@leminal.space
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            219 days ago

            Didn’t say they fix them for free because of wanting to do good. The alternative would be small claims or lawsuits because or broken hardware, so preventing a loss or revenue