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Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period (www.nintendolife.com)
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I like how this article does not talk about the anti consumer practices engaged in by Nintendo, that might push some customers away from their consoles. /s Nintendo can disable your Switch 2 for piracy in the U.S., but not in Europe, as confirmed by its EULA. There is already a switch in my household, but the price along with the ability to remotely brick the device, is what made our household pass on the switch 2. We bought a second steam deck instead.

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Doesn't the new switch still use a control stick design that can suffer from drift, despite it being a solved problem?

looks it up Ah ffs, they probably didn't because they thought replacing the mounting rack and slide with magnets was more important, and powerful magnets might interfere with the other sensors (though if the magnetic field isn't moving, I think any effects could be compensated for).

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

They don't want the controllers to have hall effect joysticks because they would out last the console, and they wouldn't be able to sell replacements. Its not a cost issue in my opinion, the controllers are already in the high end price range.

You can test your theory though, you can replace switch joysticks with hall effect sticks. I found multiple sellers in a web search but haven't used them myself.

[–] pathief@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

I would be okay with defective controllers if Nintendo bothered to fix them. Through the entire lifespan of the console they sold controllers that would eventually drift. I own 3 pair of joy cons, they all drift. When sent for repair they were all deemed unrepairable, even those under warranty. That's inexcusable.

In the new iteration of joycons they STILL don't use TMR or hall effect sticks.

I don't want to support this company.