There are many reasons to be excited about the Nintendo Switch 2, but one thing in particular has original Switch users ready to move on: Joy-Con drift. Plagued by a ...

Joy-Con Drift has been a common complaint of the Nintendo Switch era. Over the last 8 years, users have frequently complained that the controllers are prone to “drifting,” where the game or system ...

Anyone who owns a Nintendo Switch will know about Joy-Con stick drift. It’s when the Joy-Con Control Sticks stop responding correctly, or suffer from "drifting." Complaints about Joy-Con drift were so ...

Someone has already taken apart their Nintendo Switch 2's Joy-Con, but for good reason. The Switch 2 owner is checking the controllers to see how likely it is that they'll eventually drift. Turns out ...

Nintendo has confirmed that Switch 2’s Joy-Cons will not use Hall Effect thumbsticks despite all the stick drift issues Switch owners have put up with since the console launched in 2017. For years now ...

While Nintendo rushed to get the Nintendo Switch 2 out the door before tariffs, it appears the console once again suffers from the infamous “Joy-Con Drift” that plagued the controllers of its ...

Stick drift comes for everyone, but Nintendo Switch hardware has a reputation for being particularly prone to failure. Naturally, everyone is wondering if the Nintendo Switch 2 and its new Joy-Con ...

Nintendo claims that it has built better, nicer controllers to help avoid stick drift on the Switch 2, and that it’s made the new console’s eShop snappier and easier to use. But the company’s answers ...

Editor's take: Let's be brutally honest here. The first-generation Switch controllers were horrible. The Joy-Cons were not comfortable to use and suffered from severe joystick drift. At least the Pro ...

Once again confirming what many original Switch owners feared, iFixit’s teardown of the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons reveals a familiar joystick design that uses a resistive material that could lead to ...