Chris Littlechild (He/Him) is an Editor and Writer Trainer from the United Kingdom. He has been gaming since receiving an original Game Boy and copies of Super Mario Land and Super Mario Land 2: Six ...

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 ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. It's quite well known that one of the biggest problems Nintendo Switch users faced throughout the lengthy life of the console is the chance of Joy-Con ...

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 ...

The Joy-Con 2 is the linchpin of the Nintendo Switch 2 handheld experience. And nearly a full year after the device’s release, you can finally swap your controllers with a third ...

On November 22, 2022, Nintendo of America scored a major legal victory. The company had been facing down a potential class-action lawsuit in California over a defect with the Nintendo Switch and its ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The Nintendo Switch 2 debut answered a lot of questions surrounding ...

A user teardown of the Nintendo Switch 2 Joy Cons revealed similar stick components. The Switch 1 Joy Cons have been plagued with drift problems for years. Other changes to the Joy Con design may ...

Looking to save a few bucks by buying a used Nintendo Switch? Just make sure you check for these common issues before you ...

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 ...