Nintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility - eviltoast
Switch 2 will feature Joy-Con controllers that connect to the main console using magnets, a new report suggests. Citing…
  • treefrog@lemm.eeEnglish
    156·
    7 months ago

    Does anyone else read this as, we’re not fixing the pro controller and are planning to reuse that design for the Switch 2?

    • GingeyBook@lemm.eeEnglish
      182·
      7 months ago

      What needs to be fixed with the pro controller?

      Is it joystick issues? I bet it’s joystick issues

        • MagnyusG@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          7 months ago

          How exactly? I lost my pro controller before I ever got to experience anything wrong with it.

          • rbits@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            7 months ago

            Yeah idk it seems to vary. I have 2 controllers and one has an ok (not great but fine) dpad, while the other constantly presses directions that I don’t want to press, and it’s been like that since I got it.

          • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            7 months ago

            Yeah? Been doing that since I got it (Pyra controller), works fine? Was there on old batch with a broken D-Pad or what?

            • picandocodigo@lemmy.worldMEnglish
              1·
              6 months ago

              I have the original and, can’t remember what year I got it. But the d-pad is basically useless. It’s all over the place!

      • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.netEnglish
        94·
        7 months ago

        The D-pad also sucks. (Unless they fixed that already in a silent revision somewhere along the line.)

        • zarenki@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          7 months ago

          There actually is a silent and very subtle revision they made to the dpad less than a year after Switch launched (iirc around the time of the Xenoblade 2 controller). The protrusion out the middle of the underside was made slightly longer, which makes you less able to push down all four directions at the same time. The chance of undesired diagonals is very high either way but just slightly lower for the newer one.

          Even the improved version is one of Nintendo’s worst dpads ever (including handhelds) imo, with only the GameCube’s coming remotely close. A huge step back from Wii U Pro’s dpad.

      • Phelpssan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        53·
        7 months ago

        I’ve had to replace the sticks on mine with less than an year of use due to drifting. Other than that I really like the controller.

        • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish
          71·
          7 months ago

          Eh, YMMV. My first pro controller lasted from release until about 4 months ago. Second one is used from a friend who also had it since about a year after release and no flaws. Among my entire circle of friends we only had one person with any issues at all, and that was someone who got one of the very first batch ones with the wonky D-Pad. Sent it in, got a replacement, all good.

          Might be based on region though, dunno whether the EU stock is different from say, the US.

      • treefrog@lemm.eeEnglish
        33·
        7 months ago

        Joystick drift and flick. I have two and they both do it.

        My son and I both favor the far cheaper 8bitdo controllers

  • De_Narm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    7 months ago

    To be honest, the controller is the least of my concerns. About one month into owning a switch I just got a 3rd party adapter for my DualShock and never looked back, the darn thing even supports motion control (only ever noticed this in Mario Odyssey). I’ll be doing the same for a new switch, regardless of what they do with their own controller.

    • slimerancher@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      Pro Controller is pretty good actually. One of my favourite controller. Though, my experience isn’t as vast as some people here.