There are a few ways to fix Joy-Con drift on your Nintendo Switch, including updating your controllers and calibrating the ...

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 ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The Nintendo Switch 2 is already a huge success. Nintendo is selling more units than it can ...

TL;DR: Nintendo Switch users have long faced Joy-Con stick drift issues, leading to lawsuits and free repairs. The upcoming Switch 2 Joy-Con will not use Hall Effect sticks, which are less prone to ...

A Nintendo developer's answer about whether Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons will address stick drift issues was vague, leaving some fans concerned. Despite concerns about potential stick drift, Switch 2 ...

The Switch Lite is suffering from exactly the same JoyCon problems that the Switch does -- except this time, they're attached to the unit. This is unacceptable. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

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 ...

To update your Nintendo Switch controllers, you'll need to head to the System Settings menu's "Controllers and Sensors" ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Pretty much since Nintendo first introduced controllers with joysticks, it’s had issues with drift ...

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 ...

Stick drift refers to the phenomenon where a controller’s joystick seemingly has a mind of its own. Your machine will interpret input that isn’t actually happening, often causing characters or cursors ...

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