What is Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift and can you fix it?
There has been a lot of talk about Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift in the last few years, not least because a class action lawsuit (that has since been dismissed) was filed against Nintendo in the US.
But, what is Joy-Con drift? And, what can you do about it if you are affected? We explain all right here.
Joy-Con drift is the name given to an issue some Switch owners have experienced with one or both of their detachable controllers.
They have found that movement is being detected by their Switch even when they are not touching the thumbstick on a Joy-Con. Sometimes this happens even when they are not touching a Joy-Con at all.
It makes gaming hard when characters move in directions not prompted by the player. Or, an in-game camera can suddenly pan away from the action for no good reason.
Reports of Joy-Con drift are not isolated, either. There are plenty of posts on Twitter complaining about the issue, and several members of Kotaku's staff have revealed they have experienced it too.
Plus, since the Nintendo Switch Lite was released, some owners of the new, more portable Switch have claimed that they are suffering from Joy-Con drift too, on its non-detachable thumbsticks. The Switch OLED, meanwhile, has supposedly upgraded Joy-Cons but is also generating similar reports.
Nintendo has responded to reports on the issue, telling Kotaku that anybody who experiences problems with their Joy-Cons should contact Nintendo support: «At Nintendo, we take great pride in creating quality products and we are continuously making improvements to them,» it said.
«We are aware of recent reports that some Joy-Con controllers are not responding correctly. We want our consumers to have fun with Nintendo Switch, and if anything falls short of
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