Hardware Do your joycons still work?

[cucholix]

about 2 years old ones, with d-pad shell and hall effect sticks, working flawlessly. Had to mod a little bit the shell on the left one because the L shoulder felt a bit stuck other that that no issues

 

[Nephiel]

Gray launch model set still working here. Swapped the sticks to hall effect ones when they started misbehaving, and also the latches for metal ones.

Only the maximum battery life on the right one is down to an hour or so, I should look into replacing those.

 

[hippy dave]

Replaced the sticks at least twice before moving to hall which will hopefully be a more long-term solution. Replaced the latches, and the SL/SR ribbon cables that broke but the latter was from repeatedly opening the things up, not from actual use.

 

[handy333]

After I fix them. Otherwise, no.

 

[wiiNinja]

Just got both L&R joycon "repaired" by big N; sent the orig ones in because of slight drift. They're working now. I think they sent me brand new ones.

 

[M7L7NK7]

Haven't used them since the Hori Split Pad Pro released

 

[CMDreamer]

Most common issue on Joycons is drift, but can be solved replacing the joysticks with Hall Effect ones.

As long as you use them properly (not abusing them), they should work fine for a longer time.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

When my left stick finally started wearing out after years it wasn't stick drift that got it. I just lost the ability to run in many games because the stick wouldn't fully "press" in the right direction unless I pressed on it hard. It took another year for stick drift to actually start developing, which manifested itself as the stick not fully recentering after letting go but I could get it to recenter by pressing in the opposite direction. For context I have a launch Switch and the stick drift only manifested late last year. It wasn't even noticeable in some games, those seem to have a stick deadzone baked in so small movements don't register. So I didn't bother replacing the sticks right away.

Kids in my family seem to get stick drift in less than a year. I think how rough you are with it matters a lot. And of course how much you play factors in, I don't play my Switch nearly as much as some. But there's no doubt that some kids are really rough with controllers. One of my cousins has managed to break the stick click on his right JoyCon, and then again on the left stick 2 months after I replaced them both with GuliKit hall effect sticks. I swear, hall effect sticks are wasted on that kid. I told him to be more careful, if this continues I'll rather buy a wholesale amount of the 2 dollar sticks than keep giving away my precious GuliKit sticks.

 

[Exnor]

Still on my 1st pair of joy cons, but to be fair I don't play on my switch that often,

 

[ELY_M]

Replaced the sticks at least twice before moving to hall which will hopefully be a more long-term solution. Replaced the latches, and the SL/SR ribbon cables that broke but the latter was from repeatedly opening the things up, not from actual use.

What joysticks did you got to replace them? what link to the listing for those joysticks?

 

[hippy dave]

What joysticks did you got to replace them? what link to the listing for those joysticks?

AKNES Gulikit Hall Sensing... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BPSMXHDQ
If you want a different country, try changing the .co.uk to your own country code, otherwise ask in the AKNES thread.

 

[ELY_M]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BPSMXHDQ do not work

 

[hippy dave]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BPSMXHDQ do not work

Ask here https://gbatemp.net/threads/aknes-here-answer-questions-about-our-brand.629454/

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

I got my Switch at the very end of 2017. Currently on the second pair. The first pair had some issues with the right joycon (loose ribbon cable) I failed to fix and broke it further. Been on my second pair since then with zero issue.