{"id":58838,"date":"2019-07-22T07:03:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T11:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.ifixscreens.com\/?p=58838"},"modified":"2024-11-07T01:13:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T06:13:28","slug":"nintendo-switchs-drifting-joy-con-joystick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifixscreens.com\/nintendo-switchs-drifting-joy-con-joystick\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix Your Nintendo Switch Drifting Joy-Con Joystick"},"content":{"rendered":"

How To Fix Your Nintendo Switch Drifting Joy-Con Joystick<\/h1>\n

We all know Nintendo has a reputation for durable hardware, but the fame of the Nintendo Switch has highlighted how even those wizards from Kyoto don\u2019t always hit the mark. A growing issue, especially among long-term Switch players, is Joy-Con analog sticks registering movement even if you don\u2019t touch your controller.<\/p>\n

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What is Joy-Con drift?<\/h2>\n

When your Nintendo Switch registers analog stick movements you aren\u2019t making, it\u2019s called drift. You might notice that your character in a game is slowly strolling to one side even if you don\u2019t touch the controller, that your Smash Bros attacks don\u2019t seem to match your inputs or those games where your analogue stick controls a \u2018mouse\u2019 have the cursor slowly wafting off the side of the screen even without touching it.<\/p>\n

What causes Nintendo Switch Joy-con drift?<\/h2>\n

The most common reason is that your Joy-Cons accumulate dust and grime over time, which gets beneath the analog sticks and the sensors within the controller to disrupt how accurately your controller reads your inputs. The left Joy-Con is often reported as drifting the most, simply because it is the one most often used to direct characters in games. However, both Joy-Cons can suffer from drift.<\/p>\n

More recent insight into this topic from a player with an engineering background, however, reveals that the components Nintendo uses in Joy-Cons might be to blame. Graphite used in the contacts that detect your inputs gradually gets worn down, moving against harder metal prongs inside the Joy-Con. Frustratingly, that\u2019s an inherent design flaw, implying that any of the current models of Joy-Con will likely develop drifting problems sooner or later.<\/p>\n

How to fix the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift<\/h2>\n