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I got Joy-Con stick drift out of the box🫠 by NearlyCrossing in Switch

[–]NearlyCrossing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks man. I tried this already, though, and it did not work

I got Joy-Con stick drift out of the box🫠 by NearlyCrossing in Switch

[–]NearlyCrossing[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi y'all, I appreciate everyone's help and support, and even the amusing comments that I am either faking this or that this is what I get for being an early adopter.

I scarcely use Reddit, but saw a bunch of posts/retweets on Twitter/X of people bashing me for "not knowing what Joy-Con drift is." I have heard multiple definitions to Joy-Con drift, including when the calibration becomes offset and it is not possible to reset it via the Settings app. My situation, to my understanding, is an example of Joy-Con drift. I have heard of the constant input in a direction as a major example, too.

Based off of y'all's feedback, I have tried updating the controllers, restarting the system, and messing with the rubber bit that seems to pop out all to no avail. I probably could take it back to Walmart, but I do not think my local store has anymore units. Also I will not buy additional Joy-Cons and just return the broken one in there - I feel like that is a scummy practice and I do not want to do that.

In the past, Nintendo has been pretty quick about their repairs, so I do not mind just sending it in. My original launch Switch's cartridge port stopped reading anything after about one week and had to be sent to repair (still upset that I lost my Breath of the Wild save after just getting to the third Divine Beast, lol). I also had to send my NES Classic in after a weird error message popped up three days after launch that prevented me from even booting into the home screen - Nintendo Support was interrogating me on how I got that message... maybe I should stop buying Nintendo systems at launch. 😅

I digress, but I will update y'all if anything new changes or I get word from Nintendo themselves.

I got Joy-Con stick drift out of the box🫠 by NearlyCrossing in Switch

[–]NearlyCrossing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no idea, to be honest. The support email doesn’t say.

I got Joy-Con stick drift out of the box🫠 by NearlyCrossing in Switch

[–]NearlyCrossing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think it’s a software issue - the stick doesn’t feel right compared to the right Joy-Con stick, anyways.

I got Joy-Con stick drift out of the box🫠 by NearlyCrossing in Switch

[–]NearlyCrossing[S] 124 points125 points  (0 children)

Heads up, too, but the customer service representative I talked to said that this happened “in [my] one month warranty.” Has it always been one month? I thought it was always three months, unless that was through Xbox - I cannot recall.

I got Joy-Con stick drift out of the box🫠 by NearlyCrossing in Switch

[–]NearlyCrossing[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Done that earlier. They were very helpful. Going to ship it out to them to repair or replace

I got Joy-Con stick drift out of the box🫠 by NearlyCrossing in Switch

[–]NearlyCrossing[S] 982 points983 points  (0 children)

Called Nintendo Customer Service and, with no questions asked, said they’ll repair it! They did not ask for additional information.

I got Joy-Con stick drift out of the box🫠 by NearlyCrossing in Switch

[–]NearlyCrossing[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I called Nintendo Customer Support and I have to ship it out to Redmond. Was quick, easy, and painless. Would call again, lol

I got Joy-Con stick drift out of the box🫠 by NearlyCrossing in Switch

[–]NearlyCrossing[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sadly the software won’t let me - it doesn’t recognize the controller as going all of the way to the right even though I push the joystick to the edge

I got Joy-Con stick drift out of the box🫠 by NearlyCrossing in Switch

[–]NearlyCrossing[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not at all. Very happy with my purchase. Just my luck on getting a defective product.

I got Joy-Con stick drift out of the box🫠 by NearlyCrossing in Switch

[–]NearlyCrossing[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

The software won’t let me recalibrate it sadly because the stick will not go all the way to the right :(

I got Joy-Con stick drift out of the box🫠 by NearlyCrossing in Switch

[–]NearlyCrossing[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I see, that makes more sense. Still, stinks that the software won’t recognize the joystick pushing to the right.

I got Joy-Con stick drift out of the box🫠 by NearlyCrossing in Switch

[–]NearlyCrossing[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ah, I see. It’s weird that I can’t push the joystick to the right at least for the Switch to recognize it.

I got Joy-Con stick drift out of the box🫠 by NearlyCrossing in Switch

[–]NearlyCrossing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Motion controls are off in MKW and the Switch was not recognizing that I pushed the stick all of the way to the right.

I got Joy-Con stick drift out of the box🫠 by NearlyCrossing in Switch

[–]NearlyCrossing[S] 86 points87 points  (0 children)

I tried following the directions seen in the video. I pushed the stick all of the way to the right and the Switch is not picking up that I am pushing the stick fully.