Nintendo Is Repairing Left Joy-Cons With ... a Piece of Foam? (polygon.com)

While Nintendo remains silent on the issue of some left Joy-Con controllers becoming desynced from the Switch console, it appears it has a solution for those affected. No, it's not avoidance of aquariums or all other wireless devices; instead, it's apparently as simple as a foam sticker placed in the right spot. From a report: Early reviews and, later, actual retail units of the Nintendo Switch highlighted an apparent hardware flaw in the design of the left Joy-Con controller. In certain scenarios -- like when played some distance from the console using the Joy-Con Grip -- some left Joy-Cons could lose sync and players would find themselves unable to accurately control what's happening on the screen. While a day one console update fixed this issue for some, it's remained for others and Nintendo has done little to assuage would-be consumers that it's solved the issue for good. But, a Joy-Con sent in for repair by CNET's Sean Hollister was returned with one small enhancement a week later and -- lo and behold -- it works. That enhancement: A small piece of conductive foam.

Comments

I don't know, are they?

[wonkey_monkey]

Nintendo Is Repairing Left Joy-Cons With ... a Piece of Foam?

Are you asking a question or making a statement?

Slashdot is... going down the toilet?

Re:This is why i didn't buy day 1

[arth1]

Moving forward this will not be an issue

Right. It's moving right that's the issue.