My og 3ds left shoulder stopped working,i have to press it very hard to get to work.
My og 3ds pen is falling easily from the holder and now it's lost,maybe it's my fault for not buying a new pen.
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Switch Joycon's latching mechanism
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My og 3ds pen is falling easily from the holder and now it's lost,maybe it's my fault for not buying a new pen.
They have to hit the freaking switch with their fist OR have to imply a lot of pressure with their thumbs to get the joy-cons loose. I would not call that ruined..
Mysterious Stranger
Member
Yes we should all punch our systems to test them!
baxter2231
Member
Seems like a non issue unless they pop off while just simply shaking the system a bit. They punch the thing it comes off oh wow why do i care. There could be an issue with this but that doesnt prove it. If when it releases and it happens to real users than ok.
What? where is this from
Also I just watched the cnet video about the kickstand and it's ridiculous, at least I learned that it is detachable and doesn't break if too much force is applied
IlGialloMondadori
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I'm guessing the latches are meant to disengage at a certain force level so they don't snap off, just like the kickstand.
If you push with both your thumbs, they'll disconnect and allow the joycons to pop off.
If you push with both your thumbs, they'll disconnect and allow the joycons to pop off.
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
Dropping a switch is not normal wear and tear.
If a joycon just gives without any force applied after not dropping it, you would have a case. But that did not happen.
It's a hypothetical scenario that has no evidence to support it.
Yah,just like the DS light and 3DS shoulder buttons,they never break.
Why would you need a release button then?
iirc he tasted the cart after Drew joked about what the mouthfeel was and he tasted it, just a good ol' joke.
Jeff seemed more impressed that the drop didn't break anything then half way through the stream they noticed that the joycon that went flying off doesn't latch as strong anymore. The Giant Beastcast guys were talking about how even holding the release button, the joycons take a real good yank to take off.
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
So you don't have to apply force when trying to remove a joycon?
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
so this is not in the OP too for even better context? I wonder why.
So you don't need to punch the joycons off lol.
SinCityAssassin
Member
So you can do it easily without exerting so much force on your Switch that the latching degrades faster over time.
IlGialloMondadori
Gold Member
Yep. Amazing you'd have to explain that to someone.
Makes sense...but it doesn't look like it takes much force to do it, and it's just been a few days. Imagine after a few months of taking it off the system to attach to the grip or play multiplayer and reattaching it.
Apart from your willful ignorance of a previous poster kindly pointing out that Matt Rorie was not "testing" the Switch when he jabbed it, believe it or not, it is these critics' job when receiving hardware to tell us what they think of it, including its durability. Nobody is out to get Nintendo. Nobody is telling you to cancel your preorder. All they've done is attempt to inform your purchasing decision. When you throw that back at them, they don't care, but it does make you look like a tool.
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
Diablohead
Member
Abusing a lock system like that is going to weaken it over time, once the tip of the lock changes shape or chips off a bit it's going to stop them working correctly.
Deliberately beating up the switch, what?
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
Yes...
The entire point of the video was made after the Giant Bomb crew was testing the durability of the switch. Nintendo said the switch can "take a beating."
Giant bomb was testing this.
OP didn't mention it.
Close this GD thread.
runnin_blue
Banned
When you write up your thread about it, make sure you only mention you dropped it right at the end of your post.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
That's what I think too. Better to have the joycon dislodged than having the latch broken if you for some reason choose to remove it by force. Its like you can still remove your SD card from your PC/phone without unmount, but its your problem if you choose to do that and the files in it gets corrupted.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Of course it's a hypothetical scenario! I didn't say it would happen, I said could see it happening.
That's the concern and it's what Jeff was talking about. I'm going to err on the side of caution. Everyone else can keep talking about punching the system and dropping it on concrete. They can't see the forest through the trees.
Eolz
Member
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
I think you should admit you just don't want a switch, instead of trying to find arbitrary reasons to not get one.
Do you not buy a smart phone because your hands might have butter of them after eating popcorn, and you could drop it?
SinCityAssassin
Member
Testing durability, was the context I believe.
How is this clickbaity? It was 10 minutes out of 3 hours of a weekly show they do for subscribing members where this week they were answering people's questions.
nullpoynter
Member
Looks like the other outlets are actually treating their devices like they are meant to be treated. Not everyone feels the need to drop it on concrete or beat the absolute crap out of it.
Uh...this was during a premium show you can only watch if you are a premium member, so "for the clicks" is definitely not the case here.
This isn't really true. They only started putting more pressure on it when Jeff accidentally pulled one of the joycons off without trying to (ironically, while saying it was really sturdy and survived a concrete floor.) They weren't really testing the durability, they were just trying to duplicate what Jeff accidentally did.
Salty Rice
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Well they dropped the console on concrete so i dont take this single example serious.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Got one preordered and paid off for Friday pickup junior.
Thanks for the concern though. You'll make a great fanboy someday.
Just to sort of step back from this insane thread:
1. There is nothing wrong with GB beating it up to see what its limits are. THEY didnt make a video with the titile, "loose joycons defect!!!" or whatever. Its good to see how durable the thing is.
2. To then take that and make a thread with some pretty heavy slant is annoying.
Nintendo makes durable portable systems but they are still capable of mistakes/oversights. Shoulder button and bottom half of clam scratching upper screen were both real, annoying, legit issues that I was affected by.
That being said, all this shows us is what happens to the system if it takes a nasty drop.
Tring to say that because this happens from a drop, the joycons will get looser and looser over time and need to be replaced is absurd. Maybe, that will in fact be an issue, but the GB video is not evidence for or against that happening.
1. There is nothing wrong with GB beating it up to see what its limits are. THEY didnt make a video with the titile, "loose joycons defect!!!" or whatever. Its good to see how durable the thing is.
2. To then take that and make a thread with some pretty heavy slant is annoying.
Nintendo makes durable portable systems but they are still capable of mistakes/oversights. Shoulder button and bottom half of clam scratching upper screen were both real, annoying, legit issues that I was affected by.
That being said, all this shows us is what happens to the system if it takes a nasty drop.
Tring to say that because this happens from a drop, the joycons will get looser and looser over time and need to be replaced is absurd. Maybe, that will in fact be an issue, but the GB video is not evidence for or against that happening.
runnin_blue
Banned
You'll hold the fort until he gets there.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
You saved me a seat?
Mysterious Stranger
Member
They actually charge for this foolishness? That makes it worse!
coughlanio
Member
I was cringing at how rough Rorie was treating the Switch and I could see Jeff wanting to say stop. I would imagine that the joycon can be pulled off with slight force, without pressing the release, so as to not break the latch for people who try and tug them off.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
This is that UMD popping out of the PSP thing all over again...it'll never happen in real life.
You need to try harder with this trolling thing.
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
That's somewhat fair. I honestly was only listening to the video at the time, but it seems like they started going into the whole, let's try to break it attitude, (I'm aware they weren't actually trying to break it) after they found out things were different after he dropped it. Then went into test durability mode.
Either way, this thread title and op is awful.
Where did they say that? I must have missed it, if you're being truthful.
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
For real. It's honestly a little creepy.
I get that CNET and Giantbomb are getting shit for being dramatic, but there might be something to their claims. The stand honestly looks really flimsy, and I think this will be one of the improved features if they ever do a redesign. And the joycons not staying on could be a problem after years of use, even without dropping it.
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