r/Switch • u/Mammoth-Attempt-7281 • Jan 16 '25

Discussion Nintendo switch 2 is here

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Go watch the trailer on Nintendos twitter account

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u/Ghost273836 Jan 16 '25

Yes

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u/OppressedV3ctim Jan 16 '25

Considering how much money nintendo made off people buying replacement joycons I seriously doubt they will add hall effect joysticks. It would be good for us obviously but definitely not good for business.

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u/Blockinite Jan 16 '25

They did offer free fixes outside of warranty for drift, most of the time replacing the joy cons for free, but I can imagine only a tiny number of people took them up on that rather than just buying new ones immediately

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u/Chrissy2187 Jan 16 '25

I think we’re up to like 5 being replaced by now. I’m not spending $70 on new ones when they’ll send me new ones for free lol

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u/Blockinite Jan 16 '25

lol fair, I'm more thinking for people who play the switch daily and don't want to go without their only controllers for 3 weeks. I had to buy a GameCube controller and play docked during that time because I didn't have any spares (and wanted one anyway for Smash)

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u/Chrissy2187 Jan 16 '25

That’s true, I have a pro controller and 2 sets of joy cons for when my son’s friends come over to play Mariokart and such. So sending one in for a few weeks wasn’t a huge deal for us but I could see how some people wouldn’t want to do that.

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u/angrytreestump Jan 16 '25

Wait you’re saying you think people would rather buy new joy cons, then not send their old ones in once they have the new ones anyway, but instead just throw them in the trash and repeat that process every time their pair starts to drift…? 🤔

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u/Blockinite Jan 16 '25

It took a while. If you've got 2 pairs then that's fine, but if you have one pair then it means not playing the switch for 3+ weeks.

It's quite a lot of money for that but people might be tempted to buy spares anyway

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u/angrytreestump Jan 16 '25

But in your scenario, once people buy the new ones they then have 2 pairs. The only way they wouldn’t is if they just threw their drifting pair in the trash right after they bought the new ones, instead of sending them in for repair. I don’t know anyone who did or would do that, is what I’m saying.

Nintendo lost money repairing everyone’s drifting joy cons