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Originally posted by Family Fry View Post
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Anyone in the UK had any experience of sending off/ getting blue joycon fixed for its drifting?
Well there you have it, I give up. I have alot of crap to deal with at home with work and life but the prospect of playing Animal Crossing really cheered me up. I suspected I may have had signs of a drift a while ago but since starting to play ACNH it is obvious and has gotten worse in over a week. Now it is really affecting my gameplay to the point I just dont want to play it anymore, which is adding to me feeling super, SUPER low atm.
Any advise what I need to do to get it fixed? Would just go and buy another if I could but I don't know what the newer models are like in regards of having the issue fixed.
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Probably a dumb question, but have you tried using contact cleaner on it? I’ve done it a couple of times: lift the plastic flap at the base of the joycon stick and give it a few blasts, then wait a few minutes for it to dry. Like with you, it happened just as I began playing ACNH, but the contact cleaner sorted it out.
Alternatively, I can recommend the pro controller if you play on the big screen much. Never had a problem with mine, and the battery lasts for ages.
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Originally posted by Blobcat View PostAnyone in the UK had any experience of sending off/ getting blue joycon fixed for its drifting?
Well there you have it, I give up. I have alot of crap to deal with at home with work and life but the prospect of playing Animal Crossing really cheered me up. I suspected I may have had signs of a drift a while ago but since starting to play ACNH it is obvious and has gotten worse in over a week. Now it is really affecting my gameplay to the point I just dont want to play it anymore, which is adding to me feeling super, SUPER low atm.
Any advise what I need to do to get it fixed? Would just go and buy another if I could but I don't know what the newer models are like in regards of having the issue fixed.
Squirt under the stick and get it into the mechanism and keep moving the stick about. Repeat a few times and leave to dry. Seems to be the most common way to get rid if drift, itle come back eventually as dirt gets in again but rinse and repeat.Last edited by fishbowlhead; 02-04-2020, 09:35.
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Originally posted by Blobcat View PostThanks everyone
Only slightly longer version - my blue Joycon developed drift in the first year. They fixed it under warranty but I still wanted to play my Switch so got the Splatoon ones while they repaired it. Later, both sets developed drift and it got worse and worse and eventually became totally unusable. Now both well out of warranty, Nintendo told me there would be a cost to repair them but they’ll assess and come back with the price before doing the work. They kept me waiting probably two weeks and then mailed me to say they were fixed and on the way back to me. A charge was never mentioned again.
But I fully expect it to happen again at some point. It’s a very frustrating flaw.
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Originally posted by Family Fry View Postbut seriously who docks a switch anymore??
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This stupid joy-con situation means I'm no longer inclined to choose the Switch version of multi-platform games.
I got a Kickstarter email asking me to choose which version of The Wonderful 101 I'd like. I was set on Switch but I think it'll be PS4. That game would destroy my joy-con sticks.
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