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Nintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility (www.eurogamer.net)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[+] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What needs to be fixed with the pro controller?

Is it joystick issues? I bet it's joystick issues

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The D-pad also sucks. (Unless they fixed that already in a silent revision somewhere along the line.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There actually is a silent and very subtle revision they made to the dpad less than a year after Switch launched (iirc around the time of the Xenoblade 2 controller). The protrusion out the middle of the underside was made slightly longer, which makes you less able to push down all four directions at the same time. The chance of undesired diagonals is very high either way but just slightly lower for the newer one.

Even the improved version is one of Nintendo's worst dpads ever (including handhelds) imo, with only the GameCube's coming remotely close. A huge step back from Wii U Pro's dpad.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The d-pad, it’s horrible

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How exactly? I lost my pro controller before I ever got to experience anything wrong with it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah idk it seems to vary. I have 2 controllers and one has an ok (not great but fine) dpad, while the other constantly presses directions that I don't want to press, and it's been like that since I got it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

THIS, try playing Tetris 99 with the Pro Controller...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah? Been doing that since I got it (Pyra controller), works fine? Was there on old batch with a broken D-Pad or what?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have the original and, can't remember what year I got it. But the d-pad is basically useless. It's all over the place!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Imagine using digital buttons for triggers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've had to replace the sticks on mine with less than an year of use due to drifting. Other than that I really like the controller.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Eh, YMMV. My first pro controller lasted from release until about 4 months ago. Second one is used from a friend who also had it since about a year after release and no flaws. Among my entire circle of friends we only had one person with any issues at all, and that was someone who got one of the very first batch ones with the wonky D-Pad. Sent it in, got a replacement, all good.

Might be based on region though, dunno whether the EU stock is different from say, the US.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be honest, the controller is the least of my concerns. About one month into owning a switch I just got a 3rd party adapter for my DualShock and never looked back, the darn thing even supports motion control (only ever noticed this in Mario Odyssey). I'll be doing the same for a new switch, regardless of what they do with their own controller.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pro Controller is pretty good actually. One of my favourite controller. Though, my experience isn't as vast as some people here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I found them to be very cheap, like grips getting loose, buttons failing. Worst of the gen.