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TL;DR
- A consumer teardown of the Nintendo Change 2 Pleasure Cons revealed related stick elements.
- The Change 1 Pleasure Cons have been plagued with drift issues for years.
- Different adjustments to the Pleasure Con design could stop drift, however solely time will inform.
Stick drift was one of the vital infamous and chronic issues with the Nintendo Change, and it’s wanting prefer it may be a problem with the Switch 2 as properly. A consumer teardown of the upgraded Change 2 Pleasure Cons revealed troublingly related {hardware} elements.
In a series of images posted on Reddit, consumer and YouTuber moshi_yo disassembled their Change 2 Pleasure Cons to search out one more ALPS potentiometer stick. They write: “I took one of many Pleasure-Con 2’s aside and the markings appear to level to them being Alps, and so they look so much like the unique pleasure con sticks inside. Pleasure-Con drift lives on within the Change 2 technology?”
Nintendo confirmed earlier this 12 months that the brand new sticks wouldn’t be Corridor Impact, however it additionally claimed that the brand new sticks have been “larger and more durable” than their predecessors. At a hands-on occasion in April, a consultant also stated that “the brand new Pleasure Con 2 controllers have been designed from the bottom up.”
Change 2 Pleasure Cons are dearer and should still undergo from drift.
At first look, it doesn’t appear to be a lot has modified relating to the stick itself. Nevertheless, the key sauce could lie in the remainder of the Pleasure Con design. Based mostly on early consumer reporting, the Pleasure Cons look like sturdier, with the L3 and R3 buttons extra strong. There’s additionally a plastic ring across the base of the stick, which can assist stop particles from coming into.
Regardless, solely time will inform whether or not or not the brand new Pleasure Cons undergo the identical destiny because the OG Change Pleasure Cons. All potentiometer sticks, together with these utilized in PS5 and Xbox Core controllers, are prone to float with extended use, so devoted Change 2 players would possibly need to begin saving up for replacements early. A single Pleasure Con will now run you $54, with a full set costing an eye-watering $94.
