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Fix Your Nintendo Switch Drifting Joy-Con Joystick

We all know Nintendo has a reputation for durable hardware, but the fame of the Nintendo Switch has highlighted how even those wizards from Kyoto don’t always hit the mark. A growing issue, especially among long-term Switch players, is Joy-Con analogue sticks registering movement even if you don’t touch your controller. What is Joy-Con drift? When your Nintendo Switch registers analogue stick movements you aren’t making, it’s called drift. You might notice that your character in a game is slowly strolling to one side even if you don’t touch the controller, that your Smash Bros attacks don’t seem to match your inputs or those games where your analogue stick controls a ‘mouse’ have the cursor slowly wafting off the side of the screen even without touching it. What causes Nintendo Switch Joy-con drift? The most common reason is that your Joy-Cons accumulate dust and grime over time, which gets beneath the analogue sticks and the sensors within the controller ...