iFixit: the Switch 2 Pro is a 'Piss-Poor Excuse For a Controller' (theverge.com)
(Friday July 11, 2025 @11:30PM (BeauHD)
from the not-a-good-look dept.)
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- News link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/07/11/1936226/ifixit-the-switch-2-pro-is-a-piss-poor-excuse-for-a-controller
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/news/705383/ifixit-teardown-nintendo-switch-2-pro-controller-repairability
iFixit has harsh words for Nintendo's $85 Switch 2 Pro controller, [1]calling it a "piss-poor excuse for a controller " due to its difficult repairability, use of outdated drift-prone joysticks, and poor internal accessibility. The Verge reports:
> Opening the controller requires you to first forcefully remove a faceplate held in place by adhesive tape before a single screw is visible. But you'll need to extract several other parts and components, including the controller's mainboard, before its battery is even accessible. As previously revealed, the Pro 2 is still using older potentiometer-based joysticks that are prone to developing drift over time. They do feature a modular design that will potentially make them easier to swap with third-party Hall effect or TMR replacements, but reassembling the controller after that DIY upgrade will require you to replace all the adhesive tape you destroyed during disassembly.
You can watch the full teardown [2]on YouTube .
[1] https://www.theverge.com/news/705383/ifixit-teardown-nintendo-switch-2-pro-controller-repairability
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awEY5OGvIXE
> Opening the controller requires you to first forcefully remove a faceplate held in place by adhesive tape before a single screw is visible. But you'll need to extract several other parts and components, including the controller's mainboard, before its battery is even accessible. As previously revealed, the Pro 2 is still using older potentiometer-based joysticks that are prone to developing drift over time. They do feature a modular design that will potentially make them easier to swap with third-party Hall effect or TMR replacements, but reassembling the controller after that DIY upgrade will require you to replace all the adhesive tape you destroyed during disassembly.
You can watch the full teardown [2]on YouTube .
[1] https://www.theverge.com/news/705383/ifixit-teardown-nintendo-switch-2-pro-controller-repairability
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awEY5OGvIXE
Obvious (Score:2)
by RitchCraft ( 6454710 )
Watching that tear down video makes it obvious that Nintendo built this thing to be e-waste when it dies. The sheer amount of design fuckery is strong with this one.
Remember? (Score:2)
Remember when Nintendo had the absolutely most durable controllers in existence, which you could legitimately use as a weapon?
womp womp
Re: (Score:3)
No, but I remember the N64 controller having the shittiest joystick imaginable.
Re: (Score:2)
The N64 controller had the shittiest everything Imaginable. GC wasn't much better, either, it was ergonomic for nobody. Wii was pretty bad too, you had to have an ergonomic condom for the wiimote, and the controller was too rounded. Since Famicom was kind of janky (though player 1 had a headphone jack) I'd say only NES and SNES were actually worth a crap. Neither one had any ergonomics, but neither did anyone else's controller until Genesis, Epyx aside.
Re: Remember? (Score:1)
I remember this is why I could no longer open up the secrets in goldeneye because I could no longer run full speed.
I replaced so if the analog sticks in my switch cons last year. Imma retired a screwdriver. The glue part makes dieing analog sticks less forgivable.
Re: (Score:2)
Sega always had better controllers.