Nintendo Acknowledges JoyCon Connectivity Issues, Offers Solutions
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Welp, it's not quite at the levels I have for Microsoft for butchering Halo 5 like they did, but it's a close second. I guess the point I'm trying to make is, regardless of what we think, the Switch is still selling and people are still gonna be using it.Johnny Novgorod said:
I had a feeling March was too soon for this thing to head out to the general public. The JoyCon issue is kind of a big deal, on top of the Switch also having the standard laundry list of console launch issues. No time left for that "Nintendo Polish" before the Breath of the Wild deadline, I guess?
The Galaxy Note 7 sold too for quite a while and plenty of people used it. I'm not sure I find the "its selling and people are using it" argument particularly convincing...Arnoxthe1 said:
I'm not remembering people having this trouble with the Wii. Or the Wii-U, for that matter.
Soooo...
What happened, Nintendo? Manufacturing error? Design flaw? Trying to push a little too much technology into a device small enough to click into place next to the screen, was usable as an independent controller, and could count virtual ice-cubes and/or recognize hand gestures?
...Assumed everyone was going to buy the add-on version of the controller hardware anyway?
This may not be fatal- I don't know how much of the early-adopter market is having this problem- but it's enough to raise headlines (and eyebrows), and it doesn't look good. This is not the time to be sending out "you're doing it wrong" lists- this is the time to be offering to fix it for anyone who is having the problem, for free.
Soooo...
What happened, Nintendo? Manufacturing error? Design flaw? Trying to push a little too much technology into a device small enough to click into place next to the screen, was usable as an independent controller, and could count virtual ice-cubes and/or recognize hand gestures?
...Assumed everyone was going to buy the add-on version of the controller hardware anyway?
This may not be fatal- I don't know how much of the early-adopter market is having this problem- but it's enough to raise headlines (and eyebrows), and it doesn't look good. This is not the time to be sending out "you're doing it wrong" lists- this is the time to be offering to fix it for anyone who is having the problem, for free.
With all the problems the Switch seems to be having, I'm thinking early adopters might end up needing some time in "the soft room".Poetic Nova said: