Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Connections Issues Found In Pre-Release Hardware

maybe the joy-con are defective or those ship to the store via those big truck, keeps throwing them in. electronic now and days should be label "fragile".

update: apparently nintendo didn't mirror the left one with the right one on the bluetooth thing. one owner had to add it to himself aka fixed left joy-con.

Yep and ps4 randomly ejected discs, beeped

X box one disc drive was grinding

No concern here... wasn't planning on using the joy cons anyways, except for when in portable mode, then its a non-issue.

uh, well...duh

Considering the amount of effort that a lot of people put into securing one of those, they better have a that tied down by next weekend.

Will Nintendo's customer service be open the whole weekend? When the U launched, Nintendo wasn't available for help. The update for the U took HOURS to complete. When MS launched the 360's Kinect, they were open well after normal business hours. Nintendo better hope this is an easy fix.

I wonder if they can boost the wireless strength (shortening battery life) via firmware update. Seems like that would be the primary way to tackle this short of a hardware revision

I've had the same problem with my launch-era Xbone, and even the latest firmware on an Elite controller hasn't completely squashed it. About 1 disconnect per night still.

Don't even get me started on wireless mice over the last 20 years... Yeah, blue helped vs red, but nothing beats copper -- particularly when you're gaming on the road w/a laptop.

So... Cables rule, I guess?

So the video talks about messing with the connection by putting something or your hand in front of the JoyCon to disrupt the BT signal to the Switch. That is not that big of a deal unless it's such a delicate connection that someone walking in between you and the Switch during a boss battle gets you killed. The Tweet talks about desynchronization, so if I am reading that correctly that has nothing to do with a disrupted signal. That is something entirely different in the firmware or non-disrupted connection itself. This is bad, and how was this not found immediately in testing and patched before units went out to the media?!!! I hope for the sake of all day 1 adopters that Nintendo can fix this with the Day 1 patch.

That's what happens when you drop them in the toilet.

heres to best wishes for Nintendo to have this working again before launch... i really want them to succeed

Surely some basic alpha/beta testing caught this issue and a day one update is on the way to fix it?

Oh boy

That sucks hopefully they sort that out quick. I can see how they could miss something like this. They have been demoing the switch in environments with lots of interference and then blamed the desync on that when really part of that could have been this issue.

How did they **** this up? Wiimotes (2005-2006 tech) have an absurd range, like, I'd go downstairs to put new batteries in, accidentally hit a button and it'd reconnect to my system immediately through ceiling, floor and walls, and yet, the damn Joy-Cons disconnect when you put your fingers in the wrong place?!

Good thing I didn't preorder. Hope this gets patched.

Looks to me like it's a issue with the bluetooth, or whatever the Joy-Cons use, just not being particularly brilliant unless the controllers are basically as uncovered as possible. It's not great for when you're playing with them detached from the system but it shouldn't be a problem in any other configuration, I presume.

I knew this product is a fail, but didn't expect this.

Well crap

as long as the pro controller works.

Ouch

I highly doubt its going to be a problem that cant be fixed easily. BUT I have been wrong before lol

it's dead, doctor. it's dead.

I'm spending about £500 on the switch and games and now your telling me there are technical problems : ( I hope it is fixed with a software update because if its the hardware I'm fucked.

I bet they're gonna pull an Apple and blame people putting their fingers too close to the antenna.

Everyone is talking about how crap Switch is and how joy-cons have problems or not. I'm here sitting and looking at those trigger buttons how close to each other and how tiny the whole thing looks.

@computernoises: How is it a PROBLEM? Are you effing kidding me? I'll be doing most of my gaming at home on a giant TV, sitting back and relaxing, and if the controls don't work 100% of the time (like my Dualshock 4 does) then that's a pretty big damn problem. I'm close to cancelling tbh.