With new revision of Switch on the market and with a myriad of positive opinions about Metroid Dread, it’s easy to forget that Nintendo you have issues you still need to address around your successful hybrid console.
Specifically, the drift That so much plagues Nintendo Switch is a problem that has the Big N with lawsuits in tow, filed by users who enforce their consumer rights.
The drift basically it is that the sticks of the Joy-con they detect movement even when they are not in use, a situation that translates into rough experiences in which users do not have control.
Nintendo has directed efforts to address this problem and launched a free repair program, but what the community points out is that the drift could disappear if the company used other types of materials in the manufacture of the Joy-con.
But the Big N refers that situations like the drift are product of wear and tear, and although he pointed out that he works on constant improvements in response to public opinion, he insisted that there are effects that are impossible to evade and used the tires of a car as an example.
These demonstrations by Nintendo were within the framework of a Ask the Developer accomplished with Ko Shiota and Toru Yamashita, executives of the technology development department.
Before express question about whether wear is impossible, Shiota said that the tires of a car, being in constant friction with the pavement when rolling, wear out. Thinking about this scenario, ways of improve durability of the components. “How to achieve that operability and durability coexist? It is something we are continually working on “, he pointed.
Yamashita added that the wear It is the result of several factors such as the combination of materials and shapes and he also highlighted that his work is make improvements derived from research on combinations that are least likely to wear out.
The session Ask the Developer It was about the launch of Nintendo Switch (OLED model), a revision that this October 8 reached various regions of the world, including Mexico.