Confirmed - Joycon Latches Will Break If You Break Them (Giant Bomb)

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dan2026 said:
Not exactly the most durable machine ever.

But I suppose dropping it on concrete is going to cause some sort of damage.
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If I dropped anything hard and plastic onto concrete I'd be happy that it worked at all. People have totally unrealistic expectations these days.

"I dropped my 80% glass device full of expensive electronic components on the floor and it got damaged, I am outraged."

Don't drop expensive shit onto hard shit, solved.
 
GearDraxon said:
Hey, I just want to say this: I saw the post before you edited it, and your edit and mea culpa are a) good and b) all-too-unusual online. Thank you for acknowledging it and not doubling-down in defensiveness.
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I want to keep some level of professionalism about me, even as a Gaffer. I shouldn't have made that post anyway; I was basically trolling.

Shaanyboi said:
Yeah this doesn't at all make you seem creepy and with some weird vendetta based on something with which you completely lack any kind of context, or that you simply don't care since you already have got some biases to confirm.

Wanna point me to the click-bait video where they exclaimed "BREAKING NEWS! SWITCH HARDWARE DESIGN FAULTY?!?!"
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I had been having a rough few days when the original thread came up, and my original post was venting. I should've dropped the subject when that thread was closed. My apologies.
 
Don't break your toys, kids. I broke Battle Armor He-Man and my parents wouldn't get me a new one. I had to use stupid Thunder Punch He-Man.
 
Giand Bomb is not a reliable source for hardware durability, need to wait to Blendtec professional review to know if the plastic and lock parts are strong enough to last years.

They made test before and have experience with Nintendo hardware.

https://youtu.be/yVAaz9vFdSo
 
I'm confused? What exactly is happening here? Some people are claiming that the only reason the latch broke was because the Switch was dropped? Do we have any proof of that?
 
NinjaBoiX said:
If I dropped anything hard and plastic onto concrete I'd be happy that it worked at all. People have totally unrealistic expectations these days.

"I dropped my 80% glass device full of expensive electronic components on the floor and it got damaged, I am outraged."

Don't drop expensive shit onto hard shit, solved.
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Strictly speaking, my iPad and iPhones have dropped off the edge of my bed maybe 3 feet onto my hardwood floors numerous times. All is well here. People tend to undersell the value of durability for hardware designed to be consumed by a mixed age audience when their favorite manufacturer is involved though.

It's good to know extra precautions will need to be taken here. Sometimes looks can be deceiving. I would have assumed this thing would be very durable given how solid most of Nintnedo's past mobile devices have been. Considering a fair number of children will want to use this as a daily driver, it's good for parents especially to know this going in.
 
So, do we know if Jeff was drinking wine and eating cheese on crackers when he made those comments?

Need to know if he was keeping it real or not.
 
Fireblend said:
I wouldn't even interpret his comments as not too hot. He even said he really wanted to play it on his personal unit and that's why he wasn't putting much time into it on the office Switch.
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I don't know, listening to the Bombcast, he wasn't as much of a fan of the game despite Nintendo changing the formula, a formula which he kept harping about for years.

Maybe, we will hear more about his proper impressions once he plays it more.
 
Between him dropping it and the video of him detaching it without using the latches, I am not super worried. The one good thing about this I guess, is that the issue is on the joycon and not the switch itself.
 
Dreams-Visions said:
Strictly speaking, my iPad and iPhones have dropped off the edge of my bed maybe 3 feet onto my hardwood floors numerous times. All is well here. People tend to undersell the value of durability for hardware designed to be consumed by a mixed age audience when their favorite manufacturer is involved though.

It's good to know extra precautions will need to be taken here. Sometimes looks can be deceiving. I would have assumed this thing would be very durable given how solid most of Nintnedo's past mobile devices have been. Considering a fair number of children will want to use this as a daily driver, it's good for parents especially to know this going in.
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Something sliding off your bed a few feet into hardwood != falling from standing onto concrete.

Sure, if, "don't drop this thing onto stone from a large height," is what you'd call extra precautions, you'll need to take them here.
 
I imagine the joycon latches being weaker is intentional, so the latch of the joycon and the switch don't fight for pressure when bit with an impact.

I guess they'd rather the replaceable part break than the part attached to the unit itself.
 
ShockingAlberto said:
I imagine the joycon latches being weaker is intentional, so the latch of the joycon and the switch don't fight for pressure when bit with an impact.

I guess they'd rather the replaceable part break than the part attached to the unit itself.
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Yeah, and maybe this is part of the reason why they sell individual joycons versus only selling the right and left combo.
 
letmetrythisname said:
Morgan Von Vebb beat a GameCube with a hammer and then dropped it off a ledge and it survived. What happened, Nintendo?
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You could probably beat this with a hammer and drop it off and ledge and it would survive.

But it's not a single piece like the Gamecube so obviously all the connected pieces are going to have points of failure.

A DS could "survive" a drop. But could the hinge? Not always.
 
Conkerkid11 said:
To what are you referring to?
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That Giant Bomb made a comment, practically in passing, of how loose the joy cons are (and then immediately speculating if it was caused by dropping it). People started talking about it, making it a bigger deal than it actually is, and then more people started talking about THAT, assuming Giant Bomb was reporting it as a major deal.
 
Which stream was this from on GiantBomb? Did they archive it yet? Dont see it on their site yet.

Oh is it from last weeks unprofessional Fridays?
 
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