The Switch 2 Pro Controller Does Not Seem Easy To Repair At All

The Switch 2 is successful galore ways a much premium and powerful type of nan original Switch, but its sleek creation seems to person travel astatine a cost. Not only is the console itself difficult to repair, but a caller iFixit teardown video shows that nan Switch 2 Pro Controller isn't immoderate easier.

Based connected iFixit's teardown, you person to wholly disassemble nan Switch 2 Pro Controller to entree nan parts you'll apt request to hole first. Accessing nan joysticks and artillery requires removing an adhesive-secured faceplate connected nan apical of nan controller conscionable to entree screws. Then you person to unscrew aggregate layers of integrative and region nan bumpers to really get astatine nan artillery itself. The original Switch Pro Controller was likewise locked-up, but compared to nan Xbox Wireless Controller (which has user-replaceable batteries) it seems for illustration a batch of work.

The Switch 2 Pro Controller uses a akin joystick creation arsenic nan Joy-Con 2, which Nintendo has already confirmed doesn't characteristic a drift-free Hall effect joystick. The institution ne'er straight acknowledged that joystick drift — wherever an analog joystick registers activity moreover erstwhile you're not pressing it — was a problem connected nan original Switch. Based connected iFixit's teardown, it hasn't made nan problem easier to hole connected its caller hardware. Addressing instrumentality drift problems, whether they'll hap connected nan Switch 2, mightiness beryllium 1 logic nan institution presently offers out-of-warranty repairs connected nan Joy-Con 2 for free.

You don't person to acquisition Nintendo's charismatic accessories if you're looking for options that mightiness past longer and beryllium easier to repair. Engadget's best Switch 2 accessories list includes awesome alternatives, and nan Switch 2 itself is designed to work pinch third-party webcams for things for illustration GameChat.