Switch OLED won’t fix potential Joy-Con issues, Nintendo confirms

If you were wondering whether the Nintendo Switch OLED comes with updated Joy-Con controllers – ones that would specifically eliminate the dreaded hardware issue known as Joy-Con drift – you might be disappointed.

A Nintendo representative told GameSpot that the Joy-Con controllers that come with the new Switch are the same stock controllers we’ve seen since the console first launched in March 2017, and therefore will still be susceptible to developing drift.

“The Joy-Con controller configuration and functionality did not change with the Nintendo Switch system (OLED model),” the Nintendo representative said.

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