> I won't be defending Nintendo because their issue with joy-stick drifting, their unwillingness to fix their design flaw, and their constant efforts to stop video game preservation really pisses me off.
I think this criticism is a little misguided.
1. Joy-con drifting doesn't happen much with newer Joy-cons. Nintendo also repairs all Joy-cons for free now - even ones that aren't drifting. Break a button? Damage the rubber top of the Joy-con? They fix those free too, and even pay all shipping costs. We might as well bring up the Xbox Red Ring incident, or the PS5 having melting USB ports.
2. "Their unwillingness to fix their design flaw" - as already stated, it already has been mostly fixed through subtle changes. Sure, there's no big announcement of a specific revision that has no issues, but that would be begging for a class-action lawsuit (the reason why companies can never admit guilt publicly - or they've already lost). Also, if they were to announce that "revision X has no issues," and then it developed issues eventually like all non-Hall sticks do, another lawsuit.
3. "constant efforts to stop video game preservation" - You've surely never seen Sony or Microsoft's efforts then. They are more subtle and skilled, but don't think for a second they don't have the same goals. I actually think Microsoft is the most insidious character; for making consoles that cannot be set up without internet, combined with "backwards compatibility" for "preservation" that also does not work without internet.
> I actually think Microsoft is the most insidious character;
Towards game preservation? Microsoft is basically a patron saint. For starters, the concept of an "Xbox exclusive" barely exists. Most console titles Microsoft publishes release day-and-date on PC, where DirectX is entirely reverse-engineered and doesn't rely on Windows. The Xbox itself is the only console among the companies you mentioned where you can install an emulator without hacking the OS or red-teaming the OEM.
> combined with "backwards compatibility" for "preservation" that also does not work without internet.
That's because the Xbox does not contain redundant backwards-compatible hardware. It provides high-level emulation for older titles, which doesn't work unless you can download the mods. It's a bit like complaining that FPS Boost doesn't work without internet to download the update from.
I think this criticism is a little misguided.
1. Joy-con drifting doesn't happen much with newer Joy-cons. Nintendo also repairs all Joy-cons for free now - even ones that aren't drifting. Break a button? Damage the rubber top of the Joy-con? They fix those free too, and even pay all shipping costs. We might as well bring up the Xbox Red Ring incident, or the PS5 having melting USB ports.
2. "Their unwillingness to fix their design flaw" - as already stated, it already has been mostly fixed through subtle changes. Sure, there's no big announcement of a specific revision that has no issues, but that would be begging for a class-action lawsuit (the reason why companies can never admit guilt publicly - or they've already lost). Also, if they were to announce that "revision X has no issues," and then it developed issues eventually like all non-Hall sticks do, another lawsuit.
3. "constant efforts to stop video game preservation" - You've surely never seen Sony or Microsoft's efforts then. They are more subtle and skilled, but don't think for a second they don't have the same goals. I actually think Microsoft is the most insidious character; for making consoles that cannot be set up without internet, combined with "backwards compatibility" for "preservation" that also does not work without internet.