8 Crippling Flaws In Popular Video Game Consoles

2. Joy-Con Literally De-Syncs If Anything Is In The Way - Nintendo Switch

The Switch is just about the most loveable machine Nintendo have built since the SNES, but it wasn't without fault.

Centred on the left Joy-Con, on every launch model of the console if your finger so much as goes anywhere near the top of the controller - which it will, to hit a shoulder button - it will de-sync. Annoyingly, the Switch keeps doing whatever the last entered input was - cue Link walking off cliffs or any myriad of precise platformers being made unplayable.

Even a particularly cloudy glass of fruit juice could cause the Joy-Con to lose sight of the Switch, but Nintendo's response was initially terrible. First they said the amount of broken Joy-Cons was not a "significant" number, then released some "tips" on how to avoid the issue, including not operating it "near an aquarium" (yes, really)

Finally they implemented a free replacement/augmentation service. Though it wasn't anywhere near as widespread or advertised as that of the 360, there was finally a way for consumers to get new Joy-Cons.

Much better.