WWE superstar John Cena hosts Nintendo Switch in Unexpected Places for the Nintendo Switch system on Feb. 23, 2017 at Blue Cloud Movie Ranch in Santa Clarita, California. (Photo : Getty Images/John Sciulli)
Gamers around the world were excited when the Nintendo Switch was finally released on March 3, Friday. However, it appears that many of the owners of the gaming console created by Nintendo experience Joy-Con connectivity issue.
Considered by Nintendo as a hybrid console, the Nintendo Switch supports both physical flash ROM cartridges and digital content for games and software and is designed primarily as a home console. To connect to a television, its main console unit inserted onto a docking station.
The gaming console features both console and portable play options. It appears that the issue comes from the left Joy-Con controller of the console and owners are left clueless about how to fix the sync problems even after the first system update.
Owners of the console complain about the sync problems that take place when the controller's signal is interrupted and while they are playing in TV mode. Because of this, the left Joy-Con controller either becomes unresponsive or drops connection.
It turns out that the signal strength is not as strong as that of a regular game controller. The two Joy-Cons are the same although the right controller has only two spec differences, which are in its extra infra-red pointer and NFC chip, according to Digital Foundry.
There were reports that the sync issues could be resolved by installing the patch with the Joy-Cons attached updates the firmware on the controllers. However, this still does not solve the problem, according to Euro Gamer.
When gamers update their console with controllers attached and re-run the battery of tests, there will still be no change in the range and consistency of the connection of the right and left Joy-Cons as the range of the left controller will still be weaker than that of the right.
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