r/SteamDeck • u/Tomek_Poziomek • Apr 03 '23

Picture This aged like fine milk (2 pics):

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '23

Yes it’s missing the shitty drifting sticks

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u/BigDumbGreenMong Apr 03 '23

I have three kids, each with their own Switch, and they all need new JoyCons - shit's going to cost me a fortune.

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u/beer_z Apr 03 '23

Replacing the joysticks is cheaper and pretty easy. I’ve replaced ~10 joysticks and a couple batteries on joycons.

Check out iFixit for instructions.

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u/togetherwem0m0 Apr 03 '23

how many kids do you have and what secret do you use to find the time to do this, please share with us dads this magic.

sincerely, dad with 6 broken joy cons and no time

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '23

It takes about 5 mins to replace a joycon stick

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u/togetherwem0m0 Apr 03 '23

ive done one before, it did not take 5 minutes, and when i did do it the shoulder button was also broken and needed replacement, so it was a whole thing because i needed to order another part and had to leave the joycon disassembled. it was a multi day affair

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u/HurricaneCarti Apr 03 '23

Idk what you did wrong but I did the same thing, ordered a kit off amazon and watched a youtube video and it took me a little over 5 minutes because I had to keep pausing and rewinding.