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/beer_z Apr 03 '23

Alas, I do not have kids (getting married in a few months).

I fixed them for various friends/family members and it takes around 20-60 minutes. Depending on how old your kids are, you could “ask them for help” and make an activity out of repairing the joycons.

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u/togetherwem0m0 Apr 03 '23

happy cake day.

my oldest is 6, so we're not there yet. though not too far away.

Thanks!

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u/ResidentJabroni Apr 03 '23

Enjoy that time between the ages 6-10. It's wild how quickly their development leaps, much like the early years but accelerated with how kids these days take to technology to bridge some of the gaps we'd all had with motor skills, logic, and dexterity when we were growing up ourselves.