If you are in need of an additional single Joy-Con for whatever reason, Nintendo of America has announced that the pricing has been reduced and they will be available individually for $39.99 starting on Monday, 9th November 2020. The left Joy-Con comes in Neon Blue while the right Joy-Con comes in Neon Red. There doesn’t appear to be any other colours available if you are looking to purchase a single Joy-Con for your Switch system.
$40 is already the reduced price? Damn, I thought that was their original price already. Just how expenisve are those things?
They where $50 individual and $80 as a pair. Nobody bought them individually, so they where basically always $40 each. This really isn’t a price decrease.
The offering of individual controllers is meant for people who had broken one of their joycons.
Yup Nintendo’s fix to the design flaw they created on their controllers. Tons of people will purchase due to joycon drift they refuse to acknowledge.
I think they’ll be releasing a new version of the joy-con with the Pro model. And then discontinue these old ones. They are gonna want to squash the drift issue and pretend it never happened.
Yup to everything above.
Seems pricey as fk to me. But hell a pair seems even more ludicrous.
Wii remotes were $40 each when the Wii first hit the scene, and Nunchuks were $20.
Just curious- do/did you think that was also pricey?
I did. But at least my Wiimotes all still work. I only bought extras for second players, not to replace my original set.
Alright, fair point.
My Joy-Cons have been drifting for quite some time and I never really cared enough to replace them due to the ridiculous prices.
This is cool and all, but who’s to say it won’t drift again? What happens next? I give you another $40? Come on.
Send it in. They repair it for free.
That doesn’t mean it won’t happen again. And it’s still an annoying inconvenience.
Yes but the more people force them to repair it for free, the more they’re dedicated to fix the issue. Remember they claimed in court that it’s not a big deal for the players.
So when the NX was in R&D, why didnt Nintendo correct this then in 2013? That was stupid. They just accepted the drift and sold ot by 2017.
We have an important announcement everyone, we’ve reduced the price of joycons from $40 each to $40 each and haven’t fixed drift yet. You’re welcome
If Apple can get away with their basic accessories prices @ $100+, I think this joy comes price is justifiable.
Yes I’d prefer it to be around $30 per joy con and $50 bundled but it seems that the HD Rumble tech has a high production cost.
I haven’t heard much of Apple’s products crapping out in under a year compared to people complaining about Joy Con drift. Not saying problems with Apple accessories don’t exist, but coverage has been quiet.
You must have never used an iPhone before. Even popular culture started making fun it https://youtu.be/NFuPixjzm8Q
Finally I can buy an orange or blue Joy Con separately, anddddd it’s goneee!