I have tested four pairs of Joycons with two Switches, and in all cases the right Joycons have considerably weaker wireless than the left.
Is anyone else seeing this?
Specifically, the test I did was to use the built-in controller button test in Settings, with the Switch volume turned up, then walked slowly backwards holding one controller at a time, repeatedly pressing a button, listening for the click from the Switch speaker, until it started not registering some button presses. I tried to do this semi-blind, picking up a controller to test from a pile without looking at it until I found its limit, to try not to bias myself. I made sure all Joycons and Switches were fully charged.
Consistently, the left Joycons would get over 10 metres before starting to drop registering button presses, while the right Joycons started dropping out at about 6.5 metres. That makes the left Joycons about 50% stronger wireless than the rights!
6.5 metres sounds like it wouldn't be a problem, but that's in clear air. In practice, when sat within 3 metres of the Switch, I've found that a leg in-between the right Joycon and the Switch will cause it to drop button presses, but not with the left Joycon. This can and does happen in practice, when using split Joycons in a relaxed manner!
This doesn't happen with all other wireless controllers I've tried for other consoles. E.g. with the Classic Controller that plugs into the bottom of a Wiimote, when used on a Wii or Wii U, I often have the Wiimote itself (which contains the wireless hardware) jammed down the side of the chair or even behind my body and it's worked fully.
Obviously I know about the reported problems with weak wireless on the left Joycons on launch. Is it possible that they've now improved the left so much that it's now considerably stronger than the right?
All four pairs of Joycons were bought at different times within the last couple of months, so aren't from the same batch.
Anyone else seeing the same, if doing the test I describe above?
Is anyone else seeing this?
Specifically, the test I did was to use the built-in controller button test in Settings, with the Switch volume turned up, then walked slowly backwards holding one controller at a time, repeatedly pressing a button, listening for the click from the Switch speaker, until it started not registering some button presses. I tried to do this semi-blind, picking up a controller to test from a pile without looking at it until I found its limit, to try not to bias myself. I made sure all Joycons and Switches were fully charged.
Consistently, the left Joycons would get over 10 metres before starting to drop registering button presses, while the right Joycons started dropping out at about 6.5 metres. That makes the left Joycons about 50% stronger wireless than the rights!
6.5 metres sounds like it wouldn't be a problem, but that's in clear air. In practice, when sat within 3 metres of the Switch, I've found that a leg in-between the right Joycon and the Switch will cause it to drop button presses, but not with the left Joycon. This can and does happen in practice, when using split Joycons in a relaxed manner!
This doesn't happen with all other wireless controllers I've tried for other consoles. E.g. with the Classic Controller that plugs into the bottom of a Wiimote, when used on a Wii or Wii U, I often have the Wiimote itself (which contains the wireless hardware) jammed down the side of the chair or even behind my body and it's worked fully.
Obviously I know about the reported problems with weak wireless on the left Joycons on launch. Is it possible that they've now improved the left so much that it's now considerably stronger than the right?
All four pairs of Joycons were bought at different times within the last couple of months, so aren't from the same batch.
Anyone else seeing the same, if doing the test I describe above?