Desperate Nintendo Switch Owners Are Learning to Repair Their Own Busted Systems

Demand for replacement Switch parts has tripled during lockdown

Maddie Stone
OneZero
Published in
6 min readMay 20, 2020

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Photo: iFixit

Jorge Urquidi enjoyed two carefree years with his Nintendo Switch before experiencing the bane of all Switch players: In April, the joystick on his left Joy-Con controller started to drift, causing his Animal Crossing

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