> I'm not sure quality is the issue, all of my old Nintendo consoles still work years later (SNES, GBA SP, Gamecube), they simply seem to eschew cutting-edge (and often less reliable) technology.
There is a very well known issue with Switches analog sticks failing en masse, with people having to replace them after short period of time, less than a year.
And since Nintendo uses Apple approach to pricing, the replacement joycons are insanely expensive.
It's noteworthy precisely because it's relatively unusual for Nintendo.
I mean, I'm one of the ones complaining about stuff like this, but I also have a NES, SNES, GC, and their peripherals working like a charm. Meanwhile my Xbox 360 just randomly stopped working and my original Xbox died a long time ago.
I can't speak for the quality of ps4 or Xbone controllers (seems fine?), but as far as intensely-used technology goes Nintendo does vastly better than most hardware.
(I also still have a working Gameboy, which puts it alongside only a Nokia phone I have as far as durability goes. That piece of tech has SEEN things).
EDIT: I will say the joy-cons definitely aren't the best Nintendo has put out, but the problems there pale in comparison to the D-Pad issues we've had GC-on.
There is a very well known issue with Switches analog sticks failing en masse, with people having to replace them after short period of time, less than a year.
And since Nintendo uses Apple approach to pricing, the replacement joycons are insanely expensive.