Though it never approached the level of the Xbox 360's red ring of death, Joy-Con analog stick drift became a serious issue with the original Nintendo Switch, and doubly so with the Switch Lite, which has controllers baked right in.
Gradual wear would regularly lead the sensors on the analog sticks to misread inputs or, infamously, register movement all on their own. It's a nasty hardware fault that many players are hoping the Nintendo Switch 2 will avoid, and we can officially add Doom Guy and Romero Games game director John Romero to that list of players.
