I'm seeing and reading so much about this, but I'd be interested to hear ya'lls opinions.
Personally, I was suspect. A friend I used to play rocket league dropped off the map because of the drift. We were playing some NES online at a bar (yeah, we're those guys), when suddenly, my (left) Super Mario Odyssey Red joycon began to drift left pretty significantly. Bummer... But, as a collector I'm quite used to pulling consoles and cartridges apart and resoldering, etc...
Went home afterwards and tested all of my 11 joycon, and found three more with significant drift. I'm a collector, dust my displays monthly, have no children or pets, and otherwise keep my collection in fairly good shape. Opened up my joycon, pulled apart the joycon and can all but confirm that contact cleaner on the ribbon cable INSIDE the joystick housing to remove the excess graphite (from poorly designed contacts), reassembly and all of my drifting joycons are now fully responsive. Had I any on hand, a bit of lithium grease on the contacts themselves would likely permanently fix the issue. But I will likely have to perform the procedure again eventually as more graphite is scraped off, and once the graphite is worn through the whole ribbon will need to be replaced (though I've heard of folks using pencil graphite to replace these types of conductors once they're worn through).
This was a process and one the average consumer SHOULD NOT have to deal with, considering I have piles of 15+ year old joysticks still working.
My point is not to say Nintendo=bad, folks need to treat their stuff better, or are we all fanboys and should give Nintendo a break (cuz really who cares about our opinions, amiright...), but I guess as collectors, what other stuff have you had to deal with or fix in the past. The N64 is one I've had to replace or repair multiple joysticks in, and none of the rumble motors work in my OG Xbox controllers. At one point I had a tub of PS2's I was scrapping for parts.
Thoughts? (be nice!)