Nintendo Switch is Nintendo’s latest console with a very innovative and unique design. The console can be used as a handheld and it can be docked to a TV. According to a few users of the Nintendo Switch on Reddit and NeoGAF forums, the console is allegedly bending/warping while in docked mode.
The bending issue is not just reported by one user only. A number of users over at NeoGAF forums are reporting that the Nintendo Switch starts to bend slightly while in docked mode for around 40-50 hours. A few users are also reporting very slight bending in the Joy-Con controllers.
A NeoGAF user also posted pictures of the slightly bent Nintendo Switch console:
Over on Reddit, user “_NSR” says that his Nintendo Switch started bending/warping after playing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for 40-50 hours while in docked mode. Here’s a picture of _NSR’s bent Nintendo Switch, which he shared on Reddit:
The Switch user on Reddit also says that the console gets “very hot” while playing Zelda: Breath of the Wild in docked mode because it has to work hard to output to a large display.
“It does get very hot, considering how small the system is and it is outputting breath of the wild for long periods of time on a big screen, it may be too much for it to handle.”
– Says Reddit user “_NSR”.
We currently don’t know how many users are experiencing this problem. Another user on Reddit says that his Nintendo Switch is working absolutely fine even after a lot of use in docked mode.
“I’ve played 150 hrs of Botw in exclusively docked mode. My room is also quite warm due to a boiler heating system in my house. My switch has had no problems in any way. You definitely have a faulty system. Send it in for repair with nintendo. They’ll send you a new switch and transfer all your data to it.”
– Says another Reddit user.
This problem is not experienced by everyone but only a few users. Nintendo has not said anything about the situation. For more on this, stay tuned to GeeksULTD.
40-50h in total? Or in one sitting? Cause if the later than …. wtf?
Agreed lol.
Seriously though if the device isn’t cooking itself in 2 hours of straight play, I’m sure it never will. And I’m sure most have done a couple docked hours.
I suggest maybe a cooling fault but then you’d think the Switch to be performance choking itself before it melts itself.
My Switch seems fine
Hmm yeah.
This just seems a bit bloated. Stuff like the left Joy Con not connecting, THAT was an actual report because it happened to a lot of people.
The XBOX 360 Red Ring of Death was a report because it happened to a lot of people. This is the first time I heard a report on Switch Bending.
Still sucks ofcourse for the people that do have it. Hopefully they can get a replacement.
40-50 hour in total, probably.
Back in the old days of reliable journalists, this guy is probably just another Youtube let’s play alonger, the one writing this I mean, you would see someone at least trying to duplicate these claims that are so detrimental to the Switch brand. But what you see in 2017 is not a concern about whether it’s true or not, just who can get it out there first. Anyone with a heat gun and a perverted will can duplicate the same photo you see here.
Dude, i get the feeling this site’s more of a hobby kind of deal than a fully fledge employer of journalists.
Anyway,
Why don’t you go buy a switch and a heatgun and make a YouTube video instead of moaning about it? Oh what’s wrong; Too lazy or too poor?
I got my Switch at launch and it does get quite hot after a few hours play. Most of the time, I keep it docked and use the TV screen. But I’ve noticed when you look at the screen under a light, you can see L shape marks on the bottom left and right of the screen, which has been caused by the docking station. I carefully cleaned the screen and fitted a screen protector. The way the console fits into the docking station (and getting it out) could’ve been better. The docking station is a bit on the tacky side (the quality of the plastic). I’d say hands down that Nintendo rushed out the Switch with added cost cutting.
ive played zelda 112 hours , the console gets warm sometimes , but nothing crazy .. theres 2 cases of the bending and i can bet its bc either theyre room is a furnace or the console is inside a cubby hole with zero ventilation, reason why people have ps4’s and xboxes that overheat as well.
200+ hours in the dock with multiple users (mostly me on zelda, 120 hours+) and it has slight warping, nothing absurd as been posted. Only one corner was “extreme,” ie noticable if you looked at it for a more than a second or two, I fixed it to 99% by putting it flat on a table and played for a a while with the joycons and you really can’t tell anymore. At first I panic’d (my all my nintendo systems, sega’s, sony’s, are my baby’s, I do like my og xbox and 360) but it wasn’t that bad as a few people who have reported. I have found people who put it into cabinets that don’t allow proper venting at the top or like laying it on pillows have more issue and the playing it with joycons on a flat surface helped them out.
Sounds like a BTSAK (BeTween Seat And Keyboard) Error…