The manufacturer dbrand made a public announcement two days ago about the issue regarding on Nintendo Switch Joy-Con and console that is reportedly damage its surface after applying stickers, skins or any similar type of adhesive on it. dbrand clarified in a social media that they have been prototyping skins of Nintendo and it calling its findings a "bad news."

According to IGN, it was clearly obvious that Joy-Cons coating does not play well with any sort of adhesive, and the company also tried adhesives on different Switch units and found that the result still remains constant for the console.

In an announcement made by dbrand, they clarified its testing procedure and said that that they acquired 10 retail units and confirmed that both Joy-Con and console is not compatible with any kind of vinyl or adhesive -backed skin. As a result, dbrand canceled all pre-orders and refunding clients who ordered its stickers.

Polygon reported that dbrand advised its more than 800,00 Twitter followers that the Nintendo Switch owners might refrain from putting stickers on their new consoles. However, one of the dbrand's rivals in skin manufacturers SlickWraps said that they are conducting their own tests with more than 80 different materials on Switch.

dbrand decided to save any judgment on whether the JoyCons could be skinned until they bought a normal unit, on release day from a retail store. In the event that dbrand found similar peeling issues on the retail unit, dbrand will not release skins for the JoyCons.

Moreover, while prototyping with the pre-release console, dbrand found another issue with the vinyl skin compatibility. The Nintendo Switch logo and its regulatory markings that are all screen-printed with a light gray are also peeled off with the adhesive on vinyl wraps.

Meanwhile, it is probably wise to regard dbrand's advice. The company also makes skins for many devices, including the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and their particular controllers.

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