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New Nintendo patent suggests Switch 2 may solve joycon drift (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A patent filed by Nintendo suggests that they’re working on Hall Effect style joysticks for the Switch 2 that would eliminate stick drift almost entirely.

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’ll believe it when I see it. Nintendo are cheap bastards, and if they fix the drift issue then they’ll likely cause it to fail prematurely somewhere else. Maybe the rubber will be cheaper so that it wears down and has to be replaced anyways? Or the plastic will be thinner so it cracks sooner, etc.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago

Also if they wanted to fix it for their next console, then they could have fixed it for this console. Hall effect isn't some new technology, the dreamcast controller had it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m betting on sticky buttons or triggers.

Nintendo deserves class action here tbh.