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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] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately not. Planned obsolescence fuckery is the norm now, not the exception.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least one class-action going ahead so far.

https://montreal.citynews.ca/2023/07/20/nintendo-joy-con-controller-lawsuit/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but that's in Canada. Unlike the US, they don't let companies get away with LITERALLY everything yet. Good on them for staying sane on top of the asylum though..