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Nintendo has filed a patent for ‘smart fluid’ joysticks, perhaps to eliminate drift | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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Let's hope this isn't just a random patent, and we actually get better sticks next generation.

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[-] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I've seen them, they are an order of magnitude more expensive than the potentiometer based ones. Good for enthusiast hobbyist upgrades, but I doubt Nintendo is going to go for that considering the pricetag of the Hall Effect sticks.

[-] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

That's just because there is only one company making them so... yeah we got expensive joystick replacements. If Nintendo just paid a bit more and went with the HE joysticks in the first place they wouldn't be in this situation. Why do you think they're patenting these joysticks with magnetic fluid in em? They don't want this to happen again so they do what the Japanese do best, over engineer a simple solution.

I'm just gonna sit back and eat some popcorn

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