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submitted 1 year ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

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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[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, you mean the problem they refused to acknowledge that was very common for a number of years? I wish I could get a refund or replacement on my 3 OFFICIAL NINTENDO controllers that suffer from drift. But alas, I don't live where they do business "legally"

[-] cassetti@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Well cool, I hope it does. I'm not a hardcore gamer, but the Nintendo Switch interested me for the occasional mario kart session. But all the Joycon drama scared me off from buying one. I'll hold out for a few more years before splurging - I'm in no rush, I rarely game or watch television anyway lol

[-] Epicurus0319@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I hear you can get a replacement digital stick on amazon for the existing switch consoles. If the white ones that came with my oled switch ever get that drifting problem, I’m gonna buy one of those replacement stick components and send it and the drifting joycon to a tech repair shop I know of (that guy might have repaired like 200 of those already, pretty much everyone in my area these days owns a Switch). I don’t wanna risk shorting out a $70 controller doing it by myself

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago

None of my PS4, 5 or Switch controllers have had any drift. I even used the Joycons in Ringfit for ages, and I was sure that spending months being strapped to my leg would bugger it up.

I'm not sure if I'm the luckiest person on Earth, I just don't use them enough, or others are doing something I'm not (smoking or vaping are possibilities here, along with greasy food fingers).

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