Controllers have been designed from the ground up

One of the biggest issues that’s plagued the Nintendo Switch since its launch in 2017 is stick drift. In fact, Nintendo faced several lawsuits as a result of the issue, with an ex-repair supervisor previously stating that the workload to fix drifting Joy-Con was “very stressful”.

Now, while we can acknowledge that Nintendo has undoubtedly been working hard behind the scenes to mitigate the issue for the upcoming Switch 2, we’re nevertheless disheartened to confirm that the Joy-Con 2’s joysticks will not be Hall Effect.

This comes via our interview with Nintendo of America’s Nate Bihldorff, who outright confirmed the exclusion. Notably, he didn’t specify whether or not the Pro Controller would include Hall Effect sticks, but the way in which he quickly deflects onto another topic probably implies that it won’t:

  • Beryl
    29·
    6 days ago

    How else would they sell you new joycons every 2 years for 80 bucks a piece ?

    • .Donuts@lemmy.world
      13·
      6 days ago

      Hey, your language is set to German (Deutsch) so I didn’t see your comment until I selected German in my languages too. Unsure if you intended this as your comment is English

      • Beryl
        5·
        6 days ago

        Thanks for the heads up ! I had no idea (and can’t find where the settings for this are ^ ^ ^’ )

        • .Donuts@lemmy.world
          3·
          6 days ago

          It should be in your profile settings! Idk if you’re using an app but if you visit the web app you should be able to find it in your settings.

    • TaviRider@reddthat.com
      43·
      6 days ago

      Nintendo has free replacement for bad Joycons for life. It’s not some planned obsolescence conspiracy.

      • Beryl
        8·
        6 days ago

        I’m sure a lot of customers don’t go through the hassle of having Nintendo replace their controller or simply don’t know about the policy and just buy a new one.

        They did replacement for the original Switch, not sure if it will still be the case for the new one. Besides, there is no way they don’t know about hall effect sticks, yet they went with the older tech. Which means they made a business decision based on what would make them the more money, and not what would be the most resilient parts.

      • Kaiserschmarrn@feddit.org
        5·
        6 days ago

        This doesn’t hold true for every country though. I’m pretty sure that here in Austria they won’t replace/repair my Joycons for free.

      • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        4·
        6 days ago

        And the process of dealing with it sucks ass. You’re probably more likely to buy at least one second set of joycons while you wait forever for them to replace your originals.