New Nintendo patent suggests Switch 2 may solve joycon drift - Dexerto
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A patent from Nintendo suggests that they're working on a magnetic joystick system, aka hall effect joysticks, which would solve stick drift.

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.

  • whileloop@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    Two things I notice

    would eliminate stick drift almost entirely

    I thought Hall effect sensors didn’t drift at all?

    Second, I’m wondering what exactly Nintendo is patenting here, since Hall effect sensors are nothing new.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I’m pretty sure they would not be able to patent Hall effect sensors. About a zillion other vendors would be able to claim prior art, especially considering they’ve been a commercial product for precisely this application for literal decades. The Gravis Stinger leaps to mind, which is so damn old it connects to a 9 pin serial port.

      Nintendo is either dumb (unlikely) or doing something different (more likely).

    • Paradox@lemdro.idEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      They don’t get sensor drift, but if the mechanical centering of the stick is sub par, you can get mechanical drift. The N64 is a good example. Flawless sensors, shitty mechanical construction