That’s fucking stupid
this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2025
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I bought aftermarket joy con hal effect sticks. One drift and the new one are switched out.
Nintendo filed that patent about joysticks that wouldn't get drift, like Hall Effect, but some other tech without magnets (IIRC), I was hoping we may see it in Switch 2. Seems like either it wasn't ready yet, or it was just one of the random patents companies regularly file.
They will wait a few months and then sell the premium joycons at twice the price of regular joycons.
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FWIW, Hall Effect isn't the only way to prevent drift, they could be using some other tech.
But they really gotta clarify what they are doing about it then.
And also the joycon already has strong magnets inside of it that would probably intefere with hall effect sticks. It's not a silver bullet.
That’s like saying earths magnetic field can mess up the sensors.
The Hall effect sensor could be calibrated to ignore the magnets holding the joycons. They’re stationary magnets so they could literally just calculate their effect on the Hall effect sensor
Joycon doesn't have magnets the switch itself does. Although when docked with the switch it probably would interfere. I have to imagine there's a way to program against that if there's a consistent magnetic source.
I worked at a company that relied on magnetometers (digital compass) and used strong magnets as well to attach the product to existing infrastructure. All we needed to do was calibrate the sensors with that magnetic field and we got very accurate results. We even had a method for users to do this in the field if something in their environment changed, our method was a lot more precise (we had a motorized, standard rig to do the rotations), but you can get really good results just by following some simple directions.
I highly doubt it would be an issue here. Worst case scenario, fall back to a relatively user-friendly calibration process. The main goal is to get the device to rotate in all axes, and slowly enough to get a reading for a range of angles. The process wouldn't be that different than those fingerprint sensor things, but with rotation instead of touching a sensor. They do something similar already with the Ring Fit calibration, so I don't think it would be a deal-breaker.
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Ah, so that’s why joycons attach magnetically this time! /s
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They raised prices a ton, and they didn't even switch to the better sensor type that would fix such a persistent issue? Why?
Nope, have a goofy mouse mode that will be used in exactly 4 games.
The goofy mouse mode is honestly the only thing about the Switch 2 that reminds me of the old Nintendo, adding new input methods to new hardware. Even if it has limited support, it will be a very good thing for certain experiences like shooters, strategy games, Pikmin, and Mario Maker.
Nintendo hates their customers and fans. Or at the very least view them with disdain and contempt.
I thought this was universally known and accepted?
Because they're a shit company
They decided to use joycons to nickel and dime their customers.
same company that made a system that could always wirelessly pair with bluetooth headsets/ear buds but didn't enable that function for 4 YEARS then randomly dropped a software update activating that feature. That will always blow my mind.
Didn’t enabling audio mean you couldn’t have 4 players connected while in use, though? But, if you’re using headphones you probably don’t have more than one player anyway.
Enabling that BT connection was a mistake that Nintendo made under pressure tbh. Switch doesn’t support low latency audio of any sort so that feature is useless imo.
I've used it in car rides and its not that bad. its not amazing, but better than no sound.
I’d rather buy $5 headphones at a train station shop than to use BT but I envy people less sensitive to latency because I did that and those headphones sucked XD
The fact that they dodged questions of durability and did nothing to reassure says that they're probably identical and Nintendo just enjoys the revenue it gets from people buying more joycons.
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