One of the more prominent leakers of Nintendo Switch 2 information was NextHandheld who has recently doubled down on the newly announced platform’s Joy-Con controller having Hall Effect joysticks. NextHandheld says that this is evident in a system teardown. One of the biggest issues with the original Joy-Con controllers was the prominence of stick drift, which Nintendo was forced to admit is an issue with the system. Nintendo has yet to specify whether the Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons feature Hall Effect joysticks, but when we eventually hear, we will let you know. If you are curious about Hall Effect joysticks then there’s a good explanation about them on Windows Central, which you can read below.

  • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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    15 hours ago

    If that’s true, I wonder how well they are able to deal with the interference caused by the magnet that holds the controllers in place. Even with calibration I think it would cause problems with sensitivity.

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      14 hours ago

      Why do you think so? It is a static magnetic field that is only “visible” to the sensor during storage?