Hall effect sensors are everywhere right now. Keyboards, game controllers, and DIY kits use them for more precise inputs. But with any newly popular device, it can be easy to immediately jump onto ...

Switch 2 hopefully won’t have the same problem. The system will reportedly utilize Hall-effect sticks, a technology rarely used in first-party video game console controllers — largely because ...

Nintendo of America says the Joy-Cons have been redesigned, but not with anti-drift Hall effect sensors. Nintendo of America says the Joy-Cons have been redesigned, but not with anti-drift Hall ...

Nintendo has confirmed that Switch 2's Joy-Cons will not use Hall Effect thumbsticks despite all the stick drift issues Switch owners have put up with since the console launched in 2017.

"They're not Hall effect sticks, but they feel really good." Switch 2 producer Kouichi Kawamoto separately said that the Joy-Con 2 joysticks "are quieter and don’t make noise, even when they ...

A Nintendo of America exec confirmed the Switch 2 $90 Joy-Con 2 controllers won’t use longer-lasting Hall effect sticks, but that the new Joy-Cons will still be “durable.” Nintendo Switch ...

Nintendo watchers have been hoping the Switch 2 would make use of magnetic Hall effect sensors that avoid most of the physical wear and tear that causes the problem. Now, though, a Nintendo ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con controllers will not have Hall Effect sticks (Image via Nintendo) While fans have been anticipating the Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con to feature Hall Effect analog sticks ...