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New Nintendo patent suggests Switch 2 may solve joycon drift (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 1 year ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

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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.

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[-] Paradox@lemdro.id 120 points 1 year ago

Joycon drift, and all other thumbstick drift, is already a solved problem.

Use bushings that actually have some abrasive resistance and aren't softer than a fingernail.
Use a non-contact based sensor to determine the XY position of the stick. Hall effect, optical, strain gauge, whatever, we've had the tech for 50 years.

The reason why they haven't done this is one very simple reason: $$$

[-] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 9 points 1 year ago

Isn't the N64 controllers using optical sensor and those are one of the worst controller ever existed?

[-] CanofBeanz@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago

N64 does use optical sensors, the n64 stick is actually super precise and doesn't suffer from drift. The n64 is a goofy controller but it is simply a great and accurate input device, and a lot of the games were really designed with that stick and notches in mind.

But it is made of all plastic and features plastic on plastic moving parts, without lubrication, so it suffers from wear of the plastic. Worn n64 sticks will actually be filled with plastic dust from the stick and gears literally sanding themselves down. The only problem with the controller is the premature wear of the stick.

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

It's crazy to me that no company ever made a decent 3rd party N64 controller. The 3rd party ones were all as ridiculous as the defaults. Great console that I loved, but would have gotten a lot more out of with better controllers.