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iFixit Says Switch 2 Is Probably Still Drift Prone (www.wired.com)
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[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 18 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Hard disagree. If you have a non hall effect controller long enough it will degrade. Its a frustrating issue even if you know how to repair it. At this point I just don't buy those types of controllers anymore since there are other options often with better prices. I'm not as familiar with the joycon third party market though.

[–] missingno@fedia.io -2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I've had non-Hall Effect controllers for as long as I've been gaming, which is to say since the N64, and JoyCon 1s are the only ones I've ever had problems with. This is brand new tech, we've lived without it before. Sure, it would be nice to have, but I feel like people are just hastily jumping to the assumption that these controllers will be just as brittle as JoyCon 1s were. That is an assumption we do not know.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 11 points 16 hours ago

Hall effect encoders/sticks are not new tech. They've been around for decades.

Remember the Sega Dreamcast? It came out 26 years ago and featured hall effect sticks in the controllers.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 16 hours ago

I still don't have issues with the Joycons after a few years. We don't use it a ton, but we do have kids mashing the joysticks in Smash and it has held up so far. We have two sets of Joycons and a Pro controller, and none have drift issues.