Sundray@lemmus.org to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoNintendo of Europe agrees to pay €35m fine for Joy-Con drift defects | GamesIndustry.bizwww.gamesindustry.bizexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoJoystick controller technology HAS NEVER BEEN PERFECTED. Every handheld controller type I’ve ever had ends up having that one controller that drifts. N64, PS4, Oculus Quest, Windows, they all have a controller that drifts.
minus-squareDagnet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoNvr had any drift with my hall effect controllers, I didn’t even know what it was until my friend showed it to me
minus-squarebrsrklf@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoHall effect sticks don’t have that problem, and they’re not new. Dreamcast controllers had one. And nowadays third parties can make them even in the tiny joycon form factor.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoTMR sticks are great, too. No drift after almost a year. And I don’t expect there to be for the lifetime of the product.
minus-squareAngryPancake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI’ve been using my steam deck since launch very regularly and so far no drift.
Joystick controller technology HAS NEVER BEEN PERFECTED. Every handheld controller type I’ve ever had ends up having that one controller that drifts. N64, PS4, Oculus Quest, Windows, they all have a controller that drifts.
Nvr had any drift with my hall effect controllers, I didn’t even know what it was until my friend showed it to me
Hall effect sticks don’t have that problem, and they’re not new. Dreamcast controllers had one.
And nowadays third parties can make them even in the tiny joycon form factor.
TMR sticks are great, too. No drift after almost a year. And I don’t expect there to be for the lifetime of the product.
I’ve been using my steam deck since launch very regularly and so far no drift.