They still use potentiometer sticks, which degrade over time due to physical contact between all the bits vs hall effect and TMR which uses fancier magnets that require less physical content.
The big 3 console brands all don’t use HE or TMR, since potentiometer sticks are cheaper and they see the constant replacement of controllers (or their parts) by consumers as beneficial to their profits, making the shareholders and big business officials happy.
But then you have third-party brands like GuliKit, GameSir, and 8BitDo, who use HE or TMR to help differentiate from the big first-party players and to stand out from the crowd.
The amount of money I had to spend buying/repairing joycons put me off playing the Switch at all. Wasn’t worth it.
And they’ve doubled down on their mistake with the Switch 2. Should eventually see another bigger fine, hopefully. €35 million is cheap for Nintendo.
How so? Is JoyCon drift still a thing on the Switch 2?
Read on launch that somebody asked Nintendo and they confirmed the sticks use the same flawed tech as the the original Switch.
If they didn’t go with hall effect sensors, the answer is yes
They still use potentiometer sticks, which degrade over time due to physical contact between all the bits vs hall effect and TMR which uses fancier magnets that require less physical content.
The big 3 console brands all don’t use HE or TMR, since potentiometer sticks are cheaper and they see the constant replacement of controllers (or their parts) by consumers as beneficial to their profits, making the shareholders and big business officials happy.
But then you have third-party brands like GuliKit, GameSir, and 8BitDo, who use HE or TMR to help differentiate from the big first-party players and to stand out from the crowd.
I had 2 pairs that they repaired for free. One of them twice. At that point it would have probably been cheaper to redesign them, but idk.
Not sure why you paid a lot to get them repaired, it was very easy to get the free repairs (at least in Europe).