The Joy-Cons of the Nintendo Switch 2 have some new functions, but unfortunately no Hall effect sticks.
Stick Drift was and is a huge problem, especially at the Nintendo Switch – so huge that Nintendo even offered free repairs beyond the guarantee and has been sued several times. At the Nintendo Switch 2 there were rumors that this problem could be eliminated with Hall effect stick. But that is not the case now, there are no reverb effect analogsticks.
Nintendo Switch 2: No, unfortunately the new Joy-Cons have not installed Hall effect analogsticks
That’s what it’s about: Conventional analogsticks, such as those installed in PS5, Xbox and Nintendo Switch controllers, can develop so-called stick drift. As a result, the sticks register inputs that were not made at all. This makes it almost impossible, but at least extremely uncomfortable to play with it.
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The good news is that with the so-called Hall effect sticks there is a remedy for stick drift. These sticks work differently and are installed in some modern professional controllers.
The bad news is that Nintendo does not focus on this solution on Switch 2. Although there were corresponding rumors and leaks in advance, they have not officially fulfilled.
No, there are no Hall effect sticks in the Switch 2 Joy-Con. This confirms Nate Bihldorff from Nintendo of America Nintendo Life:
“The Joy-Con 2-controllers have been redesigned from the ground up. They are not reverb effect sticks, but they feel really good.”
Nintendo has been working on developing the best possible controller for some time. The focus was also on the Switch 2-Pro controller and the Joy-Cons as quiet as possible close.
What about the Pro controller? It sounds like the big controller of the Switch 2 without Hall Effect sticks will start. However, this is not exactly specified and the Nintendo spokesman prefers to change the topic quickly.
Also in Paris at Switch 2-Experience The responsible heads behind the Kouichi Kawamoto (Producer), Tetsuya Sasaki (Technical Director) and Takuhiro Dohta (Director) were extremely evident from the official Q&A.
The answer to the question of Stick Drift was very vague, so it was already foreseeable that the Joy-Cons did not get Hall effect sticks.
The whole thing is of course a shame. It is only to be hoped that the Switch 2 will not get as large stick drift problem as the first hybrid console from Nintendo.
How do you think about the missing Hall effect sticks? Would you even pay more for appropriately equipped controllers?
