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Nintendo Switch 2 Doesn't Have Hall Effect Sticks, But Nintendo Still Thinks Joy-Cons "Feel Really Good"

While the Nintendo Switch 2 will be a significant jump over the original console in many respects, Nintendo has confirmed that the system's controllers won't be receiving a specific type of upgrade. A ...
ExtremeTech

Switch 2 Won't Use Hall Effect Sticks to Fix Joy-Con Drift

There are many reasons to be excited about the Nintendo Switch 2, but one thing in particular has original Switch users ready to move on: Joy-Con drift. Plagued by a ...
Engadget

Nintendo says the Switch 2 Joy-Cons don't have Hall effect thumbsticks for reducing stick drift

While the Nintendo Switch 2 had its splashy debut last week, including details about the hardware and launch games, there's still lots about the console that Nintendo has yet to clear up. For instance ...
Kotaku

Switch 2 Joy-Con Don’t Have Drift-Resistant Hall Effect Sticks And Fans Are Worried

Nintendo has confirmed that Switch 2’s Joy-Cons will not use Hall Effect thumbsticks despite all the stick drift issues Switch owners have put up with since the console launched in 2017. For years now ...
Gizmodo

The Switch 2 Won’t Have Drift-Free Hall Effect Joysticks, But There’s Hope

Nintendo fans’ waking days are still haunted by the stick drift issues with the original Switch’s Joy-Cons. Those hoping for drift-less Switch 2 sticks may want to keep hold of their third-party ...
Polygon

Leak suggests Switch 2 has Hall-effect sticks, is more powerful docked

The rate of leaks about Nintendo’s next console is intensifying — although the same can’t necessarily be said of genuinely new information emerging from those leaks. However, a particularly ...
Ars Technica

Switch 2 joysticks won’t use Hall effect sensors to avoid stick drift

I’m admittedly not huge Switch fan, but my kids are - we have 1 original and 2 lites in our household. But as more details arise, the Switch 2 is less and less compelling. Let’s call it $500 (trariff ...
Polygon

What are Hall-effect joysticks and why are they important for Switch 2?

On Feb. 19, Polygon is launching Switchboard, a newsletter that will deliver all the latest Nintendo Switch 2 news, reporting, and rumors directly to your inbox. Sign up here to get it weekly, and ...
The Verge

Nintendo confirmed the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons don’t use Hall effect joysticks

Nintendo of America says the Joy-Cons have been redesigned, but not with anti-drift Hall effect sensors. Nintendo of America says the Joy-Cons have been redesigned, but not with anti-drift Hall ...
Two Average Gamers on MSN

Hall effect controllers explained: Is upgrading actually worth it? (2026)

Tired of stick drift ruining your controllers? Here's what hall effect actually means and whether it's worth upgrading for ...
Ars Technica

Switch 2 joysticks won’t use Hall effect sensors to avoid stick drift

I have not forgotten the numerous RRoD Xbox units I have paid for (and warranted via BestBuy) that I would not buy another Xbox. Even their controllers, whether inherent drift or not, are designed TO ...