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The Seven Voyages Of Steve

I only really use my Switch for exclusives but damn the Switch 2 looks real nice just as a physical thing. Less fiddly joycons with hall effect sticks, nicer screen (I had the OG not the OLED) and hopefully a new Mario - lets face it I'll be getting one nintendo.com/successor/en-gb/i

Nintendo.comNintendo Switch 2 | NintendoWatch the First-look trailer for Nintendo Switch 2, the successor to Nintendo Switch releasing in 2025.
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Kojack 🦎

@sinbad Are they definitely hall effect? I don't see it mentioned in the trailer or website.

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The Seven Voyages Of Steve

@kojack I can't imagine they won't be. They've had to pay so much for the free joycon refurb program they'd be mad not to. It was kind of implied in the video with the stick flourishes but yeah I don't have concrete confirmation

Kojack 🦎

@sinbad Even the PS5's DualSense 5 controller is still old school potentiometer sticks. MS, Sony, Nintendo and Meta all have potential problems with stick drift (although Nintendo is more infamous for it).

I'm just pessimistic about any of the big companies moving to hall effect or tunneling magnetoresistance. But it would be nice if they do.

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The Seven Voyages Of Steve

@kojack No-one else has been replacing sticks for free because of drift though. It would be far cheaper for them to eliminate the problem

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Gert

@sinbad @kojack I'm sure they *can* make/use good potentiometers, I've still got all my old game cube controllers and not one has drift over a decade of use. Couldn't say the same for any of my switch controllers. *Yelling at clouds* back in my day!!!

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