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Nintendo confirms: Switch 2 Joy-Cons won’t feature Hall Effect sticks | VGC
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Does this mean they get stick drift or no
Yes, it means they get stick drift as the mechanical parts were out. Hall effect sticks use electromagnetism so the parts don't actually touch so they don't wear out. And they're only marginally more expensive.
Nintendo is really cheaping out on this. But even this has nothing on the fact that they're selling physical copies of games that do not contain the game data and only have an unlock code on a manufactured card. It is immensely wasteful.
Even the Xbox elite controllers still use potentiometers. Everyone cheaps out on these things so they can sell more controllers.
xbox elite controllers are old, hall effect sticks werent a thing when they were sold.
hall effect sticks have been a thing for a long time, the dreamcast controller had them
I'm talking about Xbox Elite Series 2 controllers. Those are somewhat new and cost three figures. No reason why they shouldn't have hall effects.
They have existed since the Sega Saturn. They don't use them because there's a small trade off between top-dead-center accuracy and not wearing out on hall effect sticks as well as a minor cost difference (and I think power use). Although tunneling magnetoresistance is supposed to use less power and be more accurate overall while having the other hall effect benefits. The only draw back is that hall effect sticks are at the mercy of the springs in the stick since you need those to return the stick back to center, but that's about it.
I think it's a wait and see, but if I had to bet - yes, they'll get drift