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New Nintendo patent suggests Switch 2 may solve joycon drift (www.dexerto.com)
submitted 1 year ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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A patent filed by Nintendo suggests that they’re working on Hall Effect style joysticks for the Switch 2 that would eliminate stick drift almost entirely.

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[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Nintendo is absolutely one of those companies that has been breathing its own farts for too long.

A part of me is worried that they will patent this, and then just sit on the tech forever, and kill hall-effect joysticks for good.

[–] kiranraine@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago

I mean I doubt it. Hall effects have been on the market for ages(notably the dreamcast as a few other comments reminded me). They can't possibly stop hall effects and mods that allow them at this point XD

[–] vonbaronhans@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

You can patent a specific implementation of a technology, but not usually the principles behind that tech. Nintendo had patented this, too, but that likely has little to no effect on other hall effect joystick manufacturers.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The title of this post and article literally say they patented it.