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Nintendo confirms: Switch 2 Joy-Cons won’t feature Hall Effect sticks | VGC
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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