Anyone who owns a Nintendo Switch will know about Joy-Con stick drift. It’s when the Joy-Con Control Sticks stop responding correctly, or suffer from "drifting." Complaints about Joy-Con drift were so ...

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TL;DR: Nintendo Switch users have long faced Joy-Con stick drift issues, leading to lawsuits and free repairs. The upcoming Switch 2 Joy-Con will not use Hall Effect sticks, which are less prone to ...

We all certainly hope Nintendo can find more reliable parts for the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons. Two of the longest running Joy-Con drift lawsuits have just ended, with a whimper. As reported by GoNintendo, ...

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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 ...

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The Switch Lite is suffering from exactly the same JoyCon problems that the Switch does -- except this time, they're attached to the unit. This is unacceptable. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

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