Joy-Con 2 won't have Hall effect thumbsticks, Nintendo dodges drift questions

Editor's take: Let's be brutally honest here. The first-generation Switch controllers were horrible. The Joy-Cons were not comfortable to use and suffered from severe joystick drift. At least the Pro controller was more comfortable to use, but it had drift issues, too. So it's weird that Nintendo is refusing to explain or directly address what it has done about the problem in its second-generation controllers. Nintendo has nixed hopes that Switch 2 Joy-Cons (Joy-Con 2) feature Hall-effect sensors. Rumors emerging around Christmas last year suggested that Joy-Con 2 would implement the Hall effect to deal with the joystick-drift problems plaguing the original units. However, according to a Nintendo Life interview with Senior Vice President of Product Development and Publishing Nate Bihldorff, Nintendo built the Joy-Con 2 "from the ground up," but inexplicably did not implement the Hall effect. Considering all the headaches resulting from joystick drift and how easily Nintendo could cor ... Read full article.