Joy-Con Drift™

[Chair]

Just had to go and jinx it, left one is acting up again. Was playing Super Mario 64 on 3D All Stars and started randomly drifting upwards when aiming the canon during Wing Mario Over the Rainbow. Very frustrated.

the curse is unenviable

fffffuuuuuckkk it's so frustrating to play sm64 and sms when you have drift. in fact, i can't complete the yoshi mission in ricco harbor because of it; you have to stay put on several small colored platforms, then jump onto another one with precision. aiming cannons and fludd is also a nightmare, as is stopping yourself in front of NPCs to talk to them.

smg isn't as hard though. i guess that makes one game playable in this collection. thank you nintendo ur so generous <3 XOXOXO

If u can, try to buy a pro controller, its the best way

 

[THE END]

I hate that thing. It just got worde in my Switch.

 

[Koopa con Carne]

 

[Koopa con Carne]

several years and 2 stick replacements later, and these overpriced pieces of shit STILL drift. i struggle to turn right in mario kart.

 

[Cayde]

My Pro Controller has started to drift left after five years of me owning it

 

[MegaBowser64]

The fact of the matter is that controller tech has moved way past what Joy-Cons and Pro Controllers use, and drift doesn't have to be an issue anymore. I just hope the Switch 2 will have some sort of upgraded Joy-Con that actually uses up to date technology. The Wii remote got old after 10 years of being basically Nintendo's only controller and at this point the Joy-Con is getting old as well. I don't think anyone wants a 7 year old controller to ship with the Switch 2.

 

[Thomas the Tank Engine]

The fact of the matter is that controller tech has moved way past what Joy-Cons and Pro Controllers use, and drift doesn't have to be an issue anymore.

lol

While Joy-Con drift is like the big thing people love to bring up when it comes to stick drift, this shit also effects Xbox controllers and the DualSense as well.

The fact of the matter is that the QC on the OEMs that make the potentiometers that Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo use in their controllers is fuckin awful nowadays and that's just the way it is now.

Unless Nintendo decides to use hall-effect sticks in the Switch 2, drift will still be an issue even if they use completely different controllers.

 

[LeftyGreenMario]

Probably more the reason for me to just stick to pc and not get switch 2 :D

 

[MegaBowser64]

lol

While Joy-Con drift is like the big thing people love to bring up when it comes to stick drift, this shit also effects Xbox controllers and the DualSense as well.

The fact of the matter is that the QC on the OEMs that make the potentiometers that Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo use in their controllers is fuckin awful nowadays and that's just the way it is now.

Unless Nintendo decides to use hall-effect sticks in the Switch 2, drift will still be an issue even if they use completely different controllers.

Yeah, Hall effect was exactly what I was thinking of (and couldn't remember the name of lol). That would be awesome to see integrated into the Switch 2, but then again I guess Nintendo isn't usually at the forefront of tech and plus Hall effect sticks would probably too expensive to easily put on a Switch 2 controller lol

 

[Thomas the Tank Engine]

Yeah, Hall effect was exactly what I was thinking of (and couldn't remember the name of lol). That would be awesome to see integrated into the Switch 2, but then again I guess Nintendo isn't usually at the forefront of tech and plus Hall effect sticks would probably too expensive to easily put on a Switch 2 controller lol

Really I think the actual answer as to why they won't switch to hall effect sticks has to do with patents.

Not anything to do with a patent regarding hall effect sticks, but a patent regarding a controller technology that Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft all use on their controllers: being able to click the analog sticks in as a button

The modules used in the analog sticks for all three console manufacturers are made by the company Alps Alpine

Alps has the patent on clickable analog sticks and they only make potentiometer sticks. You want clickable analog sticks? You have to use their modules.

(Yes, I am aware that there are things like those retro emulation handhelds or third-party controllers from companies like 8BitDo and even replacement sticks for the Joy-Cons that are hall effect and can click but those are all way too small operations to go after + the companies who make these things are based in China or Hong Kong where they're protected by the lax regulatory environments in their home countries. If a manufacturer was producing controllers with these types of sticks on the level of Nintendo, Microsoft, or Sony do with their official controllers? You bet your damn ass that they'd go after them in that case)

Money can also be part of it, I will admit though,. Even if it only costs like 10 cents extra to have hall effect sticks in the Joy-Cons over potentiometers, that still adds up and will cost Nintendo millions of dollars over time. Millions of dollars to fix a problem that, despite how loud people are about it online, most customers genuinely do not give a damn enough about it to affect their bottom line. Most people with drifting Joy-Cons probably just...go out and buy new ones when it started happening.