Nintendo Says the Switch 2 Joy-Cons Don’t Use Hall Effect Joysticks – ryan
When asked about the technology inside the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons that “feels so different to the original Switch’s analog stick” during a recent interview, Nate Bihldorff, the Senior Vice President of Product Development & Publishing at Nintendo of America, told Nintendo Life That “The Joy-Kon 2’s Controllers have been designed from the ground up. They’re not hall effect sticks, but they feel really good.”
Following Nintendo’s Switch 2 Presentation Last Week, The Company shared an Ask the Developer Discussion With the console’s designers that touched on technical aspects of its upgraded controllers. According to Switch 2 Producer Kouichi Kawamotothe company “Reasonsigned Everything from Scratch for Joy-Con 2 … Compared to the Joy-Controllers for Switch, The Control Sticks are larger and more durable, with smoother movement. We’ve also made yours.”
However, while nintendo has confirmed that the Switch 2’s joy-cons aren’t relying on anti-drift hall effect sensors, it has yet to confirm exactly what technology is in use.
We’ll either find out from nintendo itself, or have to wait until the switch 2 finally ships and gets dissected to reveal what’s inside those controllers.