Hall effect sensors are everywhere right now. Keyboards, game controllers, and DIY kits use them for more precise inputs. But with any newly popular device, it can be easy to immediately jump onto ...

Switch 2 hopefully won’t have the same problem. The system will reportedly utilize Hall-effect sticks, a technology rarely used in first-party video game console controllers — largely because ...

Hall effect sensors have changed from the error prone devices of the past. Now they are precise, intelligent, and affordable. Hall Effect sensors have been around for ...

It’s almost a bit boring when compared to the GameSir’s $69.99 Tarantula Pro that can change the layout of its face button ...

Nintendo Switch 2 leaker NextHandheld has suggested that the upcoming next-gen handheld will boast Hall Effect joysticks ... field for contactless operation, which ensures the parts don't touch ...

Nintendo watchers have been hoping the Switch 2 would make use of magnetic Hall effect sensors that avoid most of the physical wear and tear that causes the problem. Now, though, a Nintendo ...

A Nintendo of America exec confirmed the Switch 2 $90 Joy-Con 2 controllers won’t use longer-lasting Hall effect sticks, but that the new Joy-Cons will still be “durable.” Nintendo Switch ...

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.

One of the more baffling decisions when it comes to the Switch 2 is Nintendo skipping out on Hall Effect joysticks for the ...

"They're not Hall effect sticks, but they feel really good." Switch 2 producer Kouichi Kawamoto separately said that the Joy-Con 2 joysticks "are quieter and don’t make noise, even when they ...