Has Nintendo FINALLY Designed New Drift Free Joy-Cons??

No one can deny the absolute success that Nintendo has had with the Nintendo Switch family of consoles. Whether we're talking about the original, Switch Lite, or the Switch OLED, Nintendo has made an absolute juggernaut of a console. One thing that has affected all versions of their hardware, however, has been Joy-Con drift. Rumors have been picking up about the successor to the Nintendo Switch, and in September 2023 the rumors got some more heat to the fire with a new patent filing for a new style controller was revealed. Let's take a look at the patent to see Has Nintendo FINALLY Designed New Drift Free Joy-Cons?

The issue with the Joy-Cons on the Switch is the fact that they utilize potentiometers for the joysticks. They are cheap, but they are are also cheap, if that makes sense. They quickly develop slop, they can break, or otherwise have issues with accuracy. One of the best solutions is to replace the potentiometers with a hall effect sensor. This utilizes a magnetic design to determine the position of the stick relative to the center and the extreme travel rates. Since this does not have a physical switch or wiper, like a potentiometer does, these are much less prone to drifting and wear.

The US Patent was filed on May 11th, 2023, and was made public in September of that same year. While it seems like the rumor mill for the successor to the Nintendo Switch has been active for a long time, I see you HD version of the Switch, Super Switch, and others, we're now seeing actual patents that directly point to new hardware in development. What do you think? Is this something that you might like to see Nintendo incorporate into the next-generation system? Let me know in the comments section.

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