While the Nintendo Switch 2 had its splashy debut last week, including details about the hardware and launch games, there's still lots about the console that Nintendo has yet to clear up. For instance ...

There are many reasons to be excited about the Nintendo Switch 2, but one thing in particular has original Switch users ready to move on: Joy-Con drift. Plagued by a ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They're bigger and sturdier, but still not Hall Effect. Nintendo Switch 2, at least for now, will not incorporate one of the ...

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There’s good reason not to want hall effect sticks. Nintendo has published a page for the console’s technical specifications, but there’s something missing in the page that a lot of fans expected.

It's all about the relative failure rate. My understanding is that drift can and does happen on pretty much any non-Hall joystick, but that the Switch Joy-Cons were ...

Competitive gamers look for every advantage they can get, and that drive has spawned some of the zaniest gaming peripherals under the sun. There are plenty of hardware components that actually offer ...

Nintendo fans’ waking days are still haunted by the stick drift issues with the original Switch’s Joy-Cons. Those hoping for drift-less Switch 2 sticks may want to keep hold of their third-party ...