There are plenty of PC joysticks out there, but that didn’t stop [dizekat] from building his own. Most joysticks measure position mechanically using potentiometers or encoders. Only a few high-end ...

[Tom Stanton] has been playing Microsoft Flight Simulator a lot recently, and decided his old desktop joystick needed an upgrade. Instead of just replacing it with a newer commercial model, he built a ...

Have you ever found yourself battling against your own controller rather than the game itself? Joystick drift is a common issue that plagues many PS5 users, causing characters to move without any ...

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I never want to experience stick drift again in my life, and Hall effect is an easy answer. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This ...

GuliKit, a popular manufacturer of premium game accessories has revealed a lot of information about its "Hall Joystick for Joy-Con." This upgrade kit, according to the company, will be the best ...

On Feb. 19, Polygon is launching Switchboard, a newsletter that will deliver all the latest Nintendo Switch 2 news, reporting, and rumors directly to your inbox. Sign up here to get it weekly, and ...

After dealing with years of widespread reports of “stick drift” on the original Switch Joy-Cons, Nintendo watchers have been hoping the Switch 2 would make use of magnetic Hall effect sensors that ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. After improving hard drives, tunneling magnetoresistance technology could put an end to joystick drift. After ...

I’m admittedly not huge Switch fan, but my kids are - we have 1 original and 2 lites in our household. But as more details arise, the Switch 2 is less and less compelling. Let’s call it $500 (trariff ...