If Nintendo won’t fix the problem, someone else will. GuliKit dropped its replacement kit for Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con joysticks that uses Hall effect sensors instead. That means no more stick drift ...

If you are like me and prefer gamepads over keyboard and mouse when playing games, you have probably encountered the analog stick drift issue at some point in your life. Unfortunately, this error, ...

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Gulikit has created replacement joysticks for affected Joy-Cons that use electromagnetic Hall sensors which it claims are not only far more durable than the original components, but also use less ...

The Switch 2 might not be a radical reinvention of what came before, but Nintendo’s new hardware does sport some unique quirks, distinguishing it from the original handheld hybrid that arrived back in ...

A newly surfaced patent for a joystick design might finally resolve Joy-Con drift. The patent, which includes several drawings and an abstract description, sheds light on a revised Joy-Con thumbstick ...