Nintendo Switch 2 Bad News Continues: No Hall Effect Sensors CONFIRMED

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It is kind of hard to watch what's been going on with Nintendo over the last week or so, going from the high of highs to the low of lows. If you are like me, you were very excited for the official Nintendo Direct featuring the Nintendo Switch 2. I know I was and am still fairly excited for this system. Out of the gate, however, they omitted the price of both the system and the games, which wound up being a smart decision, as it has had negative blowback since the pricing became official. They said people would be able to pre-order their system at certain retailers starting this week, and now that has been paused due to " tariffs ". Now, in an interview with Nintendo Life, it has been confirmed that one of the most desired upgrades for the Nintendo Switch 2 system will not in fact be happening. So let's take a look as the bad news for Nintendo Continues, as it has been confirmed that the Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons will not feature hall effect sensors.

Shortly after the original Switch started to ship, players started to complain about an issue called Joy-Con drift. This is where, when the analog sticks are at a neutral position, they are still reading an input to one side or the other. This happens because the potentiometers in the analog sticks either wear out or break, leading to erroneous inputs when none are being made. There was even a class action lawsuit against Nintendo because of this.

As stated by Nintendo of America's Nate Bihldorff, "the analog sticks feel really good, but they're not hall effect sensors." I don't care how good they feel; I'm sure people said the original Nintendo Switch Joy-Con sticks felt great before they developed Joy-Con drift. I've been lucky that I've never had to deal with that myself, my analog sticks still feel good on my Joy-Cons. But it's enough of an issue that several companies have even released Hall effect sensor sticks for the Switch Joy-Cons, and, unfortunately, Nintendo did not address this issue themselves.

I have seen several people mention that perhaps the reason why they could not use Hall effect sensors is the fact that the Switch to utilizes very powerful magnets to keep the joy cons attached to the body of the system. Would that affect the switch to Joy-Cons? I don't know. It's an interesting theory, but if that's the case, I would have suggested they go with Hall effect sensors for the analog sticks and come up with a different way to keep the joy cons attached to the body of the Switch 2.

I think this is very disappointing news myself, but what do you think? Does this change your opinion or excitement for the system? Leave your thoughts in the comments.

See the full article at https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/04/its-official-switch-2-joy-con-will-not-feature-hall-effect-sticks

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