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, which undermines the gaming experience and spoils your fun, is quite common. Whether you use an Xbox, PlayStation, or third-party gamepad, this issue will undoubtedly occur. Unfortunately, this error occurs more frequently due to structural defects in some products.
The Nintendo Switch, one of the products in question, has been driving users crazy with the Joy-Con drift issue for a long time. However, according to the information that has emerged, the company is obtaining a patent that eliminates this issue in the Switch 2. Here are the details…
Nintendo’s New Joystick Tech Could Put an End to Joy-Con Drift
The Nintendo Switch has been plagued by a problem known as Joy-Con drift. This is when the analog sticks on the Joy-Cons start to register movement even when they are not being touched. This can make it difficult to control your character or aim your shots in games. Unfortunately, this issue is quite common among Switch users. The company has even offered free repairs for Joy-Con drift, but the issue has persisted. In 2020, the company was even sued by a class of Switch owners over the problem.
However, there is hope that the Switch 2 may finally eliminate Joy-Con drift. Nintendo has filed a patent for a new type of joystick that uses magnets. The patent application describes how the magnets would help to keep the joysticks centered and prevent them from drifting. Here’s exactly how Nintendo describes their new joystick patent…
“This information processing system includes – a controller including an operation element to be displaced from an initial position by a user’s operation, a restoring force imparting section applying a restoring force for returning the displaced operation element to the initial position, a resistance section using a magnetorheological fluid whose viscosity changes with the magnetic-intensity and which becomes resistant when the operation element is displaced from/to the initial position, and a magnetic field generation section which provides the magnetic field to the magnetorheological fluid; and a circuit capable of controlling the magnetic field generation section. The circuit controls a magnetic-field intensity so the viscosity of the magnetorheological fluid periodically changes at least between a first viscosity state and a second viscosity state in which the viscosity is lower than the first viscosity state so that the operation element returns to the initial position by the restoring force.”
Of course, it is still too early to say for sure whether the Switch 2 will have this new magnetic joystick tech. Nintendo has not yet announced any details about the console. However, the patent filing is a good sign that the company is at least thinking about ways to address the Joy-Con drift issue.
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