TL;DR: Nintendo Switch users have long faced Joy-Con stick drift issues, leading to lawsuits and free repairs. The upcoming Switch 2 Joy-Con will not use Hall Effect sticks, which are less prone to ...

Anyone who owns a Nintendo Switch will know about Joy-Con stick drift. It’s when the Joy-Con Control Sticks stop responding correctly, or suffer from "drifting." Complaints about Joy-Con drift were so ...

We all certainly hope Nintendo can find more reliable parts for the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons. Two of the longest running Joy-Con drift lawsuits have just ended, with a whimper. As reported by GoNintendo, ...

The Nintendo Switch has infamous issues when it comes to joystick drift for its Joy-Con controllers. This phenomenon records ghostly input, causing your character or camera to move around even when ...

PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. Nintendo says the Switch 2's Joy-Con controllers ...

Nintendo has confirmed that Switch 2’s Joy-Cons will not use Hall Effect thumbsticks despite all the stick drift issues Switch owners have put up with since the console launched in 2017. For years now ...

Chris Littlechild (He/Him) is an Editor and Writer Trainer from the United Kingdom. He has been gaming since receiving an original Game Boy and copies of Super Mario Land and Super Mario Land 2: Six ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 debut answered a lot of questions surrounding the release date, price, and launch lineup, but there is still a lot left unanswered. One lingering question is whether the new ...

On November 22, 2022, Nintendo of America scored a major legal victory. The company had been facing down a potential class-action lawsuit in California over a defect with the Nintendo Switch and its ...

The Switch Lite is suffering from exactly the same JoyCon problems that the Switch does -- except this time, they're attached to the unit. This is unacceptable. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...