Hacker Permanently Solves Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Drift With a Touchpad Upgrade

[erek]

Excited?

"Gamers used to the tactile experience of ramming a joystick in all directions will probably turn their nose up at this one, as will anyone who’s struggled to play an action game on a touchscreen device like a smartphone using virtual joysticks. The one advantage Pisani’s hack has is the touchpad’s circular design which provides tactile limits so you can feel when your finger has reached the edge, preventing it from accidentally moving out of range as often happens with virtual on-screen controls. It’s not perfect, but one thing’s for certain: it’s never going to experience annoying drift."

https://gizmodo.com/hacker-permanently-solves-nintendo-switch-joy-con-drift-1843605860

 

[cybereality]

Pretty cool hack, but I feel like this would make the controls worse.

 

[DukenukemX]

I just sprayed Silicon Spray into the joy stick and that fixed it for me.

 

[Bigbacon]

they should just go back to this design for the dpad/joystick

 

[bigdogchris]

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