The joysticks on the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Cons were surprisingly low-profile when they came out. But years later, they’ve become a symbol for the problems that can plague traditional designs.

The Nintendo Switch 2 appears to suffer from the infamous "Joy-Con Drift." Tear-downs reveal repairing the problem may have ...

We’ve covered one such hack in the past, but GuliKit has something they think is even better: The Hall Joystick for Joy-Con. How Hall Joysticks fix drifting .

The GuliKit Hall Joystick kit is available for $30 on Amazon; or if you own multiple pairs of Joy-Cons, it might make more sense to nab two pairs of joysticks, which will set you back about $70 ...

Stick drift comes for everyone, but Nintendo Switch hardware has a reputation for being particularly prone to failure.

The original Switch was notorious for developing joystick drift, but Nintendo says the Switch 2 isn’t using Hall effect sensors that could avoid it. It’s still not known if the Switch 2 will ...

I've used joypads, racing wheels, flight sticks, and a host of controllers with various degrees of setup complexity on PC and ...

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube 824k. Gaming accessory company Gulikit has released a new 'Hall Joystick' for Switch Joy-Con controllers, promising no drifting or wear and tear with easy ...

Stick drift made Joy-Con controls unreliable. Over time, Switch owners would start to experience unresponsive or inaccurate joystick movements, and ultimately Joy-Cons would need to be repaired or ...

A potential class-action lawsuit over the joystick drift experienced by Nintendo Switch owners has been dismissed, with a federal judge ruling that Nintendo's end-user license agreement (EULA) for ...

A new pair of official Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons cost $79.99. What if there was a way to fix Joy-Con drift for much cheaper? Joystick replacement kits are worth it.

Hall effect joysticks are the answer to this problem, and a company called GuliKit sells replacement Joy-Con sticks and a small set of tools for about $27 a pair at Amazon. They claim to be drift ...