Switch has been one of Nintendos most successful consoles, but its popularity was overshadowed by a serious problem: the infamous Joy-Con drift. Apparently, the company is already working to ensure that this defect will not be present in Switch 2 or any of its future consoles.
We tell you this because of a recent Nintendo patent which shows a project to put an end to drift in controls. The project is based on the use of intelligent fluids that would generate something similar to the Hall effect used in drift-proof controllers.
Nintendo wants the infamous Joy-Con drift not to be repeated
In case you dont know, drift is generated when there is a failure in the potentiometers of the sticks of the controllers. So some companies have opted for the use of Hall sensors, which detect movements by changes in a magnetic field generated by a magnet.
Nintendos proposal is somewhat similar, only that the Japanese company would use magnetorheological fluids, which would change their viscosity depending on the intensity of the magnetic field. In this way, the fluid would thicken to generate resistance in the area where the player moves the stick.
In this way, the stick could always return to its original position without any problem and no accelerated wear would be generated in the components of the controls. It is unclear whether this patent was registered for use on Switch 2 or on the current Joy-Con.
On the other hand, there is a possibility that the patent may not materialize soon. Despite this, this is good news, as it makes it clear that Nintendo is doing its best to avoid flaws like the Joy-Con drift, which generated quite a bit of controversy and annoyance among gamers.
