Switch 2 will feature Joy-Con controllers that connect to the main console using magnets, a new report suggests. Citing…
  • CluckN@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    7 months ago

    Can’t wait for magnetic drift to rail-cannon a joycon straight into my ceiling.

    • HeyListenWatchOut@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      7 months ago

      They still could have it on rails, just use magnets to secure rather than a latch that can get stuck or broken as easily. I would worry more that magnets = no Hall effect joysticks.

  • Paranomaly@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    7 months ago

    I’ve heard that the original Switch was supposed to have magnetic joy-cons, the snap sound they using being the sound of the magnetic joycons attaching. However they couldn’t get the magnets to not mess with the electronics at the Switch’s form factor at the time