We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For the last few generations of video game consoles, one of the mortal enemies of the comfortable, consistent gaming experience has been stick ...

We break down the best Hall Effect controllers for PS5, Xbox, PC, and mobile, from budget to pro-level performance.

When operating industrial machinery, precision and accuracy are vital to a productive and safe working environment. Commonly, joysticks are used to aid in the maneuvering of heavy equipment for a ...

There are plenty of PC joysticks out there, but that didn’t stop [dizekat] from building his own. Most joysticks measure position mechanically using potentiometers or encoders. Only a few high-end ...

Competitive gamers look for every advantage they can get, and that drive has spawned some of the zaniest gaming peripherals under the sun. There are plenty of hardware components that actually offer ...

What are Hall Effect controllers? The implementation of Hall Effect joysticks - and more recently, triggers - has been a huge leap forward when it comes to the performance and longevity of PC game ...

On Feb. 19, Polygon is launching Switchboard, a newsletter that will deliver all the latest Nintendo Switch 2 news, reporting, and rumors directly to your inbox. Sign up here to get it weekly, and ...

Nintendo fans’ waking days are still haunted by the stick drift issues with the original Switch’s Joy-Cons. Those hoping for drift-less Switch 2 sticks may want to keep hold of their third-party ...

I’m admittedly not huge Switch fan, but my kids are - we have 1 original and 2 lites in our household. But as more details arise, the Switch 2 is less and less compelling. Let’s call it $500 (trariff ...

It's all about the relative failure rate. My understanding is that drift can and does happen on pretty much any non-Hall joystick, but that the Switch Joy-Cons were ...