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Nintendo has filed a patent for ‘smart fluid’ joysticks, perhaps to eliminate drift | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/nintendo@lemmy.world
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Let's hope this isn't just a random patent, and we actually get better sticks next generation.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A company already makes hall effect joysticks that are JoyCon sized and they claim to hold a patent for them. I haven’t taken the time to verify, but even if they don’t have a leg to stand on they could still take Nintendo to court.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    @JonDorfman I wonder how they would do that while also not violating patents on JoyCons that I suppose Nintendo has.

    I have not checked, but would be surprised if they do not.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nintendo doesn’t hold a patent on the JoyCon joysticks. As far as I am aware they are an off the shelf component.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    @JonDorfman, I did a quick online search for Nintendo’s JoyCon patents, and interestingly found a US one from 2023 (2020 in Japan) about what looks Hall effect analogue sticks:
    https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230280850A1/

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    To be fair I hope anybody and everybody that has a leg to stand on in court does so and wastes their time and money there.

    Nintendo consistently uses it's legal might in anyi-consumet ways to harm its biggest fans. As somebody that loves Nintendo games, fuck Nintendo.

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