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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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[–] 1 point 2 years ago

@JonDorfman, right, but Hall effect analogue sticks themselves have existed for a long time, so that technology in general (except any novel addition) is (most likely) not patented anymore.

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