Overview

• Early teardowns show the Switch 2 Joy-Con controllers use nearly identical potentiometer sensors to the original models, with only minor metal reinforcements added.
• Nintendo confirmed in April that it would forgo Hall Effect and TMR sensors, claiming the new potentiometers were redesigned from the ground up.
• Analysis from GamesRadar+ indicates that the console’s strong magnetic rail system would interfere with electromagnetic Hall and TMR sensors if they were used.
• iFixit’s teardown warns that the likelihood of stick drift remains high, echoing the durability issues that plagued the original Joy-Cons.
• Nintendo has launched a free replacement program for any Joy-Con 2 units exhibiting drift.