Nintendo Switch 2: Thread 01

[briareos_kerensky]

I thought the Pro controller has Hall effect sticks? I’ve hammered mine over the years and it’s never had any sign of degradation or drift.

No hall effect on the Pro. Possibly the larger package allows for a longer-lasting design. There are third-party controllers offering that though.

[fishbowlhead]

You'd have thought after all the bad publicity Nintendo got over stick drift (and deservedly so), that's one thing they'd want to fix to avoid the same fate with Switch 2.

All they learned was poorly built joycons = more joycon sales with no downside, why change the business model?, sadly.

[Lebowski]

i’ve seen that the zelda TOK and BOTW updates are gonna be part of the Nintendo online pass, if you don’t want that their $10 each which is not that much really.

i'm seeing lots of places charging £60 for switch 2 game preorders so its just like where back in the snes days, and i’d rather pay £60 for a new mario kart or donkey kong than £70 for a ps5 remaster of the last of us to be fair.

[fishbowlhead]

Nintendo of America postponed preorders in Canada as well.

https://mobilesyrup.com/2025/04/08/n...-canada-delay/

That’s never good, PS5 Pro will be cheaper that Switch2 in US at this rate.

[Nu-Eclipse]

I thought the Pro controller has Hall effect sticks? I’ve hammered mine over the years and it’s never had any sign of degradation or drift.

I'm pretty sure that the Switch 1 Pro Controller doesn't have Hall Effect sticks.

[endo]

Well its either not selling that fast or Ninty have upped the availability. Argos have only just gone OOS of the Mario bundle but the base model is still available for day of release.

Might be the latter. I ordered from Argos last week and both bundles had sold out within a few minutes of me doing that. I was a bit late to the party though. Seems dependent on post code too, so they're presumably not sending everything out from one hub.

[egparadigm]

I presume retailers put up fresh stock today because it was the original pre-order start date. Whether Nintendo released more stock or whether they just held some back I don’t know. Currys appears to still be taking preorders in store, so maybe they didn’t sell through their 10,000 yet.

[huxley]

Everyone I know that wants to get one has managed to secure themselves a console for release day.
This is looking a lot better organised than the PlayStation five launch.

[fishbowlhead]

Everyone I know that wants to get one has managed to secure themselves a console for release day.
This is looking a lot better organised than the PlayStation five launch.

That’s not really a comparison though, PS5 still launched on time, well priced, in the middle of COVID, with fairly new tech too boot, there were monumental efforts that went into all this.

Switch2 is just launching with pretty standard tech, in non shut down environment with supply chains in full swing.

Scalping is out of everyone’s control.

[MoFo2]

Does the time of year play a factor when it comes to sales? Early summer (Switch 2) when people tend to be more outdoors versus late fall (Sony/MS) when it's dark and you're more inclined to stay indoors and play games?

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/04/08/analysts-predict-potential-eventual-530-switch-2-price-after-tariffs/

[wakka]

I thought the Pro controller has Hall effect sticks? I’ve hammered mine over the years and it’s never had any sign of degradation or drift.

No, it doesn't. Hall Effect has been a hot topic in recent years but, speaking for myself, I've rarely experienced stick drift over the years on any machine, and almost no first party pads have used the technology. I think the JoyCon 1 sticks are just a very very flawed design. If they've redesigned them to be as reliable as, say, your average DualShock stick, that should go a long way to make them last longer even if they aren't Hall Effect.

There is one console that did have Hall Effect built right into its first party pads though...

->Open Spoiler<-

Dreamcast. Lovely, lovely Dreamcast.

[Nu-Eclipse]

[Asura]

There is one console that did have Hall Effect built right into its first party pads though...

I'm pretty sure that the PS3 did (it just wasn't called that back then) and that older controllers, like the Xbox 360, used better quality sensors.

[fishbowlhead]

I’m fully anticipating we never hear from Datadave once he gets on FzeroGX online.