• daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    20 days ago

    My ps1 controler have not gotten stick drift in… how long now? 30 years?

    Is that a lost technology like in sci-fi books?

    • Dasus@lemmy.world
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      20 days ago

      Idk man.

      29 years ago this came out.

      The traditional controller for PS1 didn’t have joysticks. You needed a DualShock for that, or it’s predecessor the Dual Analog controller.

      But yeah year or two here there, the DualShocks and PS controllers after that were very good controllers.

      But those first decent ones came out more like at the turn of the millennium than halfway through the 90’s as you imply.

      Back then it ps1 without joysticks and from 96 on N64 with extremely shitty joysticks. Gamecube came out in 2001 and Nintendo had clearly learned it’s lesson — to an extent.

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      20 days ago

      Did you even read the article? This solution also uses magnets but requires smaller magnets, is more sensitive and the response curve is more linear compared to Hall effect sensors. So it’s more accurate than Hall effect sensors, smaller and uses less power.

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        20 days ago

        Is accuracy or size even an issue with hall effect sensors? Hall effect sensors can have plenty of resolution and can also be small, the PSVita 1000 had hall effect sensors and those are smaller than the switch joycons