Nintendo Switch third-party upgrade kit claims to solve Joy-Cons rocker drift problem

CTOnews.com, January 22 (Xinhua)-- the plastic circuit board of the Joy-Con handle on the Nintendo Switch has obvious wear at the contact point of the joystick slider, which eventually leads to the handle rocker drift.

A recent survey shows that 40% of Nintendo Switch users have experienced Joy-Con drift, and Joy-Con drift has been around for a long time, and there has been no major change in Nintendo's design so far.

In response, Nintendo insists that the Joy-Cons is the same type of product as car tires, and they believe that wear is inevitable.

A company called Gulikit says it has found the answer to a question that bothers many Switch players. Gulikit has developed a new upgrade kit called "Grain Joy-Con Hall electromagnetic Rocker" for affected Joy-Cons users. It is not difficult to see from the naming that these new remote poles use electromagnetic Hall sensors.

The company claims that its joystick can replace the Joy-Con joystick at 1:1 without changing the circuit; these electromagnetic Hall sensors are not only more durable than the sensor components in the original joystick, but also consume only 50% of the original power, greatly extending the life of the Joy-Cons.

Most importantly, they claim that the Hall sensor of this design has no contact when it moves, thus eliminating the drift caused by carbon film wear and voltage jitter when the carbon film structure is moving. In addition, the rocker cap is detachable, and the user can change the rocker cap with different feel at will.

CTOnews.com query found that GuliKit is a design-driven game peripheral brand, especially in the field of Switch accessories. The company also has agents in China, interested users can go to the e-commerce platform to search.