If you are a Nintendo Switch owners, you may have heard of The infamous Joy-Con Drift. An ongoing issue with Joy-Con’s signature controller for Nintendo’s hybrid console.
Thankfully, gaming peripheral maker GuliKit recently released a new joystick upgrade kit that not only allows you to replace the joysticks on your Joy-Cons, but also claims that you will Never have to worry about Joy-Con drifting again.
As discovered by Gizmodo, The GuliKit Hall Joystick has a pair of replacement joysticks for your Joy-Con controllers. The company notes that the joystick is Hall Effect, meaning the joystick uses a magnetic system, so it doesn’t touch other components inside the controller, which will cause parts to wear out. over time after long time use.
Photo: KulitKit
GuliKit previously tried to fix the problem by releasing its own third-party Pro controller, the King Kong Pro 2. Other companies, such as NYXI, recently announced a new controller like Nintendo Wavebird and promises third-party Joy-Cons won’t drift when using the Hall Effect joystick.
GuliKit Hall Joystick Kit Available for $30 on Amazon; or if you own multiple pairs of Joy-Cons, that might make more sense take two pairs of joystickswill cost you around $70 (though at the time of this writing, it’s sold for about $53).
Of course, if you’re going to buy this, keep in mind that you’ll have to manually replace these joysticks, but there are videos out there, such as ours. i fix itshow you how to change the Joy-Con joystick.
Taylor is Associate Technology Editor at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.
