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Switch 2 hinted for an early 2024 launch(gamerant.com)

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Matija Šuklje@toot.si
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@StarServal, you mean patents (not copyright), since it is about inventions.

And there is at least one hall effect controller patent that already expired. It is from 1988, so hall effect joysticks are not a new thing at all.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US4825157A/

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cryball@sopuli.xyz
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Thanks for doing the googling and bringing it up here.

Apparently the dreamcast controller had hall effect sensors, so it’s not really new tech. With the volume that Nintendo produces stuff with, the extra price per joystick would most likely be quite small.

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