The Nintendo Switch 2 may be aiming to address one of the most common complaints about the original Switch. The Switch 2 is under a lot of scrutiny right now, with tons of criticism aimed at all of its price models, with it costing $449.99, the price tag of Switch 2 versions of older games, and the $80 price tag of some new games, like Mario Kart World. There's some positive news regarding a possible attempt to rectify a major problem with the original Switch, but the details are muddy.
During a developer roundtable event (via Eurogamer), Nintendo was asked if there were plans to address the stick drift issues of the original Joy-Cons for the Switch 1 in their updated Joy-Con 2 for the console's successor, and while we didn't get a direct answer, there are definitely improvements being made to the Joy-Con 2.
Nintendo Switch 2 hardware design lead Tetsuya Sasaki responded to the question, saying "the new Joy-Con 2 controllers for the Nintendo Switch 2 have really been designed from the ground up, from scratch, to have bigger movement and smoother movement" without directly addressing the concern over the widespread Joy-Con stick drift from...
