It's the current buzzword. People just repeat after each other because they've read about it online. It's an input tech used for directional joysticks that doesn't seem to suffer from drift issues as much.
And obviously, all of a sudden every controller ever that doesn't have it is 'dogshit'. It's the way of the internet.
No, the current buzzword is 'buzzword'. Controllers with Hall Effect sticks are a real thing that you can buy right now. Some of us actually own them and use them. They get talked about for a reason - because some of us are really tired of stick drift and have purchased one of several controllers (like the 8bitdo Ultimate) featuring hall effect sticks in order to avoid it from here on out. They've been around for like 25 years, lol. That makes it especially frustrating that all these mainline controllers with features justifying $60+ price tags can't be bothered to include something nicer than alps sticks that cost console manufacturers literal pennies but potentially cost us hundreds over time.
On every other platform, you've got lots of options for controllers. On Playstation, you can learn to solder and mod out your own Dualsense, like I have, or you can buy the one $300 licensed pro Playstation controller that features sticks that aren't a lottery. Or I guess you could pay Sony $200 for the privilege of paying them another $20 every time a stick breaks to replace it yourself, but that just seems silly to me, when they could be selling hall effect modules (or controllers) instead.
I'm not a loser so I don't line to have gaming trash, like a charging station, out in the open.
Do you lock up and stow your consoles at night so that nobody accidentally finds out you play video games? Sheesh, dude. It's 2024, charging stations look like any other piece of hardware on your TV stand and nobody gives a shit. I'm fine with batteries too, and they're certainly better than Playstation controller batteries have been for 10 years now - isn't it telling how every Playstation owner's go to strat is to keep 2 controllers? I do too, it's just how it is. At any rate, you're still being silly.
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