Third-party video game peripheral manufacturer Hyperkin is resurrecting the second iteration of the original Xbox controller — known as the Controller S — for the current Xbox One, Series X/S and Windows 10/11, the company said Sunday.
The officially licensed controller features Hall Effect thumb sticks, an increasingly popular technology in video game controllers that use magnetic sensors that mitigate the downsides of potentiometer-based components. Because traditional sticks rely on physical resistance within their mechanisms, these components can wear out over time, causing “stick drift,” or when your character on-screen begins to move on their own. Whereas traditional sticks use friction to measure input on an X and Y axis, Hall Effect sticks use magnetic sensors. Hall Effect sticks don’t wear out as quickly as there isn’t that same physical contact.
Stick drift is an issue…
