GuliKit hall-effect anti-drift sticks will be available for your PS5, PS4, Xbox and Switch Pro gamepads

The Nintendo Switch’s infamous “Joy-Con drift” showed us that we deserve more from joysticks, and that one company is willing to assist. Now, GuliKit is officially bringing drift-resistant magnetic Hall effect joysticks to a PS5, PS4, Xbox or Nintendo Switch Pro gamepad near you in the form of upcoming upgrade kits.

They will be available for the Sony DualSense, DualShock 4, Xbox Series gamepad and the official Nintendo Switch Pro controller. But surprisingly, GuliKit no longer brings it to Sony’s modular DualSense Edge as he originally promised and will not offer it for Xbox Elite controllers either. GuliKit Business Director, Jack. He tells me it’s because neither Sony nor Microsoft offer working calibration tools for their flagship gamepads. (Hall effect joysticks require calibration before first operate and periodically thereafter).

Instead of producing a Hall effect module for the DualSense Edge, he suggests that “players can operate this novel stick to install it on the stick module,” possibly soldering it themselves if Sony adds a calibration tool to the PS5.

Speaking of soldering, this may be a required skill for other gamepads as well. While the Steam Deck and GuliKit Joy-Con sticks are attached with screws and can be easily removed, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo tend to solder their joysticks with ALPS potentiometers directly to the gamepad circuit boards, as seen in iFixit many guides.

GuliKit wouldn’t provide other details, pricing or release dates at this time, but says these novel sticks are “very novel patented technology that is different from our current Hall effect joystick.”