>>715598030
Moron.
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1576420-ps3-controllers-used-hall-effect-joystick/

Off the bat:
>Nintendo 64
Optical sensor
>Dreamcast
Hall Effect
>PS2
Self correcting
>PS3
Hall effect
>Vita 1000
Hall effect

Chimp potentiometers have only been brute forced starting with the PS4 generation. Manufacturers used to treat control sticks as something to be preserved before they switched to full planned obsolescence mode.