switch USB joysticks

[paloftoon]

If I want to hook up external USB joysticks to my switch instead of using the controllers on the Switch itself, do I just hook up the USB joysticks directly to the ports?

Thank you.

 

[Misery]

Yes, though whether or not the Switch will actually recognize them is another matter. You wont know till you try.

 

[Judge]

Would a console system require such joysticks to be manually calibrated, much like a PC? - Just wondering.

I just recall years ago when using a joystick and how important it was to make sure they were properly calibrated, or gameplay would occasionally be awful. Particularly when it came to flight simulators.

 

[Misery]

Would a console system require such joysticks to be manually calibrated, much like a PC? - Just wondering.

I just recall years ago when using a joystick and how important it was to make sure they were properly calibrated, or gameplay would occasionally be awful. Particularly when it came to flight simulators.

I suppose that depends on what you mean by "joystick". Usually I hear the word and just think "controller", since "joystick" kinda fell by the wayside. So it could mean basically anything these days.

That being said I dont think any of the sorts of things a Switch can use involves calibration. Not that I've ever heard anyway.

 

[Judge]

I suppose that depends on what you mean by "joystick". Usually I hear the word and just think "controller", since "joystick" kinda fell by the wayside. So it could mean basically anything these days.

That being said I dont think any of the sorts of things a Switch can use involves calibration. Not that I've ever heard anyway.

Good point. Though I truly meant from my "old school" perspective a physical joystick- not a controller. I've owned three of them, and still have my "Gravis Blackhawk" digital joystick for Windows XP. It has multiple buttons on it, all which can be calibrated. I went to the trouble- and risk of rebuilding it a few years back given how loose the stick had become. Almost an antique, as it interfaces with a proprietary Soundblaster Pro connector.

I still recall my first joystick, a "CH Flightstick". Not very sophisticated, but then neither was the software involved at the time. Though I sure had fun with "Chuck Yeager's Air Combat".