And then there is the N64 which used optical chopper rotary encoders in it's stick. It is a weird design, you can tell the engineers were trying to figure out h

And then there is the N64 which used optical chopper rotary encoders in it's stick. It is a weird design, you can tell the engineers were trying to figure out how to make a small joystick and managed to do it with ball mouse tech. Don't get me wrong the stick still sucked, but it was the mechanical pivot that wore out not the detectors.