[womod]

Controllers that use hall effect sensor sticks last much longer than the conventional potentiometer sticks. The pot sticks are subject to physical wear while the hall effect sticks are not because there is no contact.

There's some guides on aftermarket modifications of controllers to convert them to hall effect sensors, as well as 3rd party controllers made with hall effect sticks. If you want something to use on PC and/or switch the KingKong 2[1] from GuliKit is pretty good.

[1] - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QJN8ZD9

[georgel]

Has there been a console that uses hall effect sensors in first party controllers in the past 15 years?

[womod]

No. The last "mainstream" console to use hall effect sticks in the first party controller was the Dreamcast, and that was in 1999.