Nintendo faces a new reaction with the Switch Joy-Con Drift

Nintendo is dealing with more backlash due to an ongoing “drift” issue associated with the Switch’s Joy-Con controllers. Since the Switch first launched in 2017, owners have reported issues with thumb sticks associated with their consoles affecting in-game gameplay. The problem was so pervasive that Nintendo was facing multiple lawsuits for selling defective hardware as a result. And while there have been no major findings with these cases so far, one group in the UK is now urging Nintendo to explore the problem in a new way. British organization called…

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Nintendo Switch’s new Joy-Con Drift report paints a worrying picture

Nintendo’s ongoing situation with “drift” Joy-Cons looks worse than we previously thought. Since launching the Nintendo Switch back in 2017, users have reported issues with thumb sticks on Joy-Cons, the attachable controllers that come with the Switch. And while Nintendo has allowed Switch owners to mail in Joy-Cons for fixes since this issue became so widespread, this new report reveals that the behind-the-scenes repair process has been in disarray. In a new article from KotakuIn this article, we detailed what happens when Switch owners actually send in their Joy-Con controllers…

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