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Nintendo’slegal troubles fence its Switch Joy - Con controllers extend thanks to a raw ill lodge in the beginning today in France . Dating as far back as the console ’s sacking back in 2017 , players have been plain abouta shortcoming in the Switch controllersthat causes an unmanageable drift while playing , even if the joystick is in the impersonal placement .
This naturally show to be problematic , and it was n’t long before disgruntled players decided totake legal action against Nintendofor the company ’s apparent inability to correct the issue effectively . Last July , Seattle resident Ryan Diaz filed a lawsuit after a stray problem in his Joy - Con controller continue even after Nintendo broadcast him a replacement . The US jurist in charge of the shell moved to continue the cause in arbitration in former March , despite Nintendo ’s endeavour to have it dismissed , and the situation uprise so spoilt thatNintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa acknowledge and apologizedfor the ever - persistent defect during a fiscal Q&A session in June . Unfortunately , it seems that the legal hit keep on coming for the long - run Japanese console giant .
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agree to Gallic news siteLe Monde , the consumer group have a go at it as UFC - Que Choisir lodge a planned obsolescence claim against Nintendo to the Nanterre , Paris public prosecutor today . According to this claim , UFC - Que Choisir collected over 5,000 testimonies from consumers over just two days regarding the ongoing Switch Joy - Con defect , which experts say could be have by “ untimely wearing of the printed circuits ” and “ a deficiency of sealing which causes a worrying amount of debris and debris within the joystick . ” A spokesman for UFC - Que Choisir stated in a press dismissal announce the obsolescence claim that 65 percent of the testimonials gathered for the case show a malfunction within the first two years , and 25 percentage experienced Joy - Con drift within six months .
by from its retain Joy - Con woe , Nintendo has had a middling approximate 2020 . Back in April , the company suffereda monumental data breachthat leave behind over 160,000 Nintendo web IDs compromised , though gratefully , no personal information was get at . Additionally , many Nintendo rubric were delayed as a result of the recent outbreak ofCOVID-19 , despite the developer initially assuring fans that they would stay insensible by the global pandemic .
However , it is the Switch Joy - Con blemish and its many resulting case and legal ailment that seem to be the most persistent and long - running dilemma facing Nintendo over the retiring few year . Having such a serious recurring emergence in a company ’s flagship product is problematical enough , but the fact that the subject has been a present part of the Switch ’s lifespan is especially relate . As a result , it seems thatNintendo’slegal troubles regarding its defective Switch Joy - Con controllers are only going to continue in the month to occur .
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reservoir : Le Monde , UFC - Que Choisir
