EU has made Nintendo agree to offer free life time repairs of irresponsive Switch controllers. It’s in line with the recent ‘right-to-repair’ adopted in the EU.
EU has made Nintendo agree to offer free life time repairs of irresponsive Switch controllers. It’s in line with the recent ‘right-to-repair’ adopted in the EU.
by Piskoei
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CrimsonEnigma
Honestly, I’m just a bit surprised it took the EU this long to do anything, considering we’ve been getting free repairs in the US for the past four years…
Gegejii
So anybody in EU already sended it in for drift repair? It’s been ages since I bought my joycons and have difficulty finding the receipt and since they offer lifetime repair I’ve been wondering if they would also accept it without a receipt.
DSMidna
The year is 2080. Old people everywhere are overloading the postal system with faulty Joycons because they’d lose the right to get them repaired for free after they die.
ReturnOfLilith
I wonder if this will push Nintendo to develop a new console and controller? Hopefully completely backwards compatible, just some upgrades
Do the motion controls even benefit them much marketwise? I feel like most gamers are happy enough with gyro on pro controllers
I mean they could include an updated pro controller with the new system as the standard and just have a specific add on controller for fitness/party games
AgentSkidMarks
I agree that Nintendo should fix their controllers but the EU basically forced them to put a lifetime warranty on their products and that seems like a but much.
TheGreenGoo
This is completely unrelated to right to repair.
Right to repair is the idea that anyone should be allowed to open up things they have and fix them, and there should be nothing locking them out of buying and installing parts/punishing them for repairing. This includes individuals and independent repair shops.
This is just the idea that a giant rich company shouldn’t sell you things that break quickly and not back them up, which tbh I don’t know what to call?
rockmanbalboa
that’s good, but dang for Nintendo to actually be pro-consumer even if a little bit is so hard. the game industry needs a new bubble.
abuttlemon
I’m British, so there will be no free repairs for me. Fucking Brexit.
Gabeeb3DS
🤣🤣😍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nolon
I am in the USA. I keep meaning to send my og ones in. They have been drifting since pretty much the beginning, but they had gotten worst over time. I now use my Skyward joys. That thankfully so far so far have not drifted yet. Thankfully.
LowEffortOutlaw
So is Nintendo actually using better quality materials in their replacement potentiometers or is it just getting replaced with the same crap quality parts?
Because I’ve fixed quite a few Joycons with parts from iFixit and never had one of theirs fail yet, they offer a lifetime warranty on parts so obviously they’ve got a reason to be confident in their supplier’s build quality.
seven_seven
That’s not what right-to-repair means. This is more about warranty.
GhotiH
When will they do the same for Pro Controllers?
DawnSignals
Why am I seeing this posted multiple times a day? This weeks-old news is seriously getting ridiculous.
broseidonadventures
If it was truly in line with Right to Repair they would give you the option of just having new joysticks shipped to you.
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Honestly, I’m just a bit surprised it took the EU this long to do anything, considering we’ve been getting free repairs in the US for the past four years…
So anybody in EU already sended it in for drift repair? It’s been ages since I bought my joycons and have difficulty finding the receipt and since they offer lifetime repair I’ve been wondering if they would also accept it without a receipt.
The year is 2080. Old people everywhere are overloading the postal system with faulty Joycons because they’d lose the right to get them repaired for free after they die.
I wonder if this will push Nintendo to develop a new console and controller? Hopefully completely backwards compatible, just some upgrades
Do the motion controls even benefit them much marketwise? I feel like most gamers are happy enough with gyro on pro controllers
I mean they could include an updated pro controller with the new system as the standard and just have a specific add on controller for fitness/party games
I agree that Nintendo should fix their controllers but the EU basically forced them to put a lifetime warranty on their products and that seems like a but much.
This is completely unrelated to right to repair.
Right to repair is the idea that anyone should be allowed to open up things they have and fix them, and there should be nothing locking them out of buying and installing parts/punishing them for repairing. This includes individuals and independent repair shops.
This is just the idea that a giant rich company shouldn’t sell you things that break quickly and not back them up, which tbh I don’t know what to call?
that’s good, but dang for Nintendo to actually be pro-consumer even if a little bit is so hard. the game industry needs a new bubble.
I’m British, so there will be no free repairs for me. Fucking Brexit.
🤣🤣😍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I am in the USA. I keep meaning to send my og ones in. They have been drifting since pretty much the beginning, but they had gotten worst over time. I now use my Skyward joys. That thankfully so far so far have not drifted yet. Thankfully.
So is Nintendo actually using better quality materials in their replacement potentiometers or is it just getting replaced with the same crap quality parts?
Because I’ve fixed quite a few Joycons with parts from iFixit and never had one of theirs fail yet, they offer a lifetime warranty on parts so obviously they’ve got a reason to be confident in their supplier’s build quality.
That’s not what right-to-repair means. This is more about warranty.
When will they do the same for Pro Controllers?
Why am I seeing this posted multiple times a day? This weeks-old news is seriously getting ridiculous.
If it was truly in line with Right to Repair they would give you the option of just having new joysticks shipped to you.