Nintendo Switch Class Action Lawsuit for “Joy-Con Drift” is Dismissed After 5 Years
Nintendo Switch Class Action Lawsuit for “Joy-Con Drift” is Dismissed After 5 Years
by Riomegon
17 Comments
Paperdiego
“drift” impacted such a small percentage of switch owners, and Nintendo also offers to fix them for free, so this makes the most logical outcome.
aggravatedempathy
Nintendo getting away with more bullshit
razorbeamz
This wasn’t even Nintendo’s fault. There’s currently one supplier of joysticks for the entire game industry and they all have the same issue.
aykay55
Pretty sure this is old news. One lawsuit got dismissed cuz Nintendo had an arbitration clause in their EULA that applied to all Switch owners and nobody went through the process to not enter into arbitration, so the lawsuit was thrown out.
DiggingNoMore
Mine have never drifted. They also never get used. I just use the Pro Controller or the Gamecube adapter. Why would I ever want to use those tiny Joy-Cons?
Xionic
Please Nintendo give the Switch 2 hall effect joysticks.
illucio
I went to a local shop and spent like $120 to fix all my joycons with drift issues.
I didn’t know I had to apply to anything to be part of the lawsuit. My god Nintendo NEEDED to be sued for this. Its such a huge widespread issue and to have it dismissed is just gross.
Crazy_Cat_Dude2
Use the pro controller. Joy cons are junk
frankthetank91
Buy a pro switch controller off Temu. I bought mine (Zelda themed) for like 9$ or something last fall and haven’t had a single issue. Even came in a box that looks just like nintendos.
I wonder if they’re made in the same factory
anikom15
Honest question: why does Microsoft not get criticized as much for drift on their controllers? Are there just not that many Xbox users?
lzap
Meanwhile, 75 million of joy-con pairs were trashed.
MaxTennyson88
First thing I did with my switch was to get 2 bluetooth controllers. Joy-Cons are cheap, plastic shit
AgitatedQuit3760
Nintendo doubled down on a few things this generation. One of them being that their build quality is b-tier.
TheFabulousRBK
Both my original joycons and my pro controller have gotten unplayable drift. It’s why my Switch has been collecting dust.
MetaVaporeon
it was nonsense anyways, all modern controllers faced drift and you got warranty and extended warranties. its pretty easy to fix it when it occurs with contact cleaners, replacing it yourself is also pretty easy and quick, much cheaper than buying new.
not saying it wasnt annoying, but tiny system, tiny components, no room for deadzones. the more precise stick controls got, the less room they had to obfuscate drift, which was an issue as early as ps1.
Jetski125
Yeah I guess my solution is going to be buy a new set of joy cons and return the old set that developed drift.
Recording_Important
i can remember a time long since past when controllers just worked
17 Comments
“drift” impacted such a small percentage of switch owners, and Nintendo also offers to fix them for free, so this makes the most logical outcome.
Nintendo getting away with more bullshit
This wasn’t even Nintendo’s fault. There’s currently one supplier of joysticks for the entire game industry and they all have the same issue.
Pretty sure this is old news. One lawsuit got dismissed cuz Nintendo had an arbitration clause in their EULA that applied to all Switch owners and nobody went through the process to not enter into arbitration, so the lawsuit was thrown out.
Mine have never drifted. They also never get used. I just use the Pro Controller or the Gamecube adapter. Why would I ever want to use those tiny Joy-Cons?
Please Nintendo give the Switch 2 hall effect joysticks.
I went to a local shop and spent like $120 to fix all my joycons with drift issues.
I didn’t know I had to apply to anything to be part of the lawsuit. My god Nintendo NEEDED to be sued for this. Its such a huge widespread issue and to have it dismissed is just gross.
Use the pro controller. Joy cons are junk
Buy a pro switch controller off Temu. I bought mine (Zelda themed) for like 9$ or something last fall and haven’t had a single issue. Even came in a box that looks just like nintendos.
I wonder if they’re made in the same factory
Honest question: why does Microsoft not get criticized as much for drift on their controllers? Are there just not that many Xbox users?
Meanwhile, 75 million of joy-con pairs were trashed.
First thing I did with my switch was to get 2 bluetooth controllers. Joy-Cons are cheap, plastic shit
Nintendo doubled down on a few things this generation. One of them being that their build quality is b-tier.
Both my original joycons and my pro controller have gotten unplayable drift. It’s why my Switch has been collecting dust.
it was nonsense anyways, all modern controllers faced drift and you got warranty and extended warranties. its pretty easy to fix it when it occurs with contact cleaners, replacing it yourself is also pretty easy and quick, much cheaper than buying new.
not saying it wasnt annoying, but tiny system, tiny components, no room for deadzones. the more precise stick controls got, the less room they had to obfuscate drift, which was an issue as early as ps1.
Yeah I guess my solution is going to be buy a new set of joy cons and return the old set that developed drift.
i can remember a time long since past when controllers just worked