Nintendo just hit with another Joy-Con drift lawsuit

Nintendo simply hit with another Joy-Con drift lawsuit

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Despite the fact the Nintendo Switch has been available for most four years, Nintendo can't seem to sort out the problem of Joy-Con migrate. So the company is beingness sued, once more.

This new class-action lawsuit comes from Canadian Firm Lambert Svocat Inc The stated goal of the lawsuit is to "obtain a compensation for all Québec consumers who bought the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite gaming systems, also as Joy-Con and Nintendo Switch Pro controllers".

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According to the house, its client purchased a Switch in November 207, and later 11 months "noticed that her left Joy-Con controller was defective. Her character would movement in a direction without her input, a problem known as the Joy-Con Drift".

Nintendo evidently repaired the faulty controller, but since then the customer has also experienced drift on her correct Joy-Con, a second pair of Joy-Cons, and another Nintendo Switch controller.

The business firm also states that goods have to be fit for purpose and must exist "durable in normal employ for a reasonable length of time". The argument beingness that Joy-Con migrate issues authorize every bit a "subconscious defect" and fail to run into the standards laid out by Quebec's consumer protection act.

The lawsuit also alleges that Nintendo hasn't done enough to make consumers aware of the problem, meaning they can't make an informed decision before they make the purchase.

Anyone who has been following the Joy-Con drift issues will know this has been a problem since very early on in the Switch's life bicycle. Nintendo issued a formal apology for the problem, and offered free postal service-warranty repairs for defective controllers. Unfortunately, this is nevertheless a huge inconvenience, specially for Switch Lite owners who are unable to remove their Joy-Cons and have to send the unabridged console off for repair.

Simply last year, Nintendo was hit with a lawsuit from a child (and his mother) over Joy-Con drift-related issues. In that case the statement was that Nintendo hasn't done plenty to ready the problem, and warm customers of the potential issues.

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