Two Joy-Con drift lawsuits have been dismissed after five years
Two Joy-Con drift lawsuits have been dismissed after five years
Two significant lawsuits over Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift have been dismissed in U.S. court.
Fucking ridiculous, and they still haven't fixed it!
Willing to be Switch 2 has the same fucking issues.
I'm not buying a switch 2 till I've seen the issue is resolved
You can get third-party Joy-Con controllers that use Hall effect sensors. Hall effect sensors cost more than potentiometers, which is why they aren't what console vendors typically ship, but don't experience drift.
You can also get replacement Hall effect analog sticks from Gulikit and install them in your joycons yourself. They also made them for the Steam Deck. I installed a set in my old LCD Steam Deck and it was really straightforward, but I suspect the joycons take a bit more work.
It’s a shame they don’t make them for the PS5 - there are multiple third party controllers with Hall effect sensors that are compatible with pretty much everything else, but there’s only one Hall effect controller compatible with the PS5 (the Nacon Revolution 5 Pro), and it’s $200.
Nobody should have to do that and it's fucked up that they won't actually fix the problem.
Nintendo issued an apology in 2020 over the issue, but argued that players who purchased the items were bound by the user agreement of the Nintendo Switch and thus ineligible to participate in a class action lawsuit against the company.
I'm not a lawyer, but this seems suspicious. How would this work? If I purchase a product in a retail store, where exactly would I sign something agreeing to give up my eligibility to participate in a class action suit? Are they trying to argue that linking the hardware to your account carries over the restriction to any hardware used?
Presumably when you pair them with the switch console and agree to the terms electronically.
But what if I bought them for my PC or phone and never actually used them on a Switch? Does just having 'by using this device" in the front of the agreement make for a valid agreement?
So like only people who got them as gifts?
"You can't all sue us" clauses need to be thrown out and criminally punished.
EULAs in general are unenforceable bullshit. "By buying this object you agree to--" Nope! I can't make a contract with an object. Certainly not with one I already bought and own.
Game File reports that both Nintendo and the parents who brought the suits on behalf of their children called for the cases to be dismissed.
So both sides agreed to drop the case. Probably because the complainants ran out of money to pursue any further, or they settled out of court. Or both.
It sure would be a shame if you bought new, identical Joy-Con controllers, found they didn't have drift, and returned the old drifty ones by accident.
5/28 Ninja Edit: today I learned is a form on Nintendo's website where you can fill out a repair request form. I thought the US had been excluded https://repair.nintendo.com/cc/soConsumer.html?lang=en&sys=SWTCH&type=JOY-CON