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Nintendo of Europe agrees to pay €35m fine for Joy-Con drift defects | GamesIndustry.biz
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this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2026
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The amount of money I had to spend buying/repairing joycons put me off playing the Switch at all. Wasn't worth it.
I had 2 pairs that they repaired for free. One if them twice. At that point it would have probably been cheaper to redesign them, but idk.
Not sure why you paid a lot to get them repaired, it was very easy to get the free repairs (at least in Europe).
And they've doubled down on their mistake with the Switch 2. Should eventually see another bigger fine, hopefully. €35 million is cheap for Nintendo.
How so? Is JoyCon drift still a thing on the Switch 2?
If they didn't go with hall effect sensors, the answer is yes