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Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Drift – Lawsuit has begun
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Iwata was probably around for the conceptual and prototyping phase, not the final hardware design. I doubt they had the finalized production plans in place almost 2 years before the Switch launched.
That's exactly what I'm saying, go look up what his positions were before he was promoted to president.
Hmm.....oof if they haven't addressed it in the Lite. Gonna be a long two months until we see.
This is dumb. Iwata oversaw numerous hardware flaws and defects, while also approving of Nintendo's ongoing "panel lottery" policy on their handhelds.
Good. I've literally had to stop playing handheld and pull out a Pro controller lately. That's unacceptable.
My own experiebnce.
I have two sets of Joycons and I never had drifting issues.
Even still, for those that do, I think a class action investigation seems to be going overboard given the lack of outrage over tons of faulty videogame accessories that never get even half the outrage like Joycons are getting.
I had 3 DS3's all go haywire and there weren't any investigations about it in sight and it was a known problem for the PS3.
These are very weak arguments. Individual experience means nothing and is not a basis for a valid opinion.
Furthermore it's up to the lawyers and/or court to decide if this is worth a lawsuit.
It just sounds like you're saying "suck it up like I did".
Good! Their controllers are too expensive for them not to address this issue.
What makes you rofl?
What makes you rofl?
Who cares? Even if that were true, then you should be supporting the idea of the buck finally stopping with someone, whether it's Nintendo or not. All of these companies have delivered defective hardware over the years, and often have not bothered to address the issues. Nintendo gets the be a scapegoat that puts them all on notice, and deservedly so for their lack of response to this, or the Pro Controller d-pad, or any of the other issues present within the Switch.
On mobile and had issues posting. Got an error message at first. Sorry.
That's my solution too, and yes it works (only temporarily), but let's be honest, there is a clear design flaw here, for a rather costly product
Ummm...yes it does, just like your experience with joycons are.
WTF are you talking about?
When a supposed investigation is done, and the results come out that the Joycon issue isn't as widespread as the outrage, what will you say then?
Not saying that that would be the outcome, but an individual's experience with joycons make up the bulk of the investigation.
Name one that was as widespread, severe, and impeded with gameplay as much as stick drifting.
I will accept that I lucked out and take the L if that's the outcome. What else would I do? That's precisely why only widespread problems rather than individual ones make a class action lawsuit valid.
Edit: to be clear since it looks like you missed my edit, my personal experience is meaningless too. Only large numbers of experiences are relevant.
Oh please. The entire internet, this forum included, has been on fire about JoyCon drift issues for a good while now. This is Xbox 360 RROD levels of bad. And during RROD debacle back then there were also detractors like you claiming it was all just circumstancial. Those detractors even had ammo in the form of MS outputting a public statement claiming it was just a tiny percentage, well within expected values. Then the bomb blew up. We're witnessing the same thing, again.
I wish there was something going in the EU as well. Maybe it's time to contact local consumer protection - there's a ton of online content to link to, ranging from pictures of the actual defect to all the reports of drifting. Class actions aren't as used here, but knowingly selling faulty products, which there's no doubt Nintendo is currently doing, can result in a good walloping from authorities in terms of fines.
oh cool so you don't know what you're talking about and we can safely ignore your input on the matter
This is good. It's nice to hear that this thing is finally getting started and hopefully it encourages Nintendo to do something about this issue.
Ive had 7 individual drifting Joycon so I guess my anecdote outweighs yours, huh. Not that yours meant much to begin with. PS3 controller had problems but they obviously weren't as widespread as this issue, this on the other hand has come up as a discussion topic on online gaming sites with increasing and downright shocking regularity. This shit is real, and you jumping to defend Nintendo on it is such a corny look.
2 years. 7. Busted. Controllers. 'Overblown, y'all exaggerating'. FOH, lmaooooool
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Add the lame broken dpad on the Pro controller to the Class Action. Anything done to embarrass or shame Nintendo into actually fixing their lame controller designs is fine by me. Drag them hard and make them pay.
Not about to cry for a huge company that is knowingly selling flawed devices and not owning it, even if other companies do the same. They've had plenty of time to address it so if this gets the job done then good
Not the biggest thing in the world but it's your money, you deserve value for it (without going the extra gamer mile of harassment)
Not the biggest thing in the world but it's your money, you deserve value for it (without going the extra gamer mile of harassment)
Let's not forget the lousy 3DS shoulder buttons.
Honestly, Nintendo hardware quality has been subpar for years now.
Oh fuck those. Though at least it was easier to fix those than the Switch drifting.
Critical mass was bound to happen. I'm just baffled that it took this long to semi-explode. The issue has been prevalent for quite a while now.
OMG I forgot about this. I had a fucked 3DS shoulder button, too. I managed to fix it, though.
This is just my estimate, but it's probably becoming more common because the console has been out longer. The hardware flaw that causes the drift can take time to manifest.
My Switch is four months old and theres already a minor drift on the left Joycon.
Theres something seriously wrong with the design they're using.
People were just as upset. And the build quality improved within a year.
OP
OP
Click on the link in the OP, and see what you can do from there.
How long have you had the Switch? I've had four joycon since launch day and only just experienced drift last week. So it can take time, but if you play your Switch a lot it seems almost inevitable.
...yeah almost like they should fix that... oh wait, it was a big stink so they DID already fix it years ago
As much as I love the switch. I can't forgive the god awful quality of the joycons and how expensive they are compared to PS4/Xbox controllers.
In countries like Pakistan / India where Nintendo isn't there, we have to pay the price of 2 PS4 controllers for 1 pair of joycons.
I had the same PS3 controller through 8 years, never a fault. And same for my PS4 controller. But my joycon drifting needs to be fixed every other week.
In countries like Pakistan / India where Nintendo isn't there, we have to pay the price of 2 PS4 controllers for 1 pair of joycons.
I had the same PS3 controller through 8 years, never a fault. And same for my PS4 controller. But my joycon drifting needs to be fixed every other week.
Not expecting much to come from the class action investigation itself, but I'm down for putting the pressure on Nintendo to improve their terrible quality controllers. Man, if only they fixed a few of the problems the Joycons would be terrific controllers.