This is nothing new, and some of you worry. Actually, there is a flaw in the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con, “Joy-Con Drift”, which causes problems during a game. This Wednesday, UFC-Que Choisir joined the European Bureau of Consumer Unions (BEUC), a consumer association in France Taking massive action about this “planned obsolescence”.

In 2020, the Consumers Union UFC-What to choose Filed a complaint against Nintendo. Indeed, the association accuses the Japanese manufacturer of selling the controllers, Joy-Con, which are over too quickly. This problem is called ” Joy cone flow Can occur during the game without the player touching the button. These “ghost movements” can appear very quickly after purchasing a console, and the left controller is more likely to experience them.

This Wednesday, the UFC-Que Choisir therefore joined forces with the European Consumer Bureau’s Unions (BEUC), giving greater scope to previously filed complaints. Actually, BEUC requested “That an investigation be initiated at the European level on this issue and that Nintendo be obliged to quickly overcome its product’s premature failures”.

other than this, “Controllers have (…) This malfunction was encountered after one year of use “. The UFC-Q Choisir asks other consumers to have the same concern to come forward. Thus, the association expects Nintendo to repair the dysfunctional controller free of charge with the help of BEUC, but also that the manufacturer will warn of this rapid “obsolescence”.