Games World

EU Calls For Investigation Into Switch Joy-Con Drift Following More Than 25,000 Complaints

“Nintendo must now come up with proper solutions”.

Following more than 25,000 complaints from consumers in countries such as France, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia and Greece, the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has called for Nintendo to properly investigate Joy-Con drift (thanks, Eurogamer).

Acting as the EU’s joint consumer programme, the BEUC has submitted its own complaints to the European Commission and national consumer protection authorities throughout Europe, claiming that in most cases (88%, in fact), Joy-Con drift became apparent within the first two years of ownership. The BEUC claims that Nintendo is breaking rules which are in place to prevent “premature obsolescence and misleading omissions of key consumer information”.

Read the full article on nintendolife.com