Nintendo doesn’t seem to have addressed Joy-Con drift on the upcoming Switch

Nintendo would not say whether it has fixed the stick drift issues in its Joy-Con controllers with the upcoming new version of the Nintendo Switch. It only states that ‘the configuration and the functionality of the Joy-Cons are the same’.

Including The Verge asked in response to the arrival of the new Switch whether the problem with the Joy-Cons would be resolved. While the company seems to be saying in fairly general terms in its response that nothing has changed with the Joy-Cons, Nintendo also states that it is aware that “some Joy-Cons don’t respond properly” and that users especially should go to customer service if that is the case.

What might be Nintendo’s strategy for this problem is to quietly fix it every time, completely free of charge, even if the warranty has already expired. In 2019, an internal Nintendo memo came out via Vice describing this assignment to the service department. The shipping costs would also be borne by the Japanese company. Vice would have successfully exploited that and The Verge too.

Nevertheless, there are several lawsuits against Nintendo due to this shortcoming, of which IGN an overview has made. The European consumer organization BEUC also calls on the EU Commission to encourage national authorities to start an investigation into the Nintendo Switch.

With the Joy-Con drift, the controller registers input without the user touching the controller. This leads to characters in a game moving or reacting without the user’s intention. Nintendo has already apologized for it.

The upcoming new Nintendo Switch will feature a 7″ OLED screen, 0.8″ larger than the existing Switch, and an improved kickstand for tabletop mode. The new console version also gets improved speakers and 64GB of integrated storage space. The dock also has an integrated RJ45 connector for wired Ethernet. The new OLED model will appear on October 8 and will cost $ 350. The soc is unchanged.