A class action lawsuit has been ongoing over Joy-Con drift since last July, with many hoping something will be done. While a verdict hasn’t been reached yet, there was an new development this week.
U.S. law firm Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith (CSK&D), the firm handling the case, is now reaching out to consumers who previously had issues with Joy-Con drift and asking them to provide a short statement or video to “describe your experience with the Joy-Con drift on your controllers.” The reason is that Nintendo has apparently argued that it “isn’t a real problem or hasn’t caused anyone any inconvenience”.
“Thank you for contacting our law firm about the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Drift litigation. We are working on putting together a montage of video clips from Nintendo Switch owners such as yourself as a way to give voice to the Joy-Con drift issues you’ve experienced. This will be helpful to us in responding to Nintendo’s arguments about how this isn’t a real problem or hasn’t caused anyone any inconvenience.
In an effort to humanize and demonstrate these issues and their impact on consumers, it would be helpful to our prosecution of the case if you would submit a short (90 seconds or less) video to us describing your experience with the Joy-Con drift on your controllers.”
Videos sent to CSK&D will be shared with Nintendo’s attorneys and representatives.
LOVE NINTENDO, but I have been through three left Joycons and the third joycon is now a drifter also, i mostly play with my procontoller, but its a pain when I want to play with my kids, I will always support NINTENDO but this has been a hugh inconvenience
Out of the two Nintendo Switch consoles purchased at the same time, both had the full sets of Joycons experience drifting within three to six months. Being a computer technician with experience making repairs on laptops, I opened mine up myself and fixed the issue on my set after I had the tools available to me. I fixed the one out of other set once the girlfriend was confident that I wouldn’t mess hers up, and at her request, left the one that wasn’t very bad alone. I primarily use a Pro Controller now, but I expect to need repairs on the girlfriend’s set again within six months if she starts playing it heavily again since she primarily plays it in handheld. I feel bad for anyone that has this issue on a Switch Lite.