Nintendo hit with formal investigation from EU due to Joy-Con drift
A switchy situation.
We may now be one month into 2021, the fifth-year of the Nintendo Switch’s life, but that doesn’t mean the situation surrounding the infamous Joy-Con drift has subsided. On contrary, as the European Consumer Organization (BEUC) has formally called for a proper investigation into Nintendo due to receiving 25,000 complaints surrounding Joy-Con drift.
As Eurogamer reports, the aforementioned 25,000 complaints stem from Nintendo Switch owners across a swath of European countries, including Greece, Portugal, France, Norway, Italy, Slovakia, and Slovenia. After receiving such a wide array of different complaints from consumers, the BEUC has now filed its own complaint to the European Commission and “national consumer protection authorities around Europe”, says Eurogamer. As the boss of the BEUC, Monique Goyens, puts it, this matter is being classified as “premature obsolesce and mislead