Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers come in multiple colors.
Categories

Nintendo sued over ‘drift’ flaw in Joy-Con controllers (updated)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
  • Updated
  • 1 min

Somebody is taking the joy out of Joy-Con. Lawyers have filed a class-action suit against Nintendo for an alleged “drift” flaw in the Joy-Con controllers for the Nintendo Switch hybrid game console.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court in Washington by the law offices of Chimicles, Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith (CSK&D), alleges that the Joy-Con controllers don’t work properly.

Unlock premium content and VIP community perks with GB M A X! Join now to enjoy our free and premium perks. 

Join now →

Sign in to your account.

Written by

Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.