After many yr , Nintendopresident Shuntaro Furukawa has issued a formal excuse for a longstanding problem with the Switch ’s Joy - Con controllers . Many substance abuser have describe an issue in which their Joy - Cons “ impetus ” out of ascendence without any remark from players , resulting in much disarray and frustration when trying to roleplay their favorite Nintendo claim .

While some fans have made their own originative root to this ongoing problem , it has remain since the Switch itself first hit store shelves back in 2017 , so much so that some players have begunactively suing Nintendofor its failure to properly inform consumer about the mar causing it , result in a course action lawsuit being filed this class . Things have grown increasingly perplex due to the recentcoronaviruspandemic forcing the party to temporarily close down down all of its repair center , meaning that thisJoy - Con job wo n’t be going awayany meter soon .

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As cover byKotakuearlier today , it seems that Nintendo is at least treat the drifting problem that has been plaguing its Switch Joy - Con controller . At a late fiscal Q&A session , Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa speak out about the issue and officially apologized to fans , stating :

" Regarding the Joy - Con , we apologise for any trouble caused to our customers . We are stay on to calculate to improve our products , but as the Joy - Con is the case of a course of instruction - natural process lawsuit in the United States and this is still a pending issue , we would it wish to refrain from react about any specific natural action . ”

The Joy - Con drifting issue and its subsequent legal consequences are n’t the only dilemmas that Nintendo has faced this twelvemonth , as back in April the society ’s data point serverswere broken into by hack , resulting in up to 160,000 player chronicle being compromise . Even worse , it was afterward substantiate that an additional 140,000 Nintendo connection IDs were relegate into during this flak , adding in a total of up to 1 % of online Switch users being impacted . A far less frightening but still troublesome situation pass a month subsequently , in which thesource computer code for past Nintendo consoleslike the N64 , the Gamecube and the Wii were leak to the populace .

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These problems are undoubtedly a worrying hit against Nintendo , which has already had to contend withan on-going Switch shortagethanks in part to the COVID-19 outbreak . Still , while it certainly took the company long enough to come up to the Joy - Con blow situation , it ’s supporting to try Nintendo last promise rooter that they will work to relieve it in the future . Hopefully , it is n’t long before this defect is a forgotten store , andNintendo Switchusers can shift their focus back to playing their pet games without the vexation of their controller acting up in a critical moment .

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Source : Kotaku

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