You can now officially repair Joy-Con with drift out of warranty for free.
After a long battle of the more than 122 million users of Nintendo Switch, the Japanese company has announced that from now on, will repair defective Joy-Con free of charge whether or not they are under warranty both in Spain and in other European territories that until now were outside of this Nintendo policy that only covered North America, Latin America and France.
The Nintendo Switch Joy-Con are one of the great attractions of the console due to its versatility and functions, but since the console’s release in 2017, many are the users who have suffered the so-called “drift”a mechanical joystick error that has a special incidence on Nintendo controllers.
Users win the battle against Nintendo Switch drift
As we can read in a new update on the Nintendo support page in the United Kingdom, the Japanese company extends the measure to both United Kingdom, like Switzerland and the European Economic Area where you are Spain. In such a way that it will repair the defective Joy-Con of all users whether or not they are under warranty, as also applies to Nintendo Switch Lite.
“Nintendo prides itself on creating high-quality and durable products and is continually making improvements to them,” we can read on the company’s support page. “Therefore, and until further notice, Nintendo offers to consumers who purchased the respective product in the EEA, UK and Switzerland that the repairs for response syndrome related to the control sticks will be carried out. no fees at official Nintendo repair centers. This applies even if the syndrome is caused by wear and tear and even if the 24-month warranty offered by Nintendo has expired. The manufacturer’s warranty does not affect any legal rights you may have under the consumer protection legislation as a buyer of goods. The benefits described here are in addition to those rights.”
the news has been very well received by the gaming communitybut it is still surprising that the Japanese company does not offer a real solution to this problem beyond repairing the defective controllers, despite the fact that the console has undergone several hardware revisions since its release long ago more than five years. We’ll see if it takes good note for the future and these problems are not repeated for the launch of Nintendo Switch 2, a console that could be presented this year.