Nintendo’s Switch Lite is mired in legal trouble just a week after launch. Although JoyCon drift was a widely known and reported problem, Nintendo did not make efforts to fix it, resulting in a class-action lawsuit over the faulty parts. The pressure forced the company to reportedly start offering free JoyCon repairs.
Despite its repair efforts, it appears the company has not attempted to fix the problem at its source. While tear-downs by iFixit and others have revealed that Nintendo has changed the joystick mechanisms in the Lite, the controllers are still exhibiting the drifting problem.
With the launch of the Switch Lite only a week behind us, owners of the new system have now been added to the original class action filed earlier this year. The updated lawsuit levels several charges at Nintendo including fraud, warranty law violations, misrepresentation, breach of implied warranties, and unjust enrichment. Claimants are seeking financial compensation and other penalties.
Gizmodo explained, Switch Lite owners may be even more frustrated with controller drift than those who own the standard console. Where regular Switch owners affected by the issue might only have to ship the defective Joy-Cons for repairs, Lite users have to send their entire system — and it might take weeks to get a replacement. The addition of the Lite to the lawsuit theoretically pushes Nintendo to fix this problem before too many buyers have to deal with it.
