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Nintendo will pay a $40 million fine for faulty Joy-Cons (www.engadget.com)
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[–] 71 points 5 months ago (6 children)

So this fine is being paid to... The French government?

Look, I'm all for trying to punish the corporation for bad practices, but that money should be distributed to the people impacted by those practices, i.e. Joycon owners. Not disappear into the pockets of a regulatory board who had largely nothing to do with this situation and just sees an easy opportunity to profit.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I've wasted a ton of money on joycons at this point and frankly I don't mind not getting reimbursed if the fines actually stopped companies from shit practices. I don't think this is a big enough fine to stop Nintendo from charging a stupid amount for something that is known not to last.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Look into hall effect Joy con stick replacements. They use a different mechanism that doesn’t have the same drift issues, and aren’t that hard to install.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    It is very easy to replace, considering the size, but having to replace the joysticks on a $90 controller soured me on Nintendo forever. Even after years of knowing the problem exists they still dgaf. And so, neither do I. The switch 2 is the first console in the history of the company, that I don't own.

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