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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Andrew Williams

Nintendo to blame for your broken Switch Joy-Cons, says UK consumer group

Which? has called upon Nintendo to offer a “no quibble” replacement or repair for Joy-Cons with analogue stick drift

(Picture: Nintendo)

A investigation by consumer group Which? has found the common “stick drift” issue in Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers is caused by a design flaw.

Joy-Con drift is where the on-screen reticule controlled by the analogue sticks starts to move on its own.

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