Nintendo Joy-Con Drift Lawsuits Dismissed After Five Years

Legal claims over defective Switch controllers end due to binding arbitration clause in user agreements.

Two major class action lawsuits against Nintendo over Joy-Con drift have been dismissed.
The lawsuits, filed in 2019 and 2020, accused Nintendo of selling defective controllers.
Dismissal is due to an arbitration clause in Nintendo's End-User Licence Agreement (EULA).
Nintendo has been offering free repairs for Joy-Con drift issues since 2019.
A third related lawsuit was already dismissed in 2022.