France Imposes €35M Penalty on Nintendo Over Delayed Joy-Con Fault Disclosure
TL;DR
France’s consumer regulator DGCCRF fined Nintendo of Europe €35 million for delaying and misleadingly informing consumers about defects in Switch Joy-Con controllers, despite knowing about the issue as early as 2018. The company only began communicating in 2020 and offered free repairs in 2023 after coordinated EU action, with authorities saying the silence discouraged customers from using after-sales service and pushed some to buy new controllers.
- Nintendo fined €35 million in France over defect in Switch Joy-Con controllers Le Monde.fr
- Nintendo of Europe agrees to pay €35m fine for Joy-Con drift defects GamesIndustry.biz
- Nintendo just got fined $46 million over broken Joy-Con controllers Polygon.com
- Nintendo agrees to 35 mil euro French fine over faulty Switch controllers Japan Today
- Nintendo Will Pay A $40 Million Fine For Faulty Joy-Cons Engadget
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