--- title: Nintendo of Europe agrees to pay €35m fine for Joy-Con... description: Nintendo of Europe has agreed to pay a €35 million fine after France's DGCCRF found the company misled consumers about Joy-Con drift defects on original... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nintendo-of-europe-agrees-to-pay-35m-fine-for-joy-con-drift-defects-pjpjvv7q4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Nintendo of Europe agrees to pay €35m fine for Joy-Con drift defects | daily.dev og:description: Nintendo of Europe has agreed to pay a €35 million fine after France's DGCCRF found the company misled consumers about Joy-Con drift defects on original... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nintendo-of-europe-agrees-to-pay-35m-fine-for-joy-con-drift-defects-pjpjvv7q4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PJPjVv7q4.png og:image:alt: Nintendo of Europe agrees to pay €35m fine for Joy-Con drift defects og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Nintendo of Europe agrees to pay €35m fine for Joy-Con drift defects **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nintendo of Europe has agreed to pay a €35 million fine after France's DGCCRF found the company misled consumers about Joy-Con drift defects on original Nintendo Switch controllers. The regulator determined Nintendo was aware of responsiveness and drift issues as early as 2018 but did not inform consumers until 2020, causing customers to unnecessarily purchase replacement controllers. The investigation stemmed from a 2020 complaint by French consumer association UFC-Que Choisir, which had previously warned of possible planned obsolescence. Nintendo denies intentionally misleading consumers and calls the settlement an 'amicable resolution' that does not constitute an admission of guilt. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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