Nintendo Joy-Con Drift Fine: €35M Penalty & What It Means for Gamers
Nintendo of Europe has agreed to pay a €35 million fine to French consumer protection regulators over the long-running Joy-Con drift defect — one of the most widespread hardware failures in modern gaming history. The penalty sets a landmark regulatory precedent that puts every major console hardware maker on notice and raises urgent questions about what Switch 2 owners can expect from Nintendo’s next generation of controllers.