The dreaded Joy-Con drift issue has plagued Nintendo Switch since its release back in 2017. However, it looks like the situation's effects go beyond the gamer. The repair center that handled Joy-Con ...

Tears of the Kingdom FOMO got me. I rarely rush out to buy — or these days, download at midnight — a game on release day. It's not that I don't like The Legend of Zelda or anything. I just don't enjoy ...

A new report on Nintendo's process for dealing with faulty Joy-Cons has revealed how the repair center tasked with fixing those controllers was soon overwhelmed with work. While Nintendo of America ...

If you live east of the Mississippi River and you’ve ever had to send your Switch to Nintendo due to Joy-Con drift, then it definitely passed through a single repair shop in Syracuse, New York. Though ...

While Nintendo rushed to get the Nintendo Switch 2 out the door before tariffs, it appears the console once again suffers from the infamous “Joy-Con Drift” that plagued the controllers of its ...

Nintendo Switch Joy-Con stick drift is an issue that has been there since the device's release. Even though Nintendo has claimed to have made changes to the Joy-Con to fix the issue, many users still ...

We show you how to fix one of the most annoying problems to afflict the Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite -- even Nintendo knows it's an issue. As Managing Editor, I lead CNET's mobile team, covering ...

Nintendo is not legally obligated to offer the free repairs, but it seems to have covered any regulatory or legal concerns with the issue. Nintendo has now revealed that they will continue to repair ...

Nintendo has now promised to repair Joy-Con controllers for Nintendo Switch consoles for those in select territories. Over the past few years, Joy-Con “drifting” with thumbsticks on the Switch’s ...

A hot potato: Joystick drift has constantly dogged the latest game consoles over the last few years. This week, one former Nintendo Switch repair center supervisor shed some light on just how bad the ...