Nintendo’s Switch faces French claim of ‘planned obsolescence’

Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite game consoles inside a store in Tokyo, Japan. Que Choisir claimed on Sept 22 that the underlying problem causing 'Joy-Con drift' had not been fixed, and that they were still receiving complaints about them. — Bloomberg

PARIS: A French consumer advocacy group said on Sept 22 that it had filed a “planned obsolescence” claim against Nintendo’s Switch console, saying the Japanese giant knew some controllers were failing too quickly.

The UFC-Que Choisir group based its complaint on a 2015 law that established the framework for France’s green economy goals.