Today's News:
* A court in the Northern District of California reportedly dismissed a lawsuit against Nintendo over issues regarding drift in their Switch Joycon controllers, according to Eurogamer. This lawsuit had been filed in October of 2020 by parents on behalf of their 10-year old child claiming that the drift issues "became so pronounced that the controllers became inoperable for general gameplay use." In the official ruling, the court stated that the reason for the dismissal was due to legal issues that arose from the nature of the lawsuit. It was stated that Nintendo's legal agreement to use their products would have been between them and the parents and not the child, who is a minor under the rule of law. It was also stated that due to minors are not legally considered to be parties of EULA agreements, there was never any legal agreement between Nintendo and the minor which meant they did not have to rule on the other issues presented in the lawsuit. The court also stated that "because minors failed to allege ownership of the console and assignment of right to sue, they lack standing to pursue the CLRA and unjust enrichment claims."
Link:
https://www.eurogamer.net/american-j...-drift-lawsuit ,
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/us-cou...-drift-lawsuit
* Nintendo announced that they will be releasing a new Nintendo Direct episode on Thursday that will be around 40 minutes in length and will mainly focus on games for the Switch arriving in the first half of this year.
Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMdUSVSEp7U ,
https://www.destructoid.com/a-ninten...-half-of-2023/