Nintendo Pulls Products From Amazon US Site (bloomberg.com)
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- News link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/06/30/142217/nintendo-pulls-products-from-amazon-us-site
- Source link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-30/amazon-lost-right-to-sell-nintendo-switch-2-amid-sales-dispute
> The Japanese company stopped selling on Amazon after noticing that third-party merchants were offering games for sale in the US at prices that undercut Nintendo's advertised rates, according to a person familiar with the situation. Enterprising sellers were buying Nintendo products in bulk in Southeast Asia and exporting them to the US, said the person, who requested anonymity to discuss confidential information.
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> Nintendo product listings started disappearing from Amazon's US site last year, gaming news outlets reported at the time. The listings had previously appeared as "Sold by Amazon," which typically denotes merchandise the online retailer buys directly from brands. Some Nintendo products remained on the site, but they were listed by independent merchants who sell their goods on Amazon's sprawling online marketplace.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-30/amazon-lost-right-to-sell-nintendo-switch-2-amid-sales-dispute
Why doesn't Amazon clean up? (Score:2)
I really do not understand why Amazon doesn't clean up its vendors. Scam sites. Counterfeit products. Sites selling used stuff as new. Etc. Etc.
Personally, I only ever order from Amazon if there is no other real choice, because you just cannot trust them. Do they make so much money from shady sites that they do not care about their reputation? Or is the general public unaware of the problems?
Serious question: why don't they clean up?
Re:Why doesn't Amazon clean up? (Score:4, Informative)
Do they make so much money from shady sites that they do not care about their reputation?
Try B. It does not meaningfully affect Amazon's reputation, because people don't even notice most of the time.
And C. The 3rd party merchants undercutting Nintendo pricing are not selling counterfeit products anyway.
This is a type of arbitrage, and not counterfeit items: Enterprising sellers were buying Nintendo products in bulk in Southeast Asia and exporting them to the US
Re:Why doesn't Amazon clean up? (Score:4, Informative)
I was just recently burned by the selling-used-as-new bullshit on Amazon. Bought a DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem, was really excited to try it out only to find that the gd thing would never complete its boot process. Upon further inspection, it appeared that the power adapter provided with it wasn't even the correct one (1.0 amps vs the required 1.5 amps). It looked like someone had returned it with the incorrect power adapter & Amazon happily resold it as new.
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They've just copied Fry's business model and moved it to the internet. Shovel shit, run fast and loose, if someone gets fucked over by your processes no big deal as there are thousands more behind them. Once I bought an alleged UW PCI SCSI card and got it home and found a fast narrow ISA SCSI card in the box. Cost to Fry's to process my return: a few dollars, tops. Cost to me: Probably $20-30 since I had to return to the store which was in another city on the other side of a mountain range.
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> I really do not understand why Amazon doesn't clean up
It would cost more than the effects of the bullshit on their bottom line, because most consumers are stupid and they get a sweetheart deal on shipping which makes processing the returns viable.
Re: Why doesn't Amazon clean up? (Score:2)
Because contrary to popular belief, Amazon is not an ecommerce company; they are a logistics and shipping company. The more volume the better, regardless of how well received the goods are.
PWDR (Score:2)
paywalled didn't read
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So? (Score:1)
I don't intend to buy no nintendo.
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it showing in there sales and pulling from amazon is only hurting Nintendo. switch 2 sales wile strong at launch fell off a cliff..
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Do you think so? The Switch 2 is still available from Nintendo's own website, as well as Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Gamestop, and Microcenter.
I find it hard to imagine that anyone who wants a Switch 2 is going to give up when they don't find it on Amazon. Or that a lack-of-advertising on Amazon is going to be the thing that makes sales "fall off a cliff" for this product.
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They’ll be struck down by the EU for that. They’ve functionally bricked those devices. You can’t even play game key card or eshop single player games on a banned device, and can’t get game updates. Historically Sony and msft would ban a console from online multiplayer but that’s it. Nintendo has gone way too far.
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oh the eu can 100% bypass that. they have alot tighter consumer protections and one of this you own and repair hardware you buy.
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steam decks are great
Re: Why are they selling the same thing (Score:1)
Tell me you don't know how economics works without telling me you don't know how economics works.
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Do you have any idea how economics work?
Products are routinely sold for different prices in different markets and it is not racism or a scam.
Supply and demand.
Pricing to what the market will bear.
Arbitrage.
These are real things.
Re: Why are they selling the same thing (Score:2)
Why is shit more expensive at 7-11 than it is at the grocery store? Do you think that's racism?