Amazon is attempting to curb the sale of used Nintendo games on its platform, according to a mass-email that has been going out to sellers. Starting today, those who sell on Amazon can no longer list used Nintendo titles, or at the very least, first-party ones. No explicit reason was given for this change, though sellers speculate that this is due to an overabundance of bootleg products. Those who list an item for sale that has Nintendo marked as the producer of said item, have been reporting that their listings have been removed for violating Amazon's new rule. In order for sellers to sell any first-party used condition Nintendo controllers, games, or accessories, they need to file for approval on an item-by-item process. Amazon can then deny, or approve said game sale. At this time, it only affects Nintendo games, and Amazon has not clarified as to whether this will impact other first-party products, sold by Xbox or PlayStation.

UPDATE:

Following the initial report of Amazon seller restrictions on used Nintendo products, Amazon has responded to the claims in a very brief official statement. Amazon claims that the email that was distributed to sellers was sent in error, and any removed listings have now been reinstated. Further details are vague, but it appears that sellers will NOT be impacted when selling used first-party Nintendo hardware or games.

Yesterday’s email [to third-party Amazon sellers] was sent in error, and all impacted listings were reinstated within hours.

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[pedro702]

Welp back to ebay or more importantly, Dhgate.

I have 2 "knockoff" switch pro controllers and 1 knockoff wii u pro controller and compared to the official ones they are every bit as good besides lacking the ability to use amiibos(which i never use anyway)

Saving over 40$ for the exact controller is amazing. Sure i'll miss amazon 2 day shipping but to think this will suddenly make me buy official products is laughable.

But yea im assuming this is because of how popular the "knockoff" controllers became. I don't know of any "bootleg games" how would those even run on patched consoles?

bootleg gbc,ds,gba,n64,snes,nes games run fine but yeah no more bootlegs on any console besides those 6. for wii,switch and such is the bootleg controllers listed as nintendo ones, that is full of them, same on ebay.

 

[phillyrider807]

bootleg gbc,ds,gba,n64,snes,nes games run fine but yeah no more bootlegs on any console besides those 6. for wii,switch and such is the bootleg controllers listed as nintendo ones, that is full of them, same on ebay.

Ahh ok that makes sense! I do recall bootleg ds pokemon games being sold on amazon. Like the rom hacks being inserted into actual carts

 

[b17bomber]

I wonder if this has anything to do with Team-Xecuter's new exploit and them making yet another switch revision.

 

[wurstpistole]

Amazon doesn't just sell switch games. For a highly bootlegged example, https://www.amazon.com/slp/pokemon-gba-games/c7st2qogcm8zcbj.

Here's a bootleg Switch Pro controller.

Bootleg GBA 1000-in-1.

There's many more like it

Ah.
I automatically thought of Switch only, not the older titles.

 

[Teletron1]

I thought this was going to be about the price gouging on Nintendo products like Switch games and current Amiibos .. damn amazon and its knock offs

 

[chartube12]

Amazon still lacks a general license to officially sale Nintendo stuff officially. So maybe Nintendo got their lawyers involved to stretch it to 3rd party sellers?

 

[xbmcuser]

Looks like a deal has been done, Amazon Prime members get upto a year of
Nintendo Switch Online through Twitch Prime

request amazon to ban selling pre owned games. Hope nintendo get it in the neck

The courts should look at this, it looks illegal.

 

[Chainhunter]

Looks like a deal has been done, Amazon Prime members get upto a year of
Nintendo Switch Online through Twitch Prime

request amazon to ban selling pre owned games. Hope nintendo get it in the neck

The courts should look at this, it looks illegal.

Yep, same thoughts here.

 

[Jayro]

Wow, eBay just gained a shitload of used game sales. Nice job shooting yourselves in the foot, Amazon.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Keep it going, Nintendo.
Keep showing how you don't give a fuck about your consumers.

I can understand the bootleg thing, but I don't see Nintendo offering long gone GBA or SNES carts anymore, what do they expect? There's no way any bootleg game is hurting Nintendo in the current gen, there's no Switch flashcard or reproduction Switch cartridges, so that's bullshit. If they don't offer a solution to physical gaming, then of course others will. And the idiotic Switch Online Service doesn't count here, I'm not gonna pay for 20 or so games from the hundreds of games each console has in its library which have not been available officially in decades.

They only thing they are hurting here is the consumer with it, and I'm surprised Amazon went through with this. The consumer has the right to do whatever the fuck the consumer wants with the product they purchased, it's law and a protection to the consumer as well against bullshit policies like the ones Nintendo likes to strike again and again.
And now they are restricting the consumer from re-selling what they purchase? What the fuck?

I get it's not the only option to purchase online (and thank the fucking gods for that), but really Nintendo is doing really shady shit that only benefits them, and only them, while not caring at all for their fans and consumers.

Really, Nintendo is just claiming for their asses to get fucked in a big way, and I do hope I get to live to see that day. Will serve them right for how they are treating their fanbase and consumers.

 

[raxadian]

One wonders the hypocrisy since they are still selling bootleg Nintendo stuff.

 

[DarthDub]

It's a good thing that Amazon isn't the only online site to buy stuff from.

 

[ChaosEternal]

The consumer has the right to do whatever the fuck the consumer wants with the product they purchased, it's law and a protection to the consumer as well against bullshit policies like the ones Nintendo likes to strike again and again.
And now they are restricting the consumer from re-selling what they purchase? What the fuck?

Do you have a right to force Amazon to allow you to sell whatever you own? Can I sue them for not allowing me to sell prescriptions drugs or guns on Amazon? I'm disappointed to see them removing used Nintendo games, but I don't think my rights are being infringed by them doing so.

 

[tech3475]

Are they enacting this kind of policy elsewhere? Because Amazon has been criticised for selling bootleg products before.

A while back I found out through the BBC about some dodgy CO detectors which I had to contact Amazon about before being told about the recall.

If not, it sounds like Nintendo pulling the strings.

 

[FAST6191]

I shall echo the dick move thing, though it is far from the first time Amazon has dabbled in a bit of market manipulation (was watching a video a while back where they blocked people from selling a fancy version of monopoly that was popular that year). In some ways a bit of a pity as I did quite often like amazon as a quick price lookup for second hand things.

Re: Ebay that is still one of the shit tier online second hand tat merchants, though I suppose that is the sentiment.

 

[Madridi]

Hello again, EBay my old friend...

eBay now also adds mandatory tax to most states. How stupid is that?

 

[sarkwalvein]

eBay now also adds mandatory tax to most states. How stupid is that?

Europe sounds unaffected as that always was the case same as Amazon.

Hello again, EBay my old friend in Europe?

 

[godreborn]

I think I have one of those bootlegs. the poi game I bought from ebay though. it says USA on it, and the guy claimed to have bought it in the US. however, I couldn't redeem coins for it as it said it was the wrong region. also, I bought the game digitally from the US store, and the digital game and the retail one are shown separately on the home menu. my digital save doesn't work with the retail version. I started off buying retail, then went digital due to my health (afraid of dropping the system while changing carts). anyway, all digital and retail games from the same region share the same tile.

 

[Xzi]

Interesting. I had no idea this was going on since I only buy new games from Amazon, used from eBay. I think people should be able to sell stuff like reproduction SNES carts on Amazon, but only if they're clearly labeled as such. A lot of times originals are in very short supply and very expensive, after all.

 

[HideoKojima]

I never buy used from Amazon I use ebay, am I the only one?