[UPDATE] Amazon is restricting sales of used first-party Nintendo games and products

*knock* *knock* hello there pirated/modded copies and first gen vulnerable switches.

 

Be careful what you wish for when Gamestop and your local used bookstores go out of business.

 

Banning the used market helps Nintendo's bottom line, but the move only helps Amazon's bottom line if enough people switch to buying new games. They might lose money instead if those people just continue buying used games somewhere else.

 

Hello again, EBay my old friend...

 

If those assumptions are true, then you're definitely right. I wonder if any surveys have been done to find out what price difference will trigger people to switch stores.

 

Switch bootleg games?
Did I miss something completely or since when can any Switch run some kind of physical copy of a gamecart?

 

People will just use a different online selling stuff service.

 

stares at eBay

 

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

 

I still see the used switch offers though... and i took a look at amazon.com.
If they do ban used sales, it will be illegal in some countries, including France and i have no doubt someone will take an action.

 

Makes sense. Used games are almost as much competition as ROMs to Nintendo's current titles. Didn't they fight used game sales/rentals back in the 90's? Legally they failed, but now they found a company that's enough of a corporate bitch to do their bidding. Woohoo. Large corporations.

If Nintendo actually wanted to fight bootlegs they should meet the demand people have for older games instead of basically banning people from buying them. Bootlegs aren't going anywhere, this will just harm legitimate resales.

 

Calm down nintendo, this sort of stuff does more harm then good.

 

wow that's dumb this hurts people a lot.

 

*laughs in eBay*

 

tbh amazon so far unless you get a good deal new its usualy cheaper on ebay to buy used, but that is for me because my country doesnt have an amazon store so shipping on amazon is always more expensive than shipping on ebay for me.

 

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?