Nintendo’s Mysterious Absence From Amazon Ends With No Explanation
Nintendo’s Mysterious Absence From Amazon Ends With No Explanation
by jinnetics
23 Comments
Wrong_Revolution_679
I don’t use Amazon so I didn’t know about this
Feisty-Noise-9816
I don’t know that it’s much of a mystery. They’ve been very careful with the switch 2 release and i wouldn’t trust Amazon either. Now that it’s out, they’re allowed
Makelovenotrobots
That website was ad cancer. Jesus. Don’t click
caught_red_wheeled
As an Amazon customer, this is good news. I’m not ready to get this Switch 2 but I was pretty concerned that I wouldn’t be able to when I was because I usually use a lot of Amazon gift cards for big purchases and it’s the easiest way for me to get games. I was lucky enough not to really need any first party games at the time the feud happened, but I’m glad it seems to have been resolved now.
issaBear
I’m not sure we need an explanation, weird headline. Behind-the-scenes business dealings see this kind of stuff happen often. I’m not sure why we as the consumer demand a reasoning and explanation behind so many things. Buy it if you want it, from where you want it (or from where you can get it from).
That said, this is great news because it makes the console and games more accessible. This is awesome!
raylan_givens6
meh, I stopped using amazon a while ago
don’t like bezos or his company
I prefer to shop local and in big box stores again
shopping online sucks . I enjoy going back to malls
G-Kira
I’m betting it’s because that, for the longest time, if you bought a Switch game from Amazon, you were likely to get a copy from the Southeast Asian region or the Middle East region. And it even said on the box that it was not meant to be sold outside of those regions.
I’m sure Nintendo was pissed about that.
owenturnbull
Amazon us
goro-n
For what it’s worth, Wario64 has said in his Discord that he knows the reason for the Amazon-Nintendo rift, and that it’s a “boring” one, but has declined to say what it is. Based on that, I suspect it’s not actually about Amazon shipping preorders early and is instead something more mundane.
milkyheika
Power to the Players
FreneticZen
Eh, fuck Amazon. It’s almost as bad as Craig’s List/FB Marketplace if you don’t know what you’re doing as a buyer, and as a seller, the deck is stacked against you too. This is probably just Nintendo’s way of pulling out of the cesspool that is the Amazon Marketplace these days.
MysteriousEmployer52
I figured it was Amazon’s history of sending out stuff prior to release.
Sylverstone14
The last Switch game I got from Amazon was Bayonetta 3 (after holding the preorder for multiple years) – they used to be who I relied on for getting games right at launch.
I assumed Nintendo started to pull back support due to Amazon’s distributors shipping copies early.
wookiewin
We do know the reason though. Nintendo does not want to pay Amazon’s commission rates.
TheCrach
Imagine being so petty you pull your games from Amazon… then silently return like nothing happened.
OmegaMalkior
Bullshit until the Switch 2 Pro controller appears in the US store
zaptrac
The absence was because they kept breaking street date in the US and nintendo is very strict about that. Amazon mostly cared about making sure games got their by release date and didn’t care if they got their early. Nintendo cared about making sure they didn’t get released early and would rather they get to the customer a day or two after launch instead of early. So nintendo stopped sending games to amazon until after the launch in the US. No clue why they decided to start allowing it again. they must have worked something out now that the switch 2 released
Wipedout89
For years in the UK – around the 3DS era – Nintendo fell out with Amazon UK and you couldn’t buy any Nintendo stuff on Amazon here.
It’s been resolved since though, since somewhere near the start of Switch 1
MaNameIsMudD
Kotaku article?? gtf out of here🤦♂️🤦♂️
smitherenesar
That “article” ends with no information. Don’t bother trying to read it
Jonesdeclectice
Still available here in Canada 🤷
TheDoctorDB
Everyone’s focused on the reason we’ll likely never officially get, but what about the solution? I wonder what made them change their minds. Maybe Amazon conceded whatever Nintendo requested to jump in on those sweet sales numbers after Switch 2 broke launch records?
FasterThanTW
i don’t understand why anyone would expect an “explanation”
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I don’t use Amazon so I didn’t know about this
I don’t know that it’s much of a mystery. They’ve been very careful with the switch 2 release and i wouldn’t trust Amazon either. Now that it’s out, they’re allowed
That website was ad cancer. Jesus. Don’t click
As an Amazon customer, this is good news. I’m not ready to get this Switch 2 but I was pretty concerned that I wouldn’t be able to when I was because I usually use a lot of Amazon gift cards for big purchases and it’s the easiest way for me to get games. I was lucky enough not to really need any first party games at the time the feud happened, but I’m glad it seems to have been resolved now.
I’m not sure we need an explanation, weird headline. Behind-the-scenes business dealings see this kind of stuff happen often. I’m not sure why we as the consumer demand a reasoning and explanation behind so many things. Buy it if you want it, from where you want it (or from where you can get it from).
That said, this is great news because it makes the console and games more accessible. This is awesome!
meh, I stopped using amazon a while ago
don’t like bezos or his company
I prefer to shop local and in big box stores again
shopping online sucks . I enjoy going back to malls
I’m betting it’s because that, for the longest time, if you bought a Switch game from Amazon, you were likely to get a copy from the Southeast Asian region or the Middle East region. And it even said on the box that it was not meant to be sold outside of those regions.
I’m sure Nintendo was pissed about that.
Amazon us
For what it’s worth, Wario64 has said in his Discord that he knows the reason for the Amazon-Nintendo rift, and that it’s a “boring” one, but has declined to say what it is. Based on that, I suspect it’s not actually about Amazon shipping preorders early and is instead something more mundane.
Power to the Players
Eh, fuck Amazon. It’s almost as bad as Craig’s List/FB Marketplace if you don’t know what you’re doing as a buyer, and as a seller, the deck is stacked against you too. This is probably just Nintendo’s way of pulling out of the cesspool that is the Amazon Marketplace these days.
I figured it was Amazon’s history of sending out stuff prior to release.
The last Switch game I got from Amazon was Bayonetta 3 (after holding the preorder for multiple years) – they used to be who I relied on for getting games right at launch.
I assumed Nintendo started to pull back support due to Amazon’s distributors shipping copies early.
We do know the reason though. Nintendo does not want to pay Amazon’s commission rates.
Imagine being so petty you pull your games from Amazon… then silently return like nothing happened.
Bullshit until the Switch 2 Pro controller appears in the US store
The absence was because they kept breaking street date in the US and nintendo is very strict about that. Amazon mostly cared about making sure games got their by release date and didn’t care if they got their early. Nintendo cared about making sure they didn’t get released early and would rather they get to the customer a day or two after launch instead of early. So nintendo stopped sending games to amazon until after the launch in the US. No clue why they decided to start allowing it again. they must have worked something out now that the switch 2 released
For years in the UK – around the 3DS era – Nintendo fell out with Amazon UK and you couldn’t buy any Nintendo stuff on Amazon here.
It’s been resolved since though, since somewhere near the start of Switch 1
Kotaku article?? gtf out of here🤦♂️🤦♂️
That “article” ends with no information. Don’t bother trying to read it
Still available here in Canada 🤷
Everyone’s focused on the reason we’ll likely never officially get, but what about the solution? I wonder what made them change their minds. Maybe Amazon conceded whatever Nintendo requested to jump in on those sweet sales numbers after Switch 2 broke launch records?
i don’t understand why anyone would expect an “explanation”