Nintendo pulled its products from Amazon's American website after a messy dispute over knockoff sellers. Bloomberg discovered that cheap game resellers were buying Nintendo gear from Southeast Asia and flipping it for profit on Amazon. These sneaky merchants undercut Nintendo's official prices and made the company mad. Amazon tried to fix things with special stickers to prove products were real. Nintendo said no thanks and walked away from the deal.
The gaming giant's decision cost Amazon big when the Switch 2 launched. Amazon missed out on selling the hottest new console because of the ongoing feud. The Switch 2 became the fastest-selling game system ever with 3.5 million sales in just four days worldwide. American gamers still bought 1.1 million Switch 2 consoles during launch week without Amazon's help. That number beat the old record held by Sony's PlayStation 2 from way back in 2000.
Amazon's spokesperson called Bloomberg's story wrong but refused to give details about what really happened. The online shopping giant lost access to Nintendo's popular products right when demand hit the roof. Nintendo still sells its games and consoles through Amazon stores in Japan, Canada, and Britain. Amazon's American website makes up about two-thirds of the company's total sales around the world. The missing Nintendo products represent a major loss for the retail platform during the biggest gaming launch in years.
The gaming giant's decision cost Amazon big when the Switch 2 launched. Amazon missed out on selling the hottest new console because of the ongoing feud. The Switch 2 became the fastest-selling game system ever with 3.5 million sales in just four days worldwide. American gamers still bought 1.1 million Switch 2 consoles during launch week without Amazon's help. That number beat the old record held by Sony's PlayStation 2 from way back in 2000.
Amazon's spokesperson called Bloomberg's story wrong but refused to give details about what really happened. The online shopping giant lost access to Nintendo's popular products right when demand hit the roof. Nintendo still sells its games and consoles through Amazon stores in Japan, Canada, and Britain. Amazon's American website makes up about two-thirds of the company's total sales around the world. The missing Nintendo products represent a major loss for the retail platform during the biggest gaming launch in years.
