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Nintendo Museum restricts merchandise sales due to scalping

Nintendo Museum restricts merchandise sales due to scalping

The Nintendo Museum in Kyoto has officially opened its doors, and while it boasts some exhibits sure to delight even the company’s staunchest fans, its gift shop is no slouch either – with key chains, pillows and other novelties for visitors to take home with them. But, as they say, “that’s why we can’t have ...

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Nintendo continues plans to combat Switch 2 scalping

Nintendo continues plans to combat Switch 2 scalping

With the Nintendo Switch 2 slated to launch early next year, Nintendo continues to look for ways to ensure potential buyers don’t have to turn to scalpers to get their hands on the eagerly awaited system. Addressing shareholders, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa explained that the Kyoto-based company is continuing its plans to fight scalping by ...

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Nintendo aims to cut ‘new hardware’ scalping

Nintendo aims to cut ‘new hardware’ scalping

Image: Nintendo Life Console manufacturers have been struggling with inventory shortages since the pandemic, and what made the situation even worse at the time were scalpers buying up whatever was in stock and reselling it online at much higher prices. The Switch was also a victim of this, and now Nintendo wants to make sure ...

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There are enough analog bags for everyone

There are enough analog bags for everyone

A lot of us last August lost when pre-ordering a Pocket, the beautiful all-in-one handheld console from Seattle-based hardware manufacturer Analogue. With a replenishment now confirmed for 2021, the company has promised to upgrade its servers and crack down on resellers to ensure people can buy the coveted system instead of watching stocks being swallowed ...

The Boss

Tokyo store takes strict measures to stop PS5 scalping

Tokyo store takes strict measures to stop PS5 scalping

Alex Calvin, Wednesday, February 3, 2021, GMT When consumers flocked, the police were called. Retailers in Tokyo, Japan have taken strict measures to ensure PlayStation 5 The console is not snapped up by scalping. According to Famitsu-and discovered by VGC-Yodobashi Camera in the city’s Akihabara district refused to sell the PS5 game console to dealers. ...

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Scalping is the technique of GPU and console resellers

Scalping is the technique of GPU and console resellers

That some companies or users buy all the available stock of a product until it runs out and then offer it at a higher price to make money with speculation is something that has always been done. , it is older than a forest, but it is still harmful to the whole area and to ...