While seasoned veterans are used to these dynamics, the experience doesn’t have to be like this. Case in point: Nintendo has ...

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Despite Nintendo’s efforts to mitigate Nintendo Switch 2 scalping, listings for the console soon popped up on eBay after pre-orders went live here in the UK, earlier in the month. Unsurprisingly ...

Nintendo revealed the anti-scalper mechanism on its preorder registration page, where it says it will prioritize registrants who meet the gameplay requirements and have purchased at least a 12 ...

Nintendo joins Mercari, Yahoo, and Rakuten to block scalpers from listing Switch 2 consoles ahead of release. Fraud ...

Nintendo fans flooded eBay with fake Switch 2 preorders to drown out scalper listings Fake listings were selling prints of the console under retail prices, in order to drive down resale value and ...

Nintendo knows you're not a filthy scalper bot. So, if you keep trying and failing with the major retailers, this is something to have in your back pocket just in case. Shoppers will be notified ...

If anything has become a constant during the last several video game console release cycles, it's been scalpers buying up as much stock as possible at retail and selling the consoles at inflated ...

Scalper Prevention or Just Gatekeeping? To be fair, this isn’t a terrible idea on paper. Retailers are trying to dodge the nightmare of bots and scalpers that made grabbing a PS5 feel like ...

Thankfully, there won't be a similarity in stocking issues thanks to Nintendo's scalper prevention plan for Switch 2, ensuring more fans can get a hold of one before resorting to resellers.