The Pursuit of Cheap Video Games Has Been Getting Switch Owners Banned

Most games cost $60 these days, and if you want to play a lot of them, that can add up quickly. It's one reason why many players turn to third-party online stores, where they can buy Nintendo games for cheap instead of buying them from Nintendo directly. Historically, Nintendo games rarely go on sale. But how many would go down that path if there was a chance that buying from these stores could result in all of your games being taken away?

[TheEnigma313]

smh Nintendo annoys me sometimes.

[_SilverHawk_]

Lol. Nintendo is a rubbish game company and the worst out of the three console makers but a lot of fans like to apologize for all of Nintendos bad practices. The reason why Nintendo continues to do all the rubbish they do is because if all the fanboys. Just by pointing out the negative things about Nintendo you'll be inundated by fanboys calling you a hater or some other silliness. I just normally ignore their foolishness because I realize that the reason they are incapable of seeing the truth is the same reason they are obsessed with something mainly for children. I remember having all sorts of problems with my switch but talking about them on Nintendo websites would get you banned

[Shiken]

The only thing rubbish is anything you tend to post about Nintendo. All three have had their high points and stupid policies. Fanboys will always whight knight for what they like, because fanboys are stupid. The only thing your overblown reaction is doing is putting you into that very group of people.

OT, good that things are getting sorted out. I just wish there was a better way to nip this in the butt. The codes in question are clearly fraudulent, so Nintendo has every right to take action. People got scammed and banned because of it, but that is not Nintendo's fault.

Still simply removing the game used with the fraudulent code should have been enough. A total ban is a bit harsh, but then you have to ask yourself how Nintendo was supposed to know that the user was scammed in the first place?

[spicelicka]

Nintendo is definitely worst of the three. People shit on Xbox for its lack of exclusives and praise Nintendo. The reality is Xbox has far more amazing third party games that Nintendo doesn't have. It kinda negatives the exclusives if your overall library is still lower. And then they release last gen games like assassin's Creed 3 as if that's a big feat.

[indysurfn]

all you people know that Microsoft, and Sony would do the same thing if you get games from gameflip and try to play them don't you?

[Wolf873]

That's the sad truth. I have noticed that too, out of the 3 console markets, Nintendo has the most passionate apologists and fervent followers, akin to MCU fanboys, speak the truth and they'll be barking at you like rabid canines too afraid to accept the truth and live in the cave of blissful ignorance.
Being a Nintendo product owner myself, I have enjoyed their offerings but at the same time I don't negate the facts that Nintendo definitely is the most egotistical of all among these companies, I don't condone some of their practices e.g. forced scarcity of some items etc (that classic mini was a damn difficult hunt).

They act like Apple of the group, they still charge premium prices for their content, and I didn't even know their policies were so harsh that you can't even play rest of your own games (purchased via e-shop) were you to fell victim to fraud. They play it in the extremes. Shows you the dangers of E-content and where we are headed, under complete mercy of these behemoths.

[RazzerRedux]

Unless a game code was purchased with a stolen credit card or something like that then this shouldn't be an issue. Banning an account entirely for using a code purchased on GameFlip is ridiculous. If a code is suspect then just reject it or remove the game from the library. Nintendo is being stupid.

[StormLegend]

Waiting to see how Nintendo fanboys defend this one. I thought they loved paying $60 for old games.

[RpgSama]

I'm amazed how after all these years we are still expected to buy Breath of the wild at full price and THEN buy the DLC at full price as well, even having a GOTY edition at full price would be too much after all these years, but they do not even want to do that

[ActualWhiteMan]

It’s was $29 on Black Friday. Same with Mario Odyssey. Just got to watch for sales. The positive side to prices remaining high is it keeps the resale value high too. I could sell my copy right now for $40 on eBay and a basically have been paid to play it.

[AspiringProGenji]

NOt just Breath of The Wild.

Try buying Pokemon HeartGold and Soulsiver on 3DS. Around $55 bucks still

[rainslacker]

People are probably still buying it at that price, so they don't lower the price. There is no real law that says that games have to drop in price, and it's Nintendo's prerogative to sell it for what they see fit. You aren't expected to buy the game at full price, you choose to if you buy it at full price. Nintendo just wants to charge the full price for it.

[SpeedDemon]

@Aspiring
I don't think Nintendo have anything to do with that one, those games aren't being produced anymore. They launched those games at $40 over 10 years ago, they became collector items as sealed copies are somewhat rare and $55 is now the going price.

[Fluttershy77]

Ok. Devious sellers are re-selling codes for games they have purchased digitally, for a much cheaper price they let other people download the games from their accounts. Buyers create a "fake" account, link it to the Devious Seller Account and download the game to their own switch (and then are able to use it with their own account)... So is not that their selling an old game or something like that (and it is a business, an illegal business: this are not gamers selling their old games) , also buyers are not entirely out of fault: this is not legal, and it's not easy to do, so... you knew.
I think Nintendo needs to find a better way to handle this (and Sony and Xbox, all face the same problem)... But what can you do?
You can't really let people download from their stores just one time (because your system could break or something) Maybe find a way to ban just that particular game? Like I said Idk
Edit the last part: Which is exactly what Nintendo is currently doing. You can't play that particular game, and you get a warning, if you do it again you get the ban. Idk seems pretty fair to me
Hahahaha you gonna hate my guts

[CaptainObvious878]

Nintendo's pathetic stance on never dropping the price is why I will never buy a nintendo product.

[KTF26]

What about Mario Kart 8 Delux?
3 years-old remastered for 6 years-old game and still full-price
I got it instead of cheaper CTR (after gotting a Switch) because Ninty fanboys swear by the life of their mothers it's better game. But, it wasn't

[Donnie81]

Nintendo takes the cake

[2pacalypsenow]

Was looking at the store last night and BOTW is still $60 lol

[RazzerRedux]

lol....that's just ridiculous. The game is three years old.

[Traecy]

Damn.

[SegaGamer]

This is dumb. Why doesn't Nintendo do the same thing the other companies do and just remove the game from their library? They have just jumped to the conclusion that they have stolen the key themselves.

Another bad decision from Nintendo that will fly under the radar or will be forgotten about in a week.

[rainslacker]

I'd imagine like the other companies, it's an automatic thing, where when a chargeback is reported, the account is automatically flagged and restricted in some way.

[froy402]

Alright nintendo going to far there, set a restriction for the people who sell digital games if you have too, but not for you're fanbase who buy the games.

[FlyingFoxy]

Nintendo can get stuffed if this is true.

What's the message here from Nintendo? "Game too cheap, now your account get banned"

If we're talking stolen keys here that are to blame, how is that the BUYERS fault if they didn't even know?

[jznrpg]

Stolen credit card codes are bad . How do these sites stay in business?

[PressPlayBros]

How is this the user's fault? Fix your system so fraudulent codes don't work Nintendo, or here's a thought stop charging full price for games that are years old that frankly, even when initially released are still generations behind modern game design and forcing people to look else where. This is partially our fault though because Nintendo continues to feed us overpriced literal shit, we eat it and say it tastes like chicken. In the mean time buy discounted physical, I've bought smash (it was from a different country off Ratuken or something) at a discount, and got pokemon sword for $38 over the holidays (same kind of deal I think). They're tough to find but they're out there, check slickdeals.

[godofiron]

I find this so amazing, because if either Microsoft or Sony were this bad with punishing fraudulent game keys, they absolutely would not be let off the hook.

Things like this just make it less and less likely I'll ever willingly buy a nintendo console. Their games are almost never on sale, and they actively punish you for seeking a better deal outside their platform.

[TheGamez100]

Why you should really just buy physical or wait for a good sale. You can usually resell nintendo games high since well....they stay high lol.

[Silly gameAr]

I understand protecting your company, and getting as much money as you can, but Nintendo takes it to far. Makes them look like a greedy, money grubbing company.

[Edgelordsupreme]

They all are.

[Chexs1990]

Pretty sure that would be illegal in Europe at least, if the third party seller is a legit storefront?

[Tross]

Good to know. Good thing I take the route Nintendo can’t punish me for. I only buy first party Nintendo titles when there’s a big sale, such as Black Friday. It’s probably why my Switch is full of more indie titles than anything, many of which I scored on sale for $1 or less.

[Traecy]

I don't own a Switch but I always had my suspicion of buying digital codes from from third party companies, especially ones I've never really heard of.

[BoredDemon]

I really like the idea of the switch and thinking about getting one, but all those articles about how bad Nintendo is makes me having second thoughts. I mean I'm just dealing with Sony and they bullshit regions lock and can't pay with visa if the visa is different than the region and I'm barley ok with it (exclusives like GoW is what makes me keep playing on the thing) but man those companies are just getting worst and worst -_-

[Fraggle1987]

Cant fault people for trying to get cheaper switch games. The prices are a joke.

[SlagWolf]

I love sone of Nintendo’s games but they treat them like they are gold and I’m sorry over time every other video game goes down in price . You aren’t that special Nintendo

[Immagaiden]

Nintendo: “You guys don’t like buying games at full price years after they’ve released?”

[Realms]

Nintendo gets a pass on a lot of stuff, I like Nintendo but not enough to make it my primary or only console.

[Edgelordsupreme]

The people acting indignant about Nintendo's game prices are funny, if I have a product that's still selling at the launch price years later than I'm going to leave it at that price especially if the game hasn't been replaced with a sequel. There's no law or rule that states a game has to drop in price over time.

I can't tell if this community is getting more childish with time or what, but boy it's getting silly in here.