Overview

• Nintendo removed its first-party Switch 2 hardware and games from Amazon US after uncovering sellers importing stock from Southeast Asia and undercutting its advertised prices
• Independent merchants continue to list and sell Nintendo products on Amazon US by bulk-importing them from overseas markets
• Amazon proposed adding authenticity labels to reassure Nintendo but the offer was rejected as insufficient
• Neither Nintendo nor Amazon has provided an alternative explanation or announced a resolution to their distribution stalemate
• The Switch 2 still set new launch records, selling over 3.5 million units globally in four days and 1.1 million units in the U.S. during its first week