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Reggie Fils-Aimé says Amazon once asked Nintendo to break the law

Way back in the DS days, Nintendo decided to stop selling to Amazon.

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Way back in the DS days, Nintendo decided to stop selling to Amazon. During a recent lecture at NYU , former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé said it was because Amazon was seeking preferential treatment that would have hurt its relationship with other retailers, and potentially broken the law . The two sides have since made amends , and you can buy a Switch 2 through Amazon. But for a long time, Nintendo consoles had been largely unavailable on the site.

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