whats wrong with xbox one on amazon.com?

[pokoko]

Ka-pi96 said:

pokoko said:

They had a pretty deep disagreement with Nintendo of America.  No one is sure over what, exactly, though there have been a lot of rumors, from Amazon being unhappy with the way Nintendo handled returns to a stalemate over Wal-mart getting superior terms.

Personally, I think that because Amazon goes through so much stock so quickly, and because they don't have to worry about residual stock on shelves, we see discontinued SKUs disappear while they're still avaliable elsewhere, in preparation for new SKUs.

That actually makes a lot of sense. Could well be the case.

The disagreements though seem odd, I've only ever heard of stuff like that before when one company couldn't afford to pay the other, but hey it's America so it must be different.

When you're dealing with a market the size of the United States, a seemingly minor disagreement on unit price can actually equate to millions of dollars.  A lot of companies play hardball, as well.  Wal-mart, for instance, is notorious for simply offering a slashed wholesale price and saying, "take it or leave it."