The Nintendo Switch console that "supposedly" arrived early was in fact stolen from a U.S. distributor partner and was then sold illegally. This was confirmed by Nintendo, following the very first uploaded unboxing video of the highly anticipated console.
"Nintendo has determined these units were stolen in an isolated incident by employees of a U.S. distributor, with one system being illegally resold," Nintendo said in its statement to IGN and cleared thing out about the stolen Nintendo Switch.
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The Japanese company furthered that those involved have already been identified and terminated. They are also under investigation by local authorities on criminal charges.
Nintendo's announcement comes a few days after NeoGAF user "hiphoptherobot" uploaded videos revealing that he received the Nintendo Switch two weeks early from an "unnamed distributor." And then he posted on NeoGAF noting that he shipped the console after learning that he got it through illegal means.
"I understand why they want it back and it sounds like that Switch might have been obtained in not the legalist of ways before I received it so them wanting it back is within their rights," Kotaku reports that hiphoptherobot said via a direct message on NeoGAF.
Although he was very vague about the details, other users were assuming that Nintendo bullied him into returning the stolen console. Thus, hiphoptherobot shipped them back and cleared the air.
Regardless, an early unboxing revealed that the iconsole comes in 32GB of internal storage and is able to utilize 6.1 GB for the OS and some of its notable features. The main menu and other options have also been showcased.
In other Nintendo Switch news, the highly anticipated console with receive digital purchase tie-ins to the user's account, not just a specific piece of hardware. Also, 61 games have been confirmed for the upcoming release of the Nintendo Switch.
The console that everybody is talking about will hit stores beginning March 3. The Nintendo Switch is priced at $300, which is quite expensive compared with Nintendo's old-gen consoles.
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