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Nintendo selling empty box for five dollars

PhoenixUp|3296d ago |Article|58|

After announcing the Nintendo Switch Splatoon 2 bundle, Nintendo figured some people may just want to forget all that game nonsense and just enjoy a nice empty box.

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Erik73573297d ago

Funniest thing I have seen awhile. Shows you the hysteria around the Switch

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DashMad3296d ago

The thirst for Splatoon 2 is real in Japan lol, 13 item on top 20 amazon video game best seller of japan are splatoon games, bundles, and merchandise..

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XanderZane3296d ago

These boxes would have been good for April 1st. Can't see any use for them now though.

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Wescyde3296d ago

On ebay people are selling them for $20-30

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Relientk773297d ago

Hey a box is sorta like a Nintendo Switch. You can put games in it, it's portable, and you can take it with you.

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yomfweeee3296d ago

You forgot another comparison... it has no games.

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Shadowsteal3296d ago

Man shut the hell up, everyone said the same thing about the PS4 when it first came out. Because X1 had 3 exclusives at launch. Now the tables have turned, and it'll turn again for the Switch.

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EddieNX 3296d ago

Thats hilarious because we all expected it to have a full library two months in.

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subtenko3296d ago

@Shadowsteal oh look a salty nintendo fanboy.....the switch has a dry lineup right now theres no questioning that.

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YoungKingDoran3296d ago

Damn Nintendo guys, take a fucking joke!

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PurpHerbison3296d ago

I seriously thought the Switch would have a very strong launch lineup. One of Nintendos strong suits was that they always made new games. Sure, there is a million Mario Karts but you could always count on them to make a new one. Porting Wii-U games was just a huge punch in the gut. Really expected them to come out swinging but instead they chose to do the opposite.

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darthv723296d ago

To be fair, there are some serious box collectors out there that would buy this in a heartbeat.

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vickers5003296d ago

I'd buy empty game cases for 5 bucks. Persona 5 for example, I have the steelbook, but the standard version looks really snazzy as well.

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Nu3296d ago

Sell on eBay?

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vickers5003296d ago

I've looked, but can't find any. I've found the steelbook for sale, but not the regular case.

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Sm30003296d ago

Serious box collectors, oh thank you for the laugh.
I'm not denying they're out there

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darthv723296d ago

It is worth a chuckle though but seriously I know a few who are into collecting the display boxes you see at gamestop and such. It's pretty crazy what some of those things fetch on the open market to others who are into them as well.

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MrSwankSinatra3296d ago

I remember the scalping was so serious when the PS4 and X1 launched people was selling Xbox One day one edition boxes for an upwards of two hundred to five hundred dollars. people seriously bought that shit lmaooooo

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XbladeTeddy3296d ago

If they were clever and did it for Zelda it would sell, me being one of them buying. The urge is too strong for me with anything Zelda and Nintendo.

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rainslacker3295d ago (Edited 3295d ago )

I've brought boxes for some of the consoles in my collection. a lot of times when you get them with the box, the box is in terrible condition. More often than not, it's non-existent. Sometimes the boxes sold empty are in excellent condition, and pretty cheap, and getting one makes the value of the console itself go up since it then becomes more complete....assuming you have the other stuff that came in the box as well.

I do this more for games than I do for consoles, because the vast majority of older retro games from the NES or prior era don't come with boxes or instructions. A complete version of these games will often be sold for 2-3 times as much as just the cart. But the boxes alone are often sold pretty cheap.

Granted, just an empty box I wouldn't be that interested in, with maybe the exception of if I wanted to frame it or something. But I've yet to do that. I do know a guy who has almost 40 Dreamcast boxes, with maybe only 20 Dreamcasts to fill them. Has a nice display out of them.

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wonderfulmonkeyman3296d ago

Pfft, collectors will eat this up, but it's still funny as heck.XD

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fenome3296d ago

Don't try to buy a Switch on eBay. Lol

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BadElf3296d ago

True!

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subtenko3296d ago

I know you are a noob now. You probably bought the switch for retail price. I found a good deal and ordered it for $50 on ebay. Jokes on you, I didnt even have to outbid anyone, they had a buy it now option!

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indyman77773296d ago

That was one of the stupidest lies I have heard on N4G.

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fenome3296d ago

Cool story. Was it the empty box?

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subtenko3296d ago

@indyman77 When I was a kid I actually bought an xbox on ebay for $50, and of course it didnt come...... I learned early in life ;) So yea it was pretty 'stupid' idgaf, I am smarter and stronger from lessons learned in life early.

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fenome3295d ago

Aw, your Xbox never even came, they should've sent you an RROD instead of nothing. Luckily you're older and wiser now instead of a noob like me right ;) ;)

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subtenko3295d ago

@fenome the original xbox never had a mass problem afaik, RROD was xbox 360. Im talking original xbox.

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fenome3294d ago

I stand corrected, guess that's what I get for being a lil nubile.

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