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[jax]

Well, in a perfect world people wouldn't react post based solely on the title of a submission, but here we are.

It sucks because there could be serious legal ramifications against hiphop now. They were chill about the situation before, but now that he practically threw them under the bus by saying they took it for no reason and didn't refund him, that bad press alone might be the breaking point for the real ninjas, Nintendo of America Inc. Legal Department.

 

[Fireblend]

I am not sure what I get out of telling you I gave it back. I said a thread shouldnt be made about it, I said Nintendo was in the right to take it back and I havent asked for anything in rewturn. So I guess I could just randomly be making up the fact I dont have the switch anymore but it is the truth and I gain nothing but unwanted attention after taking the time to try and answer everyone's questions even though if you gop back to the original thread I didnt really want to post a video in the first place.

Dude, stop posting. You want less attention? Stop saying anything. It will blow over except if you keep posting its like fanning the flames.

 

[FallingSputnik]

Did he really have to give it back? I mean without serial I doubt they can block the console from online services. Did they go to his home? I mean, what could they have done anyway if he refused to return it?

 

[UnemployedVillain]

I mean, I even agree with the sentiment that Nintendo brought it on themselves by not showing off things but... seriously? They should've just gone 'who cares' about stolen goods?

Yup. If you don't reveal information about your product you deserve to have it stolen and leaked. This board...this fucking board is ridiculous sometimes

 

[Matt]

No not before release and I know he didn't buy it from a retailer. I'm just saying that it would be really good PR for him. They're well within their rights but they could come out looking good if they wanted to. It's only 300 dollars to a multi billion dollar corporation.

It's not a good look for a company to endorse the purchase of stolen goods.

 

[phanphare]

If you can prove that then that's fine, but if you can't then it should be confiscated.

prove what? have you read the OP?

 

[LordOcidax]

I have the feeling that this thread is going to put this guy in legal troubles. I already can see miss informing head lines on big gaming sites damaging the image of Nintendo with this. Two weeks before the release of the system, with this kind of thing is going to make some people angry at Nintendo.

 

[Spy]

It didn't happen to me so I know I don't have any business being mad, but yes, I am, because someone explicitly stated they did not want this to be made into a big deal, and you ignored their wishes, started a brand new thread about it, and didn't even include all the relevant information at the time of posting, leading to a carnival of stupid that could have been entirely avoided if you'd simply respected HHR's wishes in the first place.

I'm simply amazed, I guess, at your ability to see someone say "Hey, please don't do thing" and then completely ignore it and do thing anyway, and now you're doubling down on it. HHR doesn't need me standing up for him I'm just stating my awe at your apparent dickishness.

Nothing I did was meant to personally attack anyone. Like I said before, there was a large discussion on this in another thread, it was going to become news regardless. This is just a more centralized thread about the topic and this is a gaming news website. It's news. I updated the thread immediately each time he clarified information as to not mislead anyone.

 

[Fisty]

Well, as long as they ship a replacement at launch, I see no issue.

Sometimes they find ya, leak with caution!

 

[CharminUltra]

How about we... wait for more details?

CRAZY I KNOW

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Nintendo did nothing wrong. Case closed tbh.

 

[Diprosalic]

Did he really have to give it back? I mean without serial I doubt they can block the console from online services. Did they go to his home? I mean, what could they have done anyway if he refused to return it?

Send the police and force his hands.
It's not worth it over a $300 product.

 

[Not]

I am not sure what I get out of telling you I gave it back. I said a thread shouldnt be made about it, I said Nintendo was in the right to take it back and I havent asked for anything in rewturn. So I guess I could just randomly be making up the fact I dont have the switch anymore but it is the truth and I gain nothing but unwanted attention after taking the time to try and answer everyone's questions even though if you gop back to the original thread I didnt really want to post a video in the first place.

Dude, don't do the whole "it's your guys' fault" thing. Trust me. Just be like, Nintendo has it now and that's all that matters.

 

[Fireblend]

Did he really have to give it back? I mean without serial I doubt they can block the console from online services. Did they go to his home? I mean, what could they have done anyway if he refused to return it?

Yes, you have to give back stolen goods, even if you paid for them, unless you want legal action taken against you. Did you read the entire OP?

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

Well that was a waste of money.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

How about we... wait for more details?

CRAZY I KNOW

NOPE

 

[jax]

I might have a Switch with Zelda right now, but now I sure as hell won't be posting it here. I think out of respect for hiphop this thread should be locked..

 

[oti]

Stolen or not, it's not a great look for Nintendo PR and drums up old feelings about their oppressive company culture with respect to their fanbase. And the leak did Nintendo more good than harm, since the OS was a lingering question many fans and potential purchasers wanted answered.

Yeah, no. That's not how the real world works.

 

[kitchenmotors]

Is this necessary?

It reminds me exactly of what we go through in the media in regards to dismissing facts. Yes, because it reminds me exactly of what we deal with when it comes to Trump supporters too.

 

[Plum]

It's not a good look for a company to endorse the purchase of stolen goods.

*Or the leaking of information about said stolen goods

I loved seeing the UI and it's frustrating how coy Nintendo are being about it, but it's still a leak and sending him a Switch for free would be encouraging further ones.

 

[sammex]

No, but considering that the OS answered a number of lingering concerns, how much would it have cost Nintendo to produce its own video? And if the video convinced one person to buy a switch, it was worth the sunk cost. That's also not factoring in the time and effort and expense to reclaim the lost device.

On the other hand, negative reactions from a story like this could dissuade more people from buying a switch which ultimately does more harm than good. Though they may have been legally in the right, The potential harm far outweighs the loss.

What negative reaction from reclaiming stolen goods without prosecuting the person who bought it? Nintendo did him a favour by accepting the return of the unit and leaving it at that.

 

[Dark Cloud]

Yup. If you don't reveal information about your product you deserve to have it stolen and leaked. This board...this fucking board is ridiculous sometimes

Lol 😂

 

[Madame M]

Buying stolen goods legally means you are obligated for no reimbursement. Whether you knew they were stolen or not, and in this case, the Switch isn't even out...

Nintendo is not obligated to not give him money, it's Nintendo's choice whether they want to or not.

 

[Mpl90]

Dude, stop posting. You want less attention? Stop saying anything. It will blow over except if you keep posting its like fanning the flames.

Yeah, I suppose that would be the best course of action for hhtr, at this point.
Also, there are grounds for closing this thread due to the sensibility of the subject and the user's own requests I...believe?

 

[DrROBschiz]

lol he wasnt honest about how he got it which is why he is out the money

Should have known it was shady circumstances

He would still have a switch had he been more smart about it

mainly

- Edit his videos to hide any identifying info

- Contact NeoGAF mods to leak anonymously

- Lets OTHER people reshare the videos instead of outing himself as the source

oh well. Lesson learned?

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

That kinda sucks for him. Hopefully he gets a refund or Nintendo sends him a switch on launch day.

 

[hiphoptherobot]

Oh give me a break. Why didn't you say you got it from someone or it was stolen from the beginning? Then you come back today with "oh Nintendo took it back from me"...after some time when people started attacking Nintendo and then some (me) realized your story wasn't making sense then you decided to say "oh I actually got it from someone else and it was probably stolen".

I really dont need to defend myself here. I didn't complain about Nintendo taking it from me and from the very first post on the subject said they had every right to take it back. And that last quote isn't what I said. Again, I am not looking for sympathy and already said I didnt even want this thread to be made.

 

[Spirited]

Nothing I did was meant to personally attack anyone. Like I said before, there was a large discussion on this in another thread, it was going to become news regardless. This is just a more centralized thread about the topic and this is a gaming news website. It's news. I updated the thread immediately each time he clarified information as to not mislead anyone.

You could at least try to get in contact with mods to get the title fixed.

 

[EloquentM]

It's not a good look for a company to endorse the purchase of stolen goods.

The gaming community isn't going to see it this way. Look at the dissent in the thread already. As I said they're within their rights and this is something that they had to do however I don't think this was the right choice to make. How often does something like this happen to set any kind of precedent? I understand taking the videos down. I don't understand not compensating him as good will.

 

[GinoFelino]

No offense, but to post an unboxing video that you got it early from a retailer and to gain a ton of attention, and then to suddenly get wishy-washy about your story when it turns out Nintendo is asking for their product back, with the little bit of being out of a Switch and low on funds, to boot, is fucking tacky.

And THEN we find out it's stolen. Sorry, but sketchy as fuck.

WE were the ones demanding videos and shit.

I despise this mentality of spurring someone on and then shortly afterwards scream for his head. A lot of that happening ITT.

How about sticking up for our own when someone gets in trouble for what WE wanted/demanded..?

At the very least, wait for further information before we condemn the guy.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Nintendo is not obligated to not give him money, it's Nintendo's choice whether they want to or not.

They should at least give him a Nabbit Amiibo for his troubles.

 

[Dreamwriter]

Kinda late to this story but was Nintendo able to somehow identify the system and knew for a fact this was obtained in an unlawful manner? How else could they know for a fact it wasn't sent from a retailer premature prior to getting in contact with hiphop?

Every Switch has a unique serial number, right now Nintendo knows where all of their serial numbered Switches are.

 

[VegaShinra]

I am not sure what I get out of telling you I gave it back. I said a thread shouldnt be made about it, I said Nintendo was in the right to take it back and I havent asked for anything in rewturn. So I guess I could just randomly be making up the fact I dont have the switch anymore but it is the truth and I gain nothing but unwanted attention after taking the time to try and answer everyone's questions even though if you gop back to the original thread I didnt really want to post a video in the first place.

If your first instinct was to not post video then you shouldn't have. You definitely shouldn't have agreed to the unboxing for FlokTV or whatever it was named. It drew too much attention. Shit happens, and you'll learn from this. I'm sorry this thread was made as attention is the last thing you need right now, and now every site will report on this and most will probably get the information wrong.

 

[Matt]

Nintendo is not obligated to not give him money, it's Nintendo's choice whether they want to or not.

It would be ultimately probably be a bad idea on their part. Hiphop never owned a Switch, Nintendo didn't take his property.

If Hiphop wants his money back, he needs to go after the guy he bought the system from.

 

[NolbertoS]

I am not sure what I get out of telling you I gave it back. I said a thread shouldnt be made about it, I said Nintendo was in the right to take it back and I havent asked for anything in rewturn. So I guess I could just randomly be making up the fact I dont have the switch anymore but it is the truth and I gain nothing but unwanted attention after taking the time to try and answer everyone's questions even though if you gop back to the original thread I didnt really want to post a video in the first place.

You brought this on yourself man. You couldn't let things go

Spoiler

karate kid reference for those that don't know

. You knew the guy you bought if off was shady, you wanted your 15 minutes of fame. Nintendo came a knockin asking for their console back and the receipt of the retailer you biught it from. You couldn't product and Nintendo took over and realized it was stolen, you backtracked and told how Nintendo asked for their console, when most likely, Nintendo found iut it was sotlen, had their right to call the police and confiscate it, but you claim the nice guy and stupid card saying "My bad guys, the thing was stolen, no hard feelings" and now the internet rightfully is shitting for buying stolen merchandise. If BB had done this, I'm sure you wouldn't worry as Nintendo would've gone after BB as you got your Switcg legit.

 

[Orin GA]

Nothing I did was meant to personally attack anyone. Like I said before, there was a large discussion on this in another thread, it was going to become news regardless. This is just a more centralized thread about the topic and this is a gaming news website. It's news. I updated the thread immediately each time he clarified information as to not mislead anyone.

I agree with you that it would have been posted by someone else, but you decided you were gonna be a dick about it tho....

 

[Smellycat]

I might have a Switch with Zelda right now, but now I sure as hell won't be posting it here. I think out of respect for hiphop this thread should be locked..

wait...what?

 

[Sadist]

This thread is telling me that theft could be a good thing if it shows unexplained features which could push people to purchase a Switch after all.

what

Well shit, quick, somebody send some bloke to steal a copy of Horizon: ZD and complete the game to tell us if it's any good. I mean, it could push more people to buy Horizon! It will take our fears away.

 

[TalentAlwaysWins]

Welp on a positive note he managed to do what Nintendo couldn't and show us more features/UI.

Spoiler

I agree with others that you should stop posting about it.

 

[Askherserenity]

How about we... wait for more details?

CRAZY I KNOW

We should not get any more details, close the thread and just leave Hiphop alone. He already said he dealt with the problem directly with Nintendo and doesn't want to talk about it anymore.

 

[Kadin]

I really dont need to defend myself here. I didn't complain about Nintendo taking it from me and from the very first post on the subject said they had every right to take it back. And that last quote isn't what I said. Again, I am not looking for sympathy and already said I didnt even want this thread to be made.

Yeah I think it's time for the mods to lock this.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

The gaming community isn't going to see it this way. Look at the dissent in the thread already. As I said they're within their rights and this is something that they had to do however I don't think this was the right choice to make. How often does something like this happen to set any kind of precedent? I understand taking the videos down. I don't understand not compensating him as good will.

GAF =/= gaming community
It's a tiny sliver or extra passionate fans, and with that passion comes...yeah

 

[Matt]

The gaming community isn't going to see it this way. Look at the dissent in the thread already. As I said they're within their rights and this is something that they had to do however I don't think this was the right choice to make. How often does something like this happen to set any kind of precedent?

Theft happens a lot. It's a big deal, and doing this by the book is far more important then the people who might (wrongly) complain about it.

 

[Curler]

I am not sure what I get out of telling you I gave it back. I said a thread shouldnt be made about it, I said Nintendo was in the right to take it back and I havent asked for anything in rewturn. So I guess I could just randomly be making up the fact I dont have the switch anymore but it is the truth and I gain nothing but unwanted attention after taking the time to try and answer everyone's questions even though if you gop back to the original thread I didnt really want to post a video in the first place.

You post on the Internet? It's out there. People pay attention. You post *anything* online. It's out there. People can post anything. If you didn't want the attention, you should have understood the consequences that came out of it.

 

[norm9]

Showing off merchandise that's not ready to go out to the public was good for us, but bad because the company will come after you. Dudes who get games early don't connect their console to the internet to avoid getting caught. Should have kept it a dirty little secret between you and ninty

 

[DrROBschiz]

Had lets say Amazon shipped him a unit early

Nintendo would just have to bite their tongues and go after Amazon.... which they likely wouldnt bother

Thats the difference between that example and whatever the real story is

No hard feelings Hiphoptherobot. Im sure i would have been tempted too

 

[jax]

How is this legal? This company.. should be refunded at least

Yeah. They should totally refund someone who may or may not know they bought a stolen product. Only because it's Nintendo though. If this happened with Sony they should charge him twice and it'd be fine right?

 

[kitchenmotors]

WE were the ones demanding videos and shit.

I despise this mentality of spurring someone on and then shortly afterwards scream for his head. A lot of that happening ITT.

How about sticking up for our own when someone gets in trouble for what WE wanted/demanded..?

I didn't ask or demand anything.

I got my own first hand experience at a Switch invite event last night.

There is nothing to stick up for, he bought stolen goods and got caught. He didn't know it was stolen, yeah, but he wasn't honest about how he got it.

 

[Bamboo 竹]

That kinda sucks for him. Hopefully he gets a refund or Nintendo sends him a switch on launch day.

He should give back all the money he got from this situation too, so the universe goes back to its equilibrium.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

Well, as long as they ship a replacement at launch, I see no issue.

Sometimes they find ya, leak with caution!

Why would they send someone who bought stolen goods and leaked information about it a replacement? That makes no sense at all. They were nice enough to not prosecute him.