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Nintendo has taken back potentially stolen Nintendo Switch

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Sesuadra

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Tookay said:
Well, I don't know where hihoptherobot lives, because this is mostly governed by state criminal law, but in my state, there are penal codes/statutes regarding the receipt/purchase of stolen property. There is an intent requirement (meaning that the person receiving/buying the property must know it was stolen) and it is somewhat difficult to prove, but you can infer it through circumstances, such as the fact that it was bought two weeks ahead of time, where it was bought from (i.e., not a licensed seller, etc.). It would probably be difficult to prove for a prosecutor to pursue criminal charges in court and win, but either way, a defendant's going to rack up bills fighting it.

In terms of civil litigation, I'm not sure what Nintendo's rights are, but it seems to me that the prudent thing to do is just give the console back to them, rather than incur legal expenses.

tldr; Both sides probably made the smart decision here to avoid the worst outcome.
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Thanks!
 
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ElectricBlanketFire

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CambriaRising said:
I barely post here.
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Alienous

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NolbertoS said:
So it seems hiphoptherobot is the actual thief. Wow, HHR, how low can you go, try to say"i boutght it off a retailer to I bought it from someone, to I bought it from someone shady to now you were the actual thief. You deserve jailtime for sure. Hope that 15 min fame was worth it being behind bars.
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Calm down Reggie.
 
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Dark Cloud

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So he tried to sell it and the serial number can be seen. Nintendo did the right thing and got their system back and didn't do anything further. Just close the topic and leave it at that. Nintendo did the right thing.
 
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Dreamwriter

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Why are people amazed that he tried to sell it? If I had a Switch this early, and didn't know it was stolen, I would consider selling it, because you could get quite a lot of money selling a physical Switch at this point. Admittedly, it would have been worth more before the videos were released of it.
 
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WordAssassin

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NolbertoS said:
So it seems hiphoptherobot is the actual thief. Wow, HHR, how low can you go, try to say"i boutght it off a retailer to I bought it from someone, to I bought it from someone shady to now you were the actual thief. You deserve jailtime for sure. Hope that 15 min fame was worth it being behind bars.
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What the fuck is this shit?

People on GAF were telling him to sell it when he first posted about it. So what if he did? IF he didn't know it was stolen, then how is he now the thief for selling it to pay for bills like he clearly said he was considering at the time?

Dreamwriter said:
Why are people amazed that he tried to sell it? If I had a Switch this early, and didn't know it was stolen, I would consider selling it, because you could get quite a lot of money selling a physical Switch at this point. Admittedly, it would have been worth more before the videos were released of it.
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UncleSporky said:
HHTR's intent to sell
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Seriously Jesus H Christ
 
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Aalvi

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So apparently people think buying from a guy is the same thing as shipping from a retailer early(judging from the posts telling me to read the OP).

That's not clarification, that's changing the narrative.
 
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Spirited

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Please don't go on to start a witch hunt, from the same thread someone mentions that the gamesale thing was made before he posted the UI video and at that time he did mention he had to sell it because financial problems or whatever.

He already got it squared with nintendo's legal firm so we probably shouldn't be blowing this up.
 
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Skyzard

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How does him wanting to sell it mean he stole it? lol WAT...you guys...

It's 2 weeks before launch, he'd get a lot more than he paid for it.
 
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Sesuadra

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Tookay said:
Mind you, we're working off incomplete information and there's a lot of filling in the blanks going on here.
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of course, and different laws for different states. But I also think nintendo did everything right in this case.

nightstalker962 said:
So some people want to throw HHR in jail? Awkward.
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whut? i've not read this sentiment in this thread at all. only that it was right for him to ship it back to nintendo. of course he should not be thrown into jail.
 
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Oregano

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Wow chill out on the accusations guys. We owe hiphoptherobot benefit of the doubt, he publicly mentioned that he might have to sell it.
 
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NolbertoS said:
So it seems hiphoptherobot is the actual thief. Wow, HHR, how low can you go, try to say"i boutght it off a retailer to I bought it from someone, to I bought it from someone shady to now you were the actual thief. You deserve jailtime for sure. Hope that 15 min fame was worth it being behind bars.
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Where the hell are you getting the idea that he was the actual thief? Even if he did try to sell it, he could still have been ignorant about it being stolen.
 
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Venture

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There's nothing particularly shady about him trying to sell it. Both here and in that interview article he said he might sell it since there was nothing he could do with it right now and needed the money for expenses.
 
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wmlk

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The jumping to conclusions at every turn here is hilarious. It has to be black or white for most of you here.

A picture and word of reselling got out there and people try to spur the most dramatic narrative. Of course.
 
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daxgame

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uhm, guys, I'm fairly sure he even posted several times before that he wanted to sell it.
One more reason for Nintendo to get it back anyway.
 
finalflame

finalflame

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GinoFelino said:
This. Stop being an angry mob pls and thank you
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I don't think he deserves an angry mob, but honestly saying he did not know the circumstances under which he acquired the Switch were at the very least extremely shady is insanely naive. It's pretty clear this console was most likely stolen from the get-go. People don't just accidentally buy consoles weeks before release from a 3rd party that acquired it via legit means.
 
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WadeitOut

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Before people start jumping to the 8th conclusion here, he tried selling it before any of the stuff with the UI video was made and he showed off pictures. Not after. People convinced him to keep it and show stuff.

That was the entire reason you got those dank unboxing/ui videos you drooled over.
 
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CambriaRising

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WordAssassin said:
What the fuck is this shit?

People on GAF were telling him to sell it when he first posted about it. So what if he did? IF he didn't know it was stolen, then how is he now the thief for selling it to pay for bills like he clearly said he was considering a
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Because we must defend Nintendo-senpai's honor.
 
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VegaShinra

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Venture said:
There's nothing particularly shady about him trying to sell it. Both here and in that interview article he said he might sell it since there was nothing he could do with it right now and needed the money for expenses.
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Yup. The biggest change is that it went from a retailer shipping or him buying from a retailer earlier, to it now being he bought the Switch from a person. The change does make the story a completely different thing.
 
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TalentAlwaysWins

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Tookay said:
Well, I don't know where hihoptherobot lives, because this is mostly governed by state criminal law, but in my state, there are penal codes/statutes regarding the receipt/purchase of stolen property. There is an intent requirement (meaning that the person receiving/buying the property must know it was stolen) and it is somewhat difficult to prove, but you can infer it through circumstances, such as the fact that it was bought two weeks ahead of time, where it was bought from (i.e., not a licensed seller, etc.). It would probably be difficult to prove for a prosecutor to pursue criminal charges in court and win, but either way, a defendant's going to rack up bills fighting it.

In terms of civil litigation, I'm not sure what Nintendo's rights are, but it seems to me that the prudent thing to do is just give the console back to them, rather than incur legal expenses.

tldr; Both sides probably made the smart decision here to avoid the worst outcome.
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So people saying that's it's completely in the right for them to do it are wrong? Interesting
 
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Darkman M

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Venture said:
There's nothing particularly shady about him trying to sell it. Both here and in that interview article he said he might sell it since there was nothing he could do with it right now and needed the money for expenses.
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Yep, would be a non issue without the video..... oh well, seems everything has been handled anyways.
 
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