Of Course Nintendo Switch 2 Experience Tickets Are Being Listed On eBay

Your Nintendo account picture is also on the ticket though (as it looked like at time of draw, the one you have when you log into the website). Hope people look like who they buy it off! I would be interested to see what people pay for this.

Spending money to decide whether you want to spend money? I don't think these offers were thought through, unless they're trying to scam the same impulse buyers who ended up with empty PS5 boxes for $500+ before.

Nintendo ought to close down the accounts of the people engaged in such practice. It's unacceptable.

Since the article failed to adequately explain it, can anyone explain how a ticket is non-transferable in practice?

There's no requirement to have a profile pic on your Nintendo Account, and unless Nintendo are conducting additional identity checks on the door, the only thing they say you explicitly require to gain access to the event is the QR code they send successful applicants via email.

The email even advises you to print out your e-ticket to present on the day in-case wi-fi is spotty, which would allow you to bypass a hypothetical (though not foolproof) check whereby they ask you to login and present your e-ticket via your Nintendo Account

I’m so sorry for the poor people who buy these

April is still a long time to go, at first I though the hands on will be at 4 february 🥲

Always makes me sad to see these things still happening, despite the measures taken to try and prevent it. Hopefully the community has enough sense to stay away from these listings. They could get in some real trouble if they aren't careful.

No surprise it also happened with the original Nintendo switch hand on event. Simply scan the qr code at the door and your in.

It’s only a matter of time before Nintendo finds out about these listings and takes them down. The only way Nintendo could have prevented this is if they wrote the names of the winners on the tickets, plus requiring a Nintendo Account check at entry to verify they belong to the same person.

The fact that these people prevented actual fans from going ticks me off so much. I want Nintendo to track these people down and punish them as hard as they're capable. They don't deserve nice things.

SCALPER NO SCALPING

Now Nintendo’s really gonna have to figure out how to prevent anything like this to happen again for future events, because then a lot of unregistered people will then find a way to enter. Nintendo’s gonna find out and then tell eBay to ban whoever is selling the tickets and cancel them (+ banning their Nintendo account if needed), and if anyone bought the tickets, refund them for buying a scam listing.

Can't be true fans.

Didn't get a ticket myself and really wanted to take my son as a memorable father/son day out. These scalpers are the worst.

Edit: can't find any listings on UK eBay so either taken down already or not too widespread

*many listings, not "many listing" - just thought I would point out the small typo.

Limited availability of a high demand item. Ofcourse this is going to happen.

Even Nintendo should've seen this coming.

Don't forget, waiting lists open today at 3pm GMT UK. Not sure on time for other countries.

Good luck if you try

Paraphrasing Hideki Kamiya:

"I hope that all of the people who SCALPED Switch 2 EXPERIENCE TICKETS will be cursed for the rest of their lives with poop on the soles of their shoes when they get home..."

"The ***** SCALPER only acts for his own pleasure and self-satisfaction, not only is he not contributing to anyone's benefit, he is incurring all sorts of opportunity losses, and has done nothing to be proud of in front of others."

"He is the worst of scum, so he should be covered in ***** from head to toe and thrown out of the atmosphere... and then stop thinking and wander forever."

Would love it if they do check the Mii on ticket against the person's face, scrutinising it like at the Airport with a passport.

Geoff Kiethley would pay more than that…

Nintendo should just release the console in March as previously done.
I wonder what games are going to be expected to Switch 1 after March as there is nothing in the pipeline confirmed from April onwards (not counting games with a date like 'expected in 2025').
Assuming the Switch 2 won't be released before June and with a high risk of being pushed to September, the sales of the Switch 1 will be abysmal.

You know what? I think I've decided I'm ok with this kind of thing. Everybody is broke, and I can't blame anyone for trying to bring in a little extra cash if someone is willing to pay.

@tourjeff all depends on how much news spreads on Switch 2 outside the gaming community. Backwards compatibility makes Switch 1 somewhat redundant but it depends on the price difference between Switch 1 and Switch 2. If Switch 1 drops to say £200 and Switch 2 drops at £400-450, Switch 1 still has appeal.

This trend of booking/buying things to immediately price-gouge on eBay really is foul practice. I get why people do it, but it is disgusting behaviour.

As per someone else said earlier Nintendo should look up these people and block their accounts.
I really hope they have digital only games
But also unfortunately I dont have much sympathy for the people who buy them to be honest. It's similar to the people who send cash to Israeli princes/Brad Pitt

More fool anyone who actually buys it. Even if you're able to use it, you're funding a scalper who paid nothing to begin with. But also, I can't see how they can prevent anyone else using your ticket. Definitely not a foolproof system. You need a Nintendo account to get a ticket, but there's no actual way to prove that account that of the person attending. Unless they do name checks against a form of photographic ID, which seems unlikely.

As much as I would love to go and try out the console early, I wouldn't pay anywhere near that much to do it. It's not exactly a completely unique console experience, it'll largely be the same as the first Switch for the most part. The only really exciting thing would be playing the new games.

@GrailUK why would he? He's going to be invited to an exclusive behind closed doors hands on event probably held the day after they air the Direct. And then his own console weeks before launch to try out. All of the games media industry have no need to attend these events, they'll have their own. And yes, he was selfish in applying for one, knowing full well he'll get invited out to Tokyo to see it anyway.

@Splash_Woman that’d be quite a laugh

@Baker1000 It was a joke.

@RupeeClock I will not show my ID or phone at the event, I will print out my code and show them only the printed QR code.

Its not fort Knox we are entering its a first hands on of a new console.

And yes I got mine legit and am a hardcore Nintendo fan but scalpers will be scalping.

@Champalimo ID is ID. Probably the easiest safeguard against scalpers. Name matches that on the account. Simples

@Baker1000 I’d say the tickets are automatically registered to the account and if someone else tries to use them with their Nintendo Account, they can ban them and the person who sold the tickets because the NDA said they couldn’t resell them.

@Mana_Knight

Ok that gave me a good chuckle, thanks.

Can just imagine security reacting to my cursed mii..

Unless they’re matching ID to account names, they’re nothing stopping the winners of these tickets from just logging in to the account they bought tickets from.

@GrailUK Dorito boy will get his own private showing.

@TanaDax

@Folkloner It seems to me that they are under no obligation to explain exactly how they are enforcing their rules.
You should be abiding by them 🤷‍♀️
Indeed, were they to outline exactly how they enforce it. People would figure out how to exploit it... 😆

@MrCarlos46 unless the tickets are only accessible through the webpage and you have to be logged into the account to have it on your phone, having them linked to certain accounts will be pointless. If they just send you an email near the date with a code to scan, anyone can use it. They can't prove it's not linked to your account.