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Amazon has recently begun to lock game sales on Amazon.com and Amazon UK to only Prime Members, including games like Grand Theft Auto 5, which is a consistent seller. This is one of the most anti consumer moves I have ever seen and is a terrible move, not just for video game fans but for consumers in general.
Amazon is essentially telling people that in order to have the right to purchase an item, they now have to purchase a membership to prime, with an annual fee just for the “privilege” of buying from them. I am scared that if this succeeds, it will spread and other retailers will begin subscription based purchases and this is not okay. I am a capitalist and am not ashamed of that in any way, but this goes beyond what is reasonable. One of the biggest online retailers in the world suddenly saying that you now have to pay a membership fee to buy from them, is an abuse of power and should not be tolerated.
Say someone has saved up for months to buy a game and they finally have a enough, only then they find out they need a membership subscription in order to buy the game, how do you think they would feel? That is the question everyone who plays video games should ask. Gaming is an expensive hobby and we are being taken advantage of by Amazon and other retailers and that is not okay. Gamers have been treated badly by the press and now for retailers to do this is just pure and simple, a horrible move. We are not a small group and if we make enough noise we can force change, We need to let Amazon know that we will not sit idly buy and let this happen.
Let this be a call to all gamers to make noise and demand a change of policy from Amazon. We can make a difference.
The above was solely the opinion of the author and does not necessarily reflect the views of the rest of Real Otaku Gamer