Some grey goods manage to fly under the radar before they attract critical sales. A trove of imported console games vanish from Chinese. A handful of grey market videogame console vendors on Taobao stopped selling and shipping this week, according to checks by TechCrunch and online posts by gamers.
This isn't the first time the console grey market has been hit, either. A trove of imported console games vanish from Chinese online stores. Other users point out that customs officers regularly clamp down on parallel trading, which is designed to evade import tax because goods are carried by traders who appear as regular travelers. Animal Crossing was pulled from grey market stores on Taobao and Pinduoduo after one of Hong Kong's most well-known pro-democracy activists used the game as his protest ground. Over the past year, Apple's China App Store removed thousands of games to wipe out games without China's official greenlight. Some users see the move as China further tightening its grip on what gamers get to play. Imported cartridges and console devices can still be found on smaller Taobao stores and alternative platforms like Pinduoduo by searching the right keyword. Svyaznoy told Reuters it was not an importer of appliances and electronics, but replenishes stocks available inside Russia. The incident appears to inflict mostly console sellers with a sizable business at this moment. Electronics retailer Svyaznoy has expanded its range to sell games consoles and smartphones from the likes of Apple and Samsung, the Kommersant daily reported on Thursday. One seller named the "Shanghai Gaming Console Store" said it suspended its business at the request of Taobao, without elaborating further.Īlibaba could not be immediately reached for comment. Other vendors keep their responses vague, citing "special reasons" for the suspended services. When asked by TechCrunch, a customer service staff said the store has temporarily halted shipping due to "a water leak in the warehouse." When we pressed further, the person said it was due to "an electrical-equipment failure." Tgbus, one of the largest console game sellers on Taobao with 462,000 followers, currently has zero product listing. It's unclear how many imported consoles and console games were taken down from Taobao and what triggered the purge. Several major videogame console importers on Taobao have suspended business.
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