The public is not happy, leaving Bethesda in the middle of a sticky situation. The firm has threatened legal action on an individual selling a new copy of The Evil Within 2 on the Amazon Market Place.
Bethesda Softworks, known for its many wonderful games like Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, and Dishonored, has apparently decided to threaten legal action against someone selling a sealed copy of The Evil Within 2 on the Amazon Marketplace. This might sound like an odd event, but apparently, the company is quite lucid in its thoughts and has now explained why this kind of action was taken.
Vorys, a legal firm acting on behalf of Bethesda, apparently has an issue with the Amazon Marketplace seller listing the product as “new”. The specific problem is that the seller is not an authorized retailer of Bethesda games. As such, the firm is concerned, with essentially boils down to, the quality of experience, when it comes to the game being distributed by someone other than an authorized seller. If this sounds strange, you’re probably in the same boat as many people following this interesting tale.
When asked about the problem during QuakeCon by Eurogamer, Pete Hines, who is the Bethesda’s senior vice president of marketing and communications, had this to say:
He went on to further state:
There seems to be technicalities and semantics at play here, but as you can imagine, this kind of behavior by Bethesda has not gone over well with the public. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out and if the company will be victorious in making a statement.
Source: Eurogamer, Polygon
