Amazon blocks non-Prime members from buying certain video games
I don't get it. As an incentive to sign up for Prime it makes no sense; Prime needs to offer me things I can't get elsewhere (or at least not for the same price), not return to me things that I can easily get elsewhere. I just spot-checked Amazon US's price for GTA 5, 39.88 [1], and it's the exact same price at Wal-Mart [2], so it's not an exclusive deal or something. (Nor did I spend several minutes hunting for a comparable price; it was the third hit on Google for "Grand Theft Auto 5 PS4" for me. Google being what it is now, YMMV.)<p>I don't mean "this is a bad idea". I mean "I don't get it". What's the point?<p>[1]: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Theft-Auto-V-PlayStation-4/dp/B00KVSQ848/ref=sr_1_1_twi_gam_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1461343449&sr=8-1&keywords=grand+theft+auto+5" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Theft-Auto-V-PlayStation-4/dp/B0...</a><p>[2]: <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Grand-Theft-Auto-V-PS4/41049186" rel="nofollow">http://www.walmart.com/ip/Grand-Theft-Auto-V-PS4/41049186</a>