Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Orders Went Live and Were, Predictably, a Mess

Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Orders Went Live and Were, Predictably, a Mess

As I begin writing this piece, I'm sitting at my desk at 11:30pm CT (well past my bedtime on a work night) trying, along with seemingly the entire rest of the world and the populations of several other planets, to try and pre-order a Nintendo Switch 2.Pre-orders went live at 9pm PT/12am ET at three different retailers: Walmart, Best Buy, and Target. Or at least, they were supposed to, but the actual rollout so far has been a hot mess. Myself and…

The good news is Switch Pre-orders have gone live at US retailers, the bad news is they've almost immediately sold out

Pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2 went live in America last night, and as you'd expect, the console sold out quickly as people flocked to various retailers to secure one. Many were able to lock an order in, setting them up for a bright future of Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza. The rest, left suffering Switch-less.