We know there are a lot of avid gamers out there who want a Nintendo Switch 2 but aren’t finding any on retail stores’ shelves. It could be a while before supply meets demand, especially in these trying times, but we urge our readers to keep their eyes out and avoid financing scalpers who buy and re-list the consoles on third-party marketplaces for more money.
The high demand for Nintendo Switch 2 consoles, paired with the imperfect storm of low supply, has resulted in most stores that carry them being entirely out of stock since launch day. Still, that hasn’t stopped scalpers from listing consoles on eBay for 50% more than the retail price.
As a general warning directed toward anyone that might be getting or who might already have a Nintendo Switch 2, using the MIG Switch 2 accessory, a trendy way to dump game data from personally owned game cartridges, may not be the best idea.
It’s been hard for a lot of prospective Nintendo Switch 2 owners to find an actual unit at their local electronics store since the official product launch last week. Sold out almost everywhere, it’s hard to say when the new console will become available for sale again, but the tariff situation certainly isn’t making it any easier for Nintendo to import more.
It’s no secret that the Nintendo Switch 2 just launched this week, but a lesser-known fact is that Nintendo now offers a standalone accessory called the Nintendo Switch 2 Camera that facilitates video chats by way of GameChat — a way for gamers to communicate with one another.
The iDownloadBlog team has long helped make Nintendo Switch consoles, games, and accessories more accessible by providing information and links to the best savings we can find online, and now that the Nintendo Switch 2 is officially available in stores, we plan to continue doing so.
Following a lengthy hype-filled past several months, Nintendo will on Thursday officially launch the Nintendo Switch 2 – their second-generation all-in-one handheld and dockable game console with upgraded specs and new features.
The Nintendo Switch 2 is officially launching later this week and before anyone can even get their hands on one, Nintendo is warning soon-to-be users that the next-generation console has a protective film on the screen that is applied from the factory and should not be removed.
The Nintendo Switch 2 hasn’t even been officially released yet, and already there are a lot of questions about game compatibility for Nintendo’s latest handheld gaming console (and perhaps rightfully so).
After the United States imposed reciprocal tariffs on other counties, Nintendo announced at the beginning of the month that it was delaying pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2 in the United States so that the company could “assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions.”
On Wednesday, Nintendo announced that the Nintendo Switch 2 would go on pre-order in the United States on April 9th, 2025 with initial unit availability beginning on June 5th. Unfortunately, the video game company had to backtrack a little bit on its pre-order plans in the United States, directly because of tariff changes imposed by the government’s current administration, the BBC reports.
During a Nintendo Direct on Wednesday, the company officially confirmed that the Nintendo Switch 2 would become available to consumers on June 5th, 2025, with pre-orders starting next Wednesday, April 9th, aligning with a report we shared at the end of last week.