Did you camp at a store with random strangers to get your Switch 2?

Did you?

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DryvBy

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I have personally lived the night of a hobo for the Xbox 360 and the Wii, both at dead stores like Toys R Us and Circuit City. As an old geezer now, I don't have the energy or the patience for that. I know that if I can't have it delivered to me as a king, I will just wait.

So who camped?
 
Store opened at 8am EST but the mall opened at 7. I got there at 6:45 and I was the 7th person in line. Before me there were 2 guys without a preorder and the store had 20-30 extra for walk-ins so they were good but they had filled their 150 units preorder allocations. By the time the store opened we were about 50.
 
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Hell no. The only day i camped was for ipad 2, and i even did not buy it, i was coering it as a IT blogger (not exactly good times, but whatever...)
 
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I logged onto Nintendo's website weeks after they sent out emails to people who weren't me. Then they delivered it to Royal mail at 00.09 this morning and me after 9am.

I feel sorry for people who struggled or sat refreshing as it was as easy as getting a bag of potatoes.
 
I looked at in store stock at Target, every store in my area was showing "in stock." I walked in around 8:30, walked out around 8:45. Couldn't have been easier.
 
I didn't really feel like growing my virginity back so imma just grab the switch 2 when it's regularly available and at a reasonable price.
 
CrimsonTide said:
I would be extremely shocked if they had any after last night.

I would assume anyone who wanted one without a Pre-Order would need to camp out
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I had to go to the grocery this morning and it's right by a Target and Target had 5 of them so I grabbed a second one as a surprise for my girlfriend.

I looked online though and GameStop wasn't showing much so I'm sure most GameStop's are sold out but places like Target are worth looking.
 
hououinkyouma00 said:
I had to go to the grocery this morning and it's right by a Target and Target had 5 of them so I grabbed a second one as a surprise for my girlfriend.

I looked online though and GameStop wasn't showing much so I'm sure most GameStop's are sold out but places like Target are worth looking.
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Going by the number of scalped pricing, this thing isn't hard to find and as popular as previous consoles. I remember when the Wii came out some 15+ years ago, even then the scalping prices were double the price! Now it's like these guys are barely making enough for a can of beans.
 
DryvBy said:
Going by the number of scalped pricing, this thing isn't hard to find and as popular as previous consoles. I remember when the Wii came out some 15+ years ago, even then the scalping prices were double the price! Now it's like these guys are barely making enough for a can of beans.
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Good. Scalpers are scum.
 
DryvBy said:
Going by the number of scalped pricing, this thing isn't hard to find and as popular as previous consoles. I remember when the Wii came out some 15+ years ago, even then the scalping prices were double the price! Now it's like these guys are barely making enough for a can of beans.
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hououinkyouma00 said:
I had to go to the grocery this morning and it's right by a Target and Target had 5 of them so I grabbed a second one as a surprise for my girlfriend.

I looked online though and GameStop wasn't showing much so I'm sure most GameStop's are sold out but places like Target are worth looking.
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It IS IN STOCK in Target (my local ones in Birmingham ALL HAVE THEM)
 
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I am shocked not a single local Target it sold out

Also it's good they are instore pickup only, helps with scalpers.

Also, also, its nice to see a supply available on day one.
 
I am too old to get caught up in launch day hype. by the time its readily available in stores is when enough games will be out fr the system so I can wait.
 
RoboFu said:
I am too old to get caught up in launch day hype. by the time its readily available in stores is when enough games will be out fr the system so I can wait.
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It's available today apparently in full supply at Target (least all in my area of central alabama)
 
Camp? Nah. I did line up about an hour before the "midnight" (11 PM for me) launch at Best Buy to pick up my pre-order though....at which point I proceeded to go home and straight to bed. I really only did it for the nostalgia; I'm getting old, and I'm guessing I don't have many console launches left in me.
 
Apparently there is plenty of stock...

I feel like there is no hype for Switch 2. My kids havent even asked about it.
 
Lol.. why?

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dem said:
Apparently there is plenty of stock...

I feel like there is no hype for Switch 2. My kids havent even asked about it.
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There is no hype because the system isn't worth it so far. And there are no interesting games to play on it.
 
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Went to target at 4:00 AM... There were already 4 guys lined up with chairs and blankets. Ok, I am good with #5 so I got in line. Turns out the 4 kids in front of me were there for a restock of Pokemon cards not the switch; so I was #1. My friend called me from a nearby target that opened an hour earlier so I just went over there bout 5AM and was 3rd in line.

To my understanding Target did not do pre-orders so each store had about 100 units in stock. It seemed to be the case where I was at, and they had about 100 to sell. When they handed tickets out half hour before opening there were about 22 people. By the time they opened I am guessing at most 40-50 people. So they still had some in stock.

Edit: There are three other Targets within a 5 mile radius of the Target I was at which aren't as popular, so I think there is plenty of stock right now.
 
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Seems like it's not terribly hard to find and $450-$500 is a tough ask for many folks in these economic times(imo) when I(personally) dont find as much interesting at launch.

Good that they are readily available. Scalpers in shambles.
 
I quickly looked at a Target in my area and they had both S2 skus in stock (didn't show the hurry only x amount left either)
 
I was there last night. fucking gameplanet took 3 hours to give me mine, I had a preorder but people that wanted one without a preorder could walk in at the same time as those who had a preorder and get one, that sucked!! I got mine at 3:00 am and then took an uber home after being standing up 3.5 hours i was so tired I went straight to bed, now i am playing Zelda breath of the wild with the updated graphics, let's see, I tried a little mario Kart world. Unimpressed really.
 
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Nope. Walked into Target several hours after they opened, picked one of the many still available and went on with my day.
 
Seems Target starts theirs online tomorrow. I haven't played much of the first Switch. Maybe I'll get one. If I do it will be docked.
 
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