[Insider Gaming] US Retailer Documents Shed Light on Switch 2 Pre-Order Plans (April 9 pre-order, June launch, Pre-order stock will run out day 1)

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Retailers are expecting that they will run out of pre-order units for the Nintendo Switch 2 on day 1, despite Nintendo allegedly accumulating a large quantity for launch.

That's according to internal emails and documents provided to Insider Gaming from a large US retailer, who are anticipating they will sell out of the Switch 2 on the same day they open up the pre-orders due to a limited unit allocation from Nintendo.

According to the documents, the Switch 2 is scheduled to release in June, a release month that has already been a widely rumoured and was a highly talked about by developers at this year's GDC.

However, the documents do add a little confusion as to when the pre-orders go live, especially following the Best Buy Canada "leak" earlier this week that revealed they'd go live on April 2nd.

According to the documents from the US retailer, pre-orders are set to go live on April 9th, one week after the Nintendo Switch 2 direct. The documents include a messaging strategy following the direct to include "Pre-Order Coming Soon" messaging and a Countdown Clock that will end on April 9, with an exact time to be confirmed by Nintendo on April 2.

The documents also included details on a exclusive collectible coin for those who pre-order the console.

Whether or not Best Buy Canada's "leak" was a mistake or not is unclear, but the company did promptly remove the information after it started circulating online. In any case though, pre-order's are almost certainly going to live within a week of the direct.

 
I think this will be my first console I buy since the original Xbox. I miss the GameCube days. Main stream gaming has been so dull. Time to back to Nintendo and just back to in person couch play on smash bros.
 
I'm sure I want one. I'm also sure it will start gathering dust after a few weeks.
 
First time in a long time i'm still not sure if i even want one, lol
I am in the same boat. I have a switch with over 30 physical titles but the switch 2 is going to have to blow me away and be a true Step up for me to pre-order one. They got to sell me on it.
 
And I'm going to buy Death stranding 2 and Stellar blade x Nikke DLC in June. Now Switch 2 in June? I really need to work hard and get more OT to earn more for more money for extra funds. :messenger_bicep:
 
Day 1. I'm gonna try to buy as many as I can. Not to scalp, but to sell to my friends/family/GAF at retail price who might not have been able to get one.
 
"Retailers are expecting that they will run out of pre-order units for the Nintendo Switch 2 on day 1"

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I hope I can get a preorder in...
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if i get one before christmas thats good enough but i won't be hitting that refresh key, i used a scalper once for my anniversary ps portal only because sony delayed my shipment despite me ordering on the day it was announced. that was a one and only time i'm not paying stupid prices.
 
According to Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming, who claims to have seen "internal emails and documents" provided by a source at a "large US retailer," Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders will begin on Wednesday, April 9. This would be exactly one week after the Switch 2 Direct.

The same documents also refer to an "exclusive collectible coin," which is reportedly set to be a pre-order bonus for those who secure their Switch 2 unit early.

This latest Switch 2 pre-order rumor contradicts a leak from Best Buy Canada last week. The electronics specialist published a blog post noting, "Switch 2 pre-orders begin April 2," before quickly deleting it when various stock trackers picked up the post and shared it.


 
I'm getting 1 no doubt. But I don't think I'll be buying anything 3rd party on it, and probably skipping any ports or remakes.

New 1st party games are enough to still get one.
 
I hope preorders go up on April 9th. I'll be traveling during the Nintendo Direct and if preorders go live after, I'm fucked.
 
Scalpers getting a nice headstart.

Priming their bots right now probably.

time off work? lol you will have .00000 seconds before all the bots and scalpers get them. No time off needed. I waste a year with ps5 and months for a 30xx series card, not wasting my time anymore. I'll wait.

Nintendo apparently have a plan to beat the scalpers.

 
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