Several gamers who got their hands on the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 had their excitement deflated as multiple customers complained that their new console came out of the box damaged.
Reports of this issue were shared across X and Reddit, mainly from consumers who said they bought the device from a GameStop in New York that had stapled receipts to the Nintendo Switch 2 packages and subsequently punctured the console screens.
"GameStop stapled the receipt for me and my friends Switch 2s to the box," wrote X user Oadhan Lynch, sharing a series of pictures of the device after it had been opened. "Genuinely insane now I'm gonna have to wait 3 months for the restock. And yes we were there for the midnight release so I bet everyone in this line is gonna have this same issue."
A GameStop spokesperson told USA TODAY: "These occurrences were isolated to a single store in Staten Island, NY. The affected customers − who represented a very small fraction − were swiftly given replacements."
Lynch wrote in an updated X post on 5 June, that GameStop had "made things right" by providing replacements to those around New York and New Jersey who bought the damaged Nintendo Switch 2 consoles.
The Nintendo Switch 2 was released on last 5 June, for US$ 449.99, with bundles including the new "Mario Kart World" also available for US$ 499. Fans waited in long lines across the country for a chance to buy the console, which is the successor of the uberly popular original Switch, the second-highest selling device in Nintendo's history, selling more than 152 million units, CNBC reported.
The high demand for the console did lead to a shortage that Nintendo says should be temporary, according to CNBC.
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