Nintendoappears to have achieved the impossible and created enough supply to meet the incredibleSwitch 2demand. However, there will be a lot of Nintendo fans in Texas this week who will have to go without after a delivery truck carrying almost 3,000 Switch 2 consoles was raided and all of the stock inside was stolen.
A delivery truck was on its way from Nintendo of America in Washington to Texas with 2,810 Switch 2 consoles that were meant to finish their journey in various GameStop stores, but they never made it. According to the driver, the consoles only made it as far as Colorado, reportsCBS News, as several pallets of Switch 2 consoles were stolen.
At $500 per Switch 2, more than $1.4 million worth of Nintendo stock has been hijacked and is now unaccounted for. How exactly this happened without anyone noticing remains unclear. The driver claims they didn’t know just how precious the cargo in the back of their truck was and only knew that they were transporting toys and games across the US. Clearly, someone knew just how valuable the stock in the back of that truck was and has managed to get away with more than 2,810 Switch 2 consoles.
Almost 3,000 Switch 2s Have Been Stolen
If Someone In Colorado Tries To Sell You One, Just Say No
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office is looking for any information on who might have been involved with the Switch 2 hijacking, and you’re able to call them with a tip if you have any info on 720-874-8477.
GameStop hasn’t been having much luck when it comes to the Switch 2’s launch. Staff in one of its storesstapled receipts to the outside of the console’s boxesto make it easier to distribute them when customers arrived to pick up their pre-orders. However, the staples ran a little too deep and wound up scratching the brand new Switch 2 screens.
Earlier this week,GameStop ran an ad poking fun at staplegateto advertise that it would have more Switch 2s in stock soon. Hopefully, that wasn’t an assumption based on the truck full of them on its way to Texas that has since been emptied by some savvy Nintendo thieves. As for what those thieves are going to do with that stock, I can’t imagine it will be all that useful. Each console will have a unique serial number, which means if any are sold, Nintendo will potentially be able to track them and find the culprits.
