Oh boy, so Nintendo dropped the Switch 2 and it’s already rewriting their sales history. Picture this: 3.5 million units in just four freakin’ days! June 5 was like, D-day for gamers everywhere. To put that in perspective, when the original Switch came out in March 2017, it didn’t even touch these numbers in a whole month. Wild, right?
Nintendo’s all like, “Yeah, this is the best launch ever,” and they’re already cruising toward their 15 mil sales goal by March 2026. Pretty ambitious but, hey, they’re off to a solid start.
Anyway, here’s where it gets a bit murky. Some folks got burned, literally, by staples—yes, you read that right. People who snagged their consoles from a New York GameStop were looking at screens with holes. Who thought stapling a receipt was a good idea? At least replacements were handed out, so there’s that. And across the Atlantic? UK gamers found their boxes looking like someone had gone through their mail; tape all busted open. Guess the tape was having a weak moment.
Now, about the console itself—say goodbye to some battery life, but hello upgrades. The new Joy-Con 2 controllers with these fancy optical sensors are like having a mouse for your console. Go figure. And the screen? Bigger at 7.9 inches, 1080p, and 120Hz. Tells your eyes, “You’re welcome.”
Underneath all this glam, the guts of the thing pack eight ARM Cortex A78C cores and a custom Nvidia Ampere GPU. Geek alert, I know, but if you care about that stuff, it’s pretty impressive. Plus, it’s got 12GB of LPDDR5X memory and 256GB storage. For those who hoard games, there’s a slot to upgrade up to 2TB. Fun fact—people are already dreaming up hacks to fit M2 NVMe SSDs in there. Only theoretically speaking… but still.
So yeah, crazy early success aside, if you’re itching to score one of these bad boys, they’re still floating around out there. GameStop and Best Buy in the U.S., and a smattering across the UK, too. Just gotta know where to look.
And oh, don’t forget to keep tabs on Tom’s Hardware for all the juicy gossip and nitty-gritty reviews. You never know what they’re gonna unleash next.
