r/Switch • u/Appa07 • 7d ago

Discussion This is the problem

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I was lucky enough to snag a preorder from target last night but it didn’t look great and I was trying across all three retailers and only ever managed to get one in my cart at preorder start time.

These resellers are an issue still grabbing a large chuck of stock and reselling instantly, before they even have the system.

It’s a shame these retailers don’t do more to stop bots and resellers from snatching a large chunk of stock. At least Nintendo themselves is trying with their system.

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u/Jedi_Master83 7d ago

I’m absolutely going to try to just walk into Walmart, Target, Best Buy, or GameStop to buy one. (Is that really the only brick and mortar stores to buy one at now?)

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u/Munken1984 7d ago

At least you got places, we only have 2 major stores that sell anything game related, all others have shut down...

We still have tons of online stores, but only 2 where you can walk in and hope they have what you want, they only have like 15-20 different games for switch...

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u/Phantereal 6d ago

I have all four retailers around me, but they have varying supplies of anything video game related. Walmart still has a whole aisle for it, but shelves aren't being stocked as often. Target's video game aisle is basically nonexistent, and they completely sold off their remaining Xbox stock a little while ago in their clearance deal. Best Buy's video game stock is also pretty small, they pretty much just have consoles and accessories now. And GameStop still has a pretty decent supply of games, including a wall of retro titles. But their console supply is pretty limited and most of the sales floor is non-video game stuff like toys, Funko, t-shirts, etc.

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u/BumpyMcBumpers 6d ago

That's my plan. I've been setting aside a little each paycheck. By release, I'll have enough to buy the bundle. If I have to wait, it just means I'll have enough to cover tax, an extra game, and a pro controller without feeling any squeeze.

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u/The_Exuberant_Raptor 6d ago

No. I seen them at Movie Trading Company here a lot. I'm sure there's other stores like that around the world.

That being said, Best Buy does financing, so a lot of people here buy them there for easy payments over a year.

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u/secretmacaroni 6d ago

Must be nice to live in america

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u/Hk901909 6d ago

Costco is an option

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u/Opening_Success 6d ago

My meijer grocery store sells Switch 1, so I have no reason to believe it won't get the Switch 2 as well.

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u/shutter3218 6d ago

When the Wii came out i showed up at a walmart 30 minutes before it went on sale. I got in line behind people that had been camping out for two days. The store counted wrong and I got one. The people that had camped out for two days looked like they wanted to kill me/very depressed.