Shocker: Nintendo Switch Is Selling Out Everywhere On Launch

Some brought tents, others came with lawn chairs, but everyone had the same goal: acquire a Switch 2. Eight years after releasing the world’s third-best-selling console, Nintendo’sNTDOY

hotly anticipated sequel hit the shelves Thursday. The stakes couldn’t be higher for the Japanese game-maker amid its 29% revenue plunge and trade war entanglement.

• “We will sell out of everything,” said Best BuyBBY
  — a tone echoed by GameStopGME
  as insiders expect “weeks or months until you can walk into a store and buy [one].”
• Starting at $449.99, the Switch 2 boasts “10x the graphics experience” and controllers that double as computer mice — plus a larger 1080p screen and 256GB storage (8x the original’s capacity).

TACO timing: Nintendo’s 2019 shift from China to Vietnam to dodge tariffs backfired when Trump imposed 46% Vietnamese duties — but fortunate timing saved launch day as the President “chickened out,” as Wall Street puts it. With 746K US-landed units, as software and subscriptions drive the most revenue, Nintendo can absorb tariff costs for now. However, holiday shoppers face uncertain math if negotiations collapse — as in this game, the final boss isn’t Bowser; it’s trade policy.