Well, okay, so here’s the deal. Nintendo’s got this whole new thing going on with the Switch 2, right? And — surprise, surprise — it’s smashing records like nobody’s business. I mean, 3.5 million units zipped out the door in just, what, four days? That’s like, whoosh. Anyway, if you’re doing the math, that’s about 760,000 more than the OG Switch did back in March 2017. Crazy, huh?
And get this — Nintendo’s almost a quarter of the way to hitting their 15 million sales goal by March 2026. I guess they’re feeling pretty good about that. I mean, who wouldn’t?
But, oh man, did you hear about the receipt fiasco at GameStop in New York? Someone thought it’d be a good idea to staple receipts to boxes. Yeah, staples. So people got their shiny new consoles with, yep, punctured screens. I’d be livid. They got replacements, though, so… silver lining?
Across the Atlantic, folks in the UK noticed something odd. Their units showed up looking like the tape holding the boxes shut just, well, gave up. Talk about a packaging fail. I wonder if they ran out of good tape or something.
Okay, back to tech stuff. The Switch 2 has some snazzy upgrades — although you might have to keep it plugged in more often. The Joy-Con 2 controllers, they’ve got these optical sensors now, so you can wave them around like a wand. Neat, I guess, if you’re into that. And the screen’s bigger too, rocking a 7.9-inch display with 1080p and 120Hz. That’s fancy talk for really nice graphics.
Under all that plastic and shiny, it’s powered by some beefy ARM cores and a Nvidia Ampere GPU. No idea what half of that means, but apparently it’s cool. Oh, and there’s 12GB of RAM and 256GB for storage, which you can beef up to 2TB if you get the right microSD. I heard there’s some kind of hack to use M2 NVMe SSDs too, if you’re into tinkering. Just don’t blame me if it goes south.
In case you’re thinking, “Where on earth do I buy this thing?” — it’s still sitting on shelves here and there. GameStop and Best Buy in the US got you covered, plus a bunch of stores in the UK.
Alright, signing off before I forget what I was talking about. Stay curious, keep exploring, and maybe pick up a Switch 2 if you’re feeling adventurous. It’s good fun, from what I hear.
