Retailers are expecting to run out of pre-order units for the Nintendo Switch 2 on day 1, despite Nintendo allegedly accumulating a large quantity for launch. According to the documents, Switch 2 is scheduled to release in June, a release month that developers have already widely rumored and discussed at this year’s GDC.
However, there is some confusion regarding when the pre-orders go live, especially following the Best Buy Canada leak earlier this week that revealed they’d go live on April 2nd.
The documents from the US retailer indicate that pre-orders will go live on April 9th, one week after the Nintendo Switch 2 direct. The documents include a messaging strategy following the direct, including “Pre-Order Coming Soon” messaging and a Countdown Clock that will end on April 9, with an exact time to be confirmed by Nintendo on April 2.
The documents also included details on an exclusive collectible coin for those who pre-order the console. Whether Best Buy Canada’s “leak” was a mistake is unclear, but they promptly removed that information after it started circulating online. Nonetheless, pre-orders are almost certainly going live within a week of the direct.
