So are GameStop’s Switch 2 pre-orders ‘not available’ or ‘currently unavailable’
Like some kind of Schrödinger’s cat experiment where both options are “kitty’s dead,” the GameStop website can’t decide how to tell us we’re not able to pre-order the Nintendo Switch 2.
At the time of publication, the site waffled between two responses: a grayed out purchase button labeled “Not Available” and two completely different bits of red text reading “Currently Unavailable” on other parts of the page. As you can see, neither one ends with us getting a Switch 2, which is a bummer after the shitshow that was Thursday morning’s pre-order situation.
Check out the button indicating there might already be used Switch 2 consoles to purchase. That’s my favorite part.
GameStop began taking Switch 2 pre-orders at 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday morning. Despite also allowing folks to brave the outside world and reserve one of the upcoming consoles at brick-and-mortar locations, the retailer’s website almost immediately buckled under the weight of what I can only assume were millions upon millions of page refreshes as soon as the clock hit 10:59 a.m. on the east coast of the United States.
Switch 2 launches on June 5. If GameStop fails you today, your best bet to secure a pre-order — apart from stumbling upon a random, unannounced restock at Walmart, Target, Best Buy, GameStop, etc. — is hoping your social credit is high enough to be invited to purchase a console from Nintendo directly. Good luck!
