In a current replace to its website about its direct gross sales program for the Swap 2, Nintendo says that because of “the very excessive demand” for the console, “supply by June 5 will not be assured” and that “your invitation e-mail might arrive after the Nintendo Swap 2 launch.”
Nintendo has already mentioned that the preliminary invites for eligible registrations on its My Nintendo Retailer web site would exit on Might eighth. The necessities to be eligible are fairly strict, seemingly to thwart scalpers.
However now, because it did for Japan yesterday, the corporate is signaling that US demand for consoles by way of its personal retailer is kind of excessive. For those who have been banking on getting a Swap 2 by way of the platform, you may wish to be ready to probably wait.
In its replace, Nintendo suggests visiting “our collaborating retail companions,” however the preorders which have occurred to this point, which kicked off at 12AM ET on Thursday at Finest Purchase, Goal, and Walmart, have been messy.
Forward of these preorders, the checklist of retail companions on Nintendo’s web site included Finest Purchase, Goal, Walmart, and GameStop. As I write this, solely GameStop, which opens on-line preorders at 11AM ET on Thursday, has a brand on the web page.