GameStop’s on-line Nintendo Change 2 preorders went reside at 11AM ET, and just like the preorders from different retailers in a single day, issues instantly obtained off to a rocky begin.
Proper because the clock rolled over to 11AM, many people at The Verge skilled points with the web site. At first, GameStop’s web site confirmed me a mostly-blank web page – the one textual content on it was “Oops…One thing went fallacious” [sic] and a refresh button. Quickly after, myself and different Verge staffers typically noticed Cloudflare notices on GameStop’s web site as an alternative, together with error notices that stated the “internet server is down” or that the location is experiencing a “dangerous gateway.”
Sometimes, the net itemizing for the Change 2 and Mario Kart World bundle would load for me, however the preorder button can be grayed out. One colleague additionally obtained the console-only possibility itemizing to load, however with a “not obtainable” button rather than a preorder one.
GameStop’s cellular app has additionally been displaying error messages for me when I attempt to open it.