Nintendo Promises Measures To Protect Switch 2 From Scalpers

[GGforever]

Well, unless someone has been living under a rock for the past four years, freshly launched gaming hardware getting scalped to oblivion should hardly come as a surprise. We witnessed this just recently with the launch of the NVIDIA RTX 50-series GPUs, considering the multiple-thousand-dollar premiums that the cards were sold for on platforms such as eBay. One might foresee a similar predicament for the much-awaited Nintendo Switch 2, but if Nintendo President Furakawa's recent statements are anything to go by, that might not be the case after all.

According to Furakawa, Nintendo is well-aware of the potential stock shortages that the Switch 2 may face, taking lessons from the OG Switch launch back in 2017, and is taking "all possible measures" to make sure the Switch 2 launch plays out smoothly. Of course, what this essentially means, is that Nintendo will be attempting its best to produce as many units of the Switch 2 as possible in order to meet customer demand at launch. This is exactly what Furakawa mentioned in his interview with Nikkei, citing that the supply chain constraints that hindered production in 2024 and 2023 no longer exist in 2025. As such, there should not be any further hurdles that hold back Nintendo from its production targets.




Of course, how all of this plays out in real life is yet to be seen. Nintendo is widely expected to launch the Switch 2 at its Nintendo Direct event on the 2nd of April, following the recently uploaded first-ever teaser on YouTube which has now amassed over 20 million views as of this writing. The Switch 2 is expected to be powered by the Tegra T239 SoC with an Ampere iGPU with slightly over 3 TFLOPS of raw performance, along with a larger display and improved magnetic, hall-effect Joy-Cons.

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[ErikG]

I won't believe it until I see It…

 

[DaemonForce]

We just had CES and a GPU launch that has brought out THE worst in humanity.
I've been around long enough to know that people don't really change.
Also, anger phase and whatnot has taught me that this behavior sticks around FOR A WHILE.
Yes, even though there may be no sign of it right now, preemptive action is right.
Nintendo Direct event is barely 2 months away and this is the correct answer.

 

[bonehead123]

Well. good luck with that

Unless they intend to/are capable of having gazillions of the device available everywhere worldwide on day 1 (doubtful), AND take EXTREME anti-scalper precautions to limit all sales to 1 per person per physical address within a reasonable time frame, AND severely punish ALL resellers for not complying with the restrictions, then maybe....

 

[jimmybimmy]

Just wait 1 year. Problem solved.

 

[qlum]

End of the day scalping is just supply and demand, trading on the inbalance.
So either increase supply or lower demand, bandaid scalper protections, are really just that.

I don't even blame the scalpers, they simply offer products to those that want it most.

I would even understand having a more expensive early adopters edition, after all if prices are getting hiked due to demand, might as well go to nintendo.

That said ample supply is the real answer.

 

[trsttte]

We just had CES and a GPU launch that has brought out THE worst in humanity.

Meh, this is not essential goods like food or water, if people want to give their money to scalpers let them

Not really anything nintendo can do, those willing to play the scalping game will find a way if the demand is high and the supply limited enough. They can't really stop people from buying one on multiple retailers for example, nor will they want to take on the liability of asking for a bunch of personal data to verify customers.