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A GameStop damaged Nintendo Switch 2 displays after stapling receipts to the boxes, but buyers will receive replacements.
Sam's Club: The Walmart-owned warehouse club had the Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart World Bundle on June 5. It will only be available to Sam's Club members. New members can get an annual Sam's Club membership for $25 (was $50).
Not only does the Killswitch protect your new shiny Nintendo tech, but it also provides extra storage for your Switch and Switch 2 game carts. And it doesn't cover up your handheld's USB-C ports, so you can still give your console a quick charge, or hook up a portable USB-C camera on top of the handheld without issue.
Prior to launch day, GameStop was offering up to a $175 credit for your Switch OLED. That price has come down to $104 for GameStop Pro members and $95 for non-members. By comparison, Best Buy is still offering up to a $130 trade-in credit, which makes it the best trade-in deal right now.
Nintendo Switch 2 owners are opening consoles with punctured screens due to store receipts being stapled into the front of the console's box.
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Staplers and LCD displays: a terrible, no-good, very bad combination.
Some people reported an unwelcome surprise after picking up their Nintendo Switch 2 preorders at GameStop: staples used to attach receipts to Switch 2 boxes ended up damaging the screens on the console, as reported by IGN. However, GameStop says this was an issue that was “isolated” to a single store and that it has already offered replacements.
YouTube stars CoryxKenshin and Dashie had their Nintendo Switch 2 release meetup shut down by police after they got to takeover a Gamestop.