Nintendo brings back late-night console launches with debut of Switch 2

Nintendo brought back late-night game console launches tonight as people across the world waited in line to get the Nintendo Switch 2. For the first time in eight years, Nintendo fans had a chance to wait in line like the good days as they spent hundreds of dollars a piece on the new game console and its accessories. The Switch 2 replaces the Switch, which debuted in 2017 and sold 150 million units. I waited in line and shopped at the new Nintendo Store in Union Square in San Francisco. First in line was Dean, 15, who was dressed like an Irish leprechuan. He told me he arrived at 7 a.m. Pacific time, which was about 14 hours ahead of the 9 p.m. Pacific launch. Still, he said he was glad to drop perhaps $1,000 on the $500 Switch 2 (or $50 less if you don’t buy the Mario Kart World bundle). It was his first console launch event. I have now spent $850 in the Nintendo Store in SF. At the checkout stand, the Nintendo dignitaries were trained by their superiors to pass the console from o ... Read full article.