Everybody knew that Nintendo Swap 2 was going to be the most popular sport console of 2025, however somebody has supplied a wholly totally different form of warmth. Earlier this month, thieves stole practically 3,000 Nintendo Swap 2 consoles out of a truck with out being detected till it was too late.
A semi-truck driver reported the theft on June 8 at a truck cease in Bennett, Colorado. The driving force advised police that he found the lacking Swap 2 containers whereas performing a pre-trip inspection. Police decided that 2,810 Swap 2 consoles had been taken.
“They retail at $499. The fee to Nintendo is simply over $410,” stated Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Workplace public data officer Anders Nelson. “So both method you take a look at it, it is effectively over $1 million value of merchandise stolen.”
As a part of 9NBC‘s report, MSU Denver laptop science professor Steve Beaty famous that the thieves could use the Darkish Internet to promote the stolen consoles, however that does not imply the path has gone fully chilly for Nintendo or the police. They will probably establish the stolen consoles by their serial numbers once they log on.
“Nintendo does have the potential of what we name bricking the machine and that’s to make it nonfunctional,” added Beaty.
Prior to now, Nintendo has gone to nice lengths to observe down and establish Swap 1 pirates, so it is fully believable that the corporate will flag any stolen Swap 2 consoles that present up on its radar. However for now, the thieves behind this truck cease heist have but to be caught.
Gamers in Japan have had such issue getting Swap 2 consoles due to resellers jacking up the worth that they have been posting parody listings for it on third-party marketplaces. Followers who’ve gotten a maintain of Swap 2 consoles have additionally been mounting them in inventive and silly methods.
