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UK high street chain Game has apologised after it cancelled some pre-orders of the hotly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2.<\/p>\n
Gamers have waited years for the Switch 2 – the successor to one of the best-selling consoles in history – with the new model being finally released to the public on 5 June.<\/p>\n
But some of those who pre-ordered the Switch 2 through Game will now not be able to get their hands on it on its release date.<\/p>\n
“We understand how disappointing this is, especially for those who have been eagerly awaiting their order,” Game wrote in a post on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n There has been a furious reaction from those affected, with one customer<\/a> calling the situation “outrageous.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Game did not give any reason why the pre-orders were cancelled. The BBC has approached it for comment.<\/p>\n In its social media post it says it is “currently working hard to reinstate as many affected pre-orders as possible.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Switch 2 has already attracted some controversy from fans who questioned the price of some of its games – with a boxed edition of Mario Kart World coming in at \u00a374.99.<\/p>\n But this price appears not to have impacted the initial sales of the hardware, with most retailers now unable to take on new pre-orders so close to its launch.<\/p>\n Gamers who no longer have a pre-order may consider turning to the return of the midnight launch, which used to be part-and-parcel of game releases but has become far less common in recent years.<\/p>\n At least one retailer has held back some stock in the hope of getting people through its doors – with Smyths promising a “limited” number of consoles will be available in-store when doors open on launch day.<\/p>\n Fans scrambling to get their hands on new consoles has been a part of Nintendo’s history, for example with the Wii in 2006<\/a>.<\/p>\n The original Switch ended up becoming the fastest-selling console in history in the US when in launched in 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n This is not just limited to Nintendo – its rival Sony’s PlayStation 5 proved to be such a hot ticket item that people joined virtual queues with thousands of others<\/a> just to have the chance to buy one in 2020.<\/p>\n This trend continued throughout the first three years of the console’s life, with the supply chain issues that partly fuelled the demand only being resolved in 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n