Oh man, where do I start with this? So, there’s this big hullabaloo in Arapahoe County, Colorado, right? A trucker, just doing his thing, pulls over at, what was it, Lowe’s Truck Stop in Bennett? Yeah, that’s the one. Anyway, he checks his trailer, and boom — it’s empty! Well, not entirely empty, but missing a whole bunch of Nintendo Switch 2 consoles. Imagine his shock! I mean, 2,810 consoles gone, poof. That’s like $1.4 million gone with the wind, just like that. Unreal.
The sheriff throws it up on X — you know, the site formerly known as Twitter? — asking John Q. Public for any tidbits on this mega heist. The truck was on a joyride from Nintendo’s base in Redmond, Washington, over to GameStop in Grapevine, Texas. And somewhere on this epic journey, someone decided they needed those consoles more than everyone else.
The driver seemed a tad clueless — seriously, all he knew was he had games or toys in there. Can you believe it? The consoles cost $499 each. Do the math, and yep, you’re right, it’s a truckload, literally. What’s wild is no one has a clue where the actual break-in happened. Lowe’s? Somewhere along the highway? Could’ve been anywhere. Now, the cops are hoping someone saw something. Fingers crossed, I guess.
What’s nuts is Nintendo had just dropped this Switch 2 on June 5, and it was selling like hotcakes. 3.5 million units in just four days — that’s more than the original did. And they were everywhere. You walk into any store, and bam, there it is, no sweat. No headache like with those GPUs, remember that mess? Anyway, the supply was there, which makes stealing these things even crazier, right?
You gotta wonder, was this a Keystone Cops kinda random hit, or did they have some insider tip-off? Like, why that specific truck? Unless they just lucked out with the jackpot of all jackpots.
So, thinking of snagging a Switch 2 from some sketchy dude online or a shop that feels off? Be careful, man. Nintendo’s said to track those serial numbers like a hawk. Imagine getting your shiny new console and bam, it’s bricked the first time you go online. Talk about a buzzkill.
And hey, if you’re into keeping tabs on all this chaos, you might wanna follow Tom’s Hardware on Google News. Maybe they know something I don’t.
