Nintendo Apologizes for Switch 2 Stock Shortages

Alright, so here’s this whole deal with Nintendo and their Switch 2 thing. You know, classic story: New shiny gadget is out, everyone wants it, but—oops!—they didn’t make enough. Like, really? How does that even happen? Anyway, Shuntaro Furukawa, the big boss over at Nintendo, gave this — what you call it — apology? Yeah, apology, about how they’re scrambling to get more consoles out there. But I guess his apology didn’t change much on the ground. People still can’t get their hands on these things.

So, picture this: Furukawa’s at this shareholder meeting (85th one, if we’re counting?) and he’s all like, “Sorry, folks. Our high-tech toy’s hotter than toasted marshmallows and we’re fresh out of stock.” And apparently, he’s worried about shareholders’ families too — interesting choice of priority there mid-apocalypse scramble for a game console.

Then there’s Japan. April rolls around and Nintendo decides on a raffle. Yep, a raffle. Sign up on their site, hope for the best. Classic, right? Over 2.2 million hopefuls tossed their names into that virtual hat. Furukawa had to jump onto X (that’s Twitter for us mortals) and drop the bomb: “Sorry, not all gonna make it.” Not really a shocker; it’s like trying to get concert tickets last minute.

They did this draw thing four times now—no luck for some. So, they’re like, “Hey, another one’s coming early July!” Like a lottery you can lose repeatedly. But there’s a sliver of good news (if you can call it that): some stores are starting to sell them direct now. Probably still chaos, but baby steps, I guess?

Anyway, Nintendo’s busy lining up a storm of games and expansions, from good ol’ Mario Kart World to Metroid Prime 4. Honestly, sounds fun. Meanwhile, for those lucky enough to snag a box off a shelf somewhere in the wild, it’s selling at quite the price tag. A cool £395.99 for the Brits, €469.99 if you’re hanging in Europe, and $449.99 over in the States. Quite the global treasure hunt, huh?

Whew… did I cover it all? Hopefully… unless I missed a thing or two. Who knows?