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Kaan Serin

Nintendo Switch 2 scalpers aren't getting nearly as far as they did with the PS5 launch, as fans are mobilizing to boot them off resale websites

Nintendo Switch 2 in dock next to JoyCon controller grip and red backdrop.

Nintendo's been making plans to stop scalpers from hoarding Switch 2 consoles and then reselling them for extortionate prices, like they did with the PS5 launch, but the publisher might not have even needed to - fans are fighting off scalpers all on their own, too.

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders have gone live almost everywhere in the world - apart from the USA because of all those tariffs, sorry - and scalpers were, of course, right behind, waiting to buy up any available stock and attempt to resell the consoles with price tags far higher than even Nintendo's.

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