Nintendo's Switch 2 lures fans to biggest gadget launch in years
Business Standard
|June 06, 2025
Nintendo fans from Tokyo to Manhattan stood in line for hours to be among the first to get a Switch 2, fueling one of the biggest global gadget debuts since the iPhone launches of yesteryear.
Almost 20 hours before the console's sale, customers lined up at 4:30 am outside GameStop Corp's Union Square location in New York City, while another queue snaked in front of the Nintendo store uptown. In Tokyo, businessmen cleared their schedules to await the launch of the $450 game machine.
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