$1.4 Million in Switch 2 Consoles Stolen from Truck – 2,800 Units Bound for Texas GameStop

Oh man, so there’s this wild story about a truckload of Nintendo Switch 2 consoles that got snatched. Picture this: a guy driving a truck, probably just getting his morning coffee fix at some Lowe’s Truck Stop in Bennett, Colorado, right? He’s all set to hit the road. But bam! His trailer is cracked open like a can of sardines. The dude’s clueless, right? Just knew he had some toys or games in there. Turns out, those “toys” were 2,810 shiny new consoles. Yeah, that’s about $1.4 million smackeroos gone. Poof.

Now, the sheriff’s throwing up alerts on X (yup, old Twitter vibes) looking for any intel on this massive geek heist. This driver was schlepping from Nintendo HQ in Redmond down to a GameStop in Grapevine, Texas. Unlucky or what? They don’t even know where the heist went down. Was it at the stop? Somewhere else? The mystery thickens…

Anyway, here’s what’s bonkers. The Switch 2 just dropped on June 5, and these things sell like hotcakes—3.5 million units in four days! Why so crazy popular? They didn’t even let scalpers get their greedy hands on ’em like with that GPU drama last year. Everybody and their grandma could snag one in stores and online. But these thieves didn’t get the memo, I guess. Either they’re really lucky or they had some serious insider scoop. I mean, at a truck stop with a gazillion trailers, how’d they know which one had the goldmine?

If you’re thinking about grabbing a Switch 2, heads up! Especially if you’re eyeing one from some sketchy online dude. Nintendo’s pretty savvy with tracking their stuff, and I bet they have all those stolen serial numbers locked and loaded. Wouldn’t it suck if you finally get your hands on one, go online, and bam, it turns into a fancy brick?

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