Do you find that the Nintendo Switch 2 costs too much? Know, however, that she has just been selling $ 250,000 … Here is the unusual anecdote of the day.
If you are one of those who sought to obtain a Ps5 Or an Xbox Series X at their launch in 2020, then you were probably faced with the problem of the scalpeurs. True scourges of our time, these malicious resellers do not hesitate to buy objects with limited stocks in large quantities, with the simple aim of being able to resell them at exorbitant prices behind. A phenomenon that the recent Nintendo Switch 2 was lucky to dodge, which did not prevent the console from selling itself … at 500 times its recommended sale price!
GAMESTOP and the Bad Buzz of the Nintendo Switch 2
To fully understand the origin of this story more than insolit, let’s go back a few weeks. It is June 5, 2025. The Nintendo Switch 2 is officially available for sale around the world, and hundreds of New York players rush to the Gamesop de Staten Island to recover their precious sesame. The on-site sellers then do their job, proceed to sell, and staple the customer receipt directly on the console box in order to prevent it from being lost.
The problem is that this last action unfortunately has serious unexpected consequences. In the hours that follow, several customers realize that the screen of their Nintendo Switch 2 was perforated by the stapler in the operation. Neither one nor two, the players concerned therefore decide to share their experience on social networks, which is quick to grow. Enough to push Gamesop to react very quickly, and to carry out the immediate replacement of all damaged consoles.
A marketing genius stroke
And while the story could have stopped there, the company finally decided to turn this little bad buzz to its advantage with a brilliant communication stroke. On July 9, GameStop announced on his social networks the auction of one of the Nintendo Switch 2 damaged … accompanied by the famous stapler responsible for the crime and a certificate of authenticity. The goal? Obtain funds for a work of charity dedicated to sick children, namely the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
A gesture which is naturally far from having gone unnoticed, and which then gave rise to successful auctions on Ebay, where no less than 282 offers were made by 94 bidders. From a starting price set at $ 1 per GameStop, the Nintendo console quickly went up to astronomical sums, before finishing its race up to $ 250,000 at the last minute. Suffice to say that we already hold the most expensive Nintendo Switch 2 in history. But when it is for a good cause, we can only support. The scalpeurs should take seed!
Source : eBay
