How to Increase Your Chance of Getting a New Nintendo Switch 2 Console on Day One

It’s been a portion since we saw a caller preorder point this large spell live. Nintendo is readying to unveil the Switch 2 successful a super-sized 60-minute Nintendo Direct tomorrow, April 2. We expect to larn each astir the next-gen console’s caller features, on with its motorboat lineup of games, and possibly adjacent caller accessories and peripherals. We besides expect to larn erstwhile you tin preorder the Nintendo Switch 2.

Whether preorders spell unrecorded time oregon astatine immoderate constituent successful the future, you’ll privation to beryllium acceptable erstwhile they do. Here are immoderate pro tips from the IGN commerce squad connected however to hole to preorder the Nintendo Switch 2.

Follow IGN Deals

• IGN Deals connected X
• IGN Deals connected Bluesky

When a large portion of gaming hardware goes up for preorder astatine a retailer, there’s nary telling however agelong it volition beryllium available. We’ve seen sought-after hardware sell retired successful seconds. The champion and astir reliable mode to cognize erstwhile a listing goes unrecorded is to travel IGN Deals connected Twitter/X oregon Bluesky and support an oculus connected those accounts successful existent time. Wario64 and CAG are besides reliable sources of links the infinitesimal they go available.

During and aft the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct (which starts April 2, 2025 astatine 6am PDT / 9am EDT / 2pm BST), we’ll beryllium successful the trenches, posting links the infinitesimal they go available.

Log Into Your Retailer Accounts

There’s nary constituent successful clicking a unrecorded preorder nexus aboriginal if you’re not logged in. The precious seconds it takes to participate your login sanction and password could marque the quality betwixt you getting a Nintendo Switch 2 astatine motorboat and not. The retailers beneath are each apt to person Switch 2 preorders, truthful make an relationship if you person to, and marque definite you’re logged successful time morning, successful lawsuit Switch 2 preorders spell live.

• Amazon
• Walmart
• Target
• Best Buy
• GameStop

Have Your Credit Card Saved successful Your Account

The adjacent measurement is to marque definite your recognition paper info is entered successful astatine the supra retailers truthful you don’t person to benignant numbers with your excited fingers arsenic everyone other connected the satellite buys a Switch 2 earlier you can.

Don't Despair if You Miss Out astatine a Retailer

With large summons items similar the Switch 2, the preorder links seldom spell unrecorded astatine the aforesaid clip crossed each the retailers. Often, Best Buy's nexus goes up first, followed a fewer minutes aboriginal by GameStop and Walmart. Amazon is usually the chaotic paper of the bunch, sometimes going unrecorded hours (or adjacent days) later. So if you miss the accidental to preorder from 1 retailer, enactment tuned to spot if others volition person Switch 2 preorders successful banal a small later.

There's adjacent a accidental a fixed retailer volition get further preorders aft its archetypal banal has tally out. And adjacent if you miss retired preordering astatine each of the retailers, section brick-and-mortar stores whitethorn get banal connected motorboat day. And failing that, adjacent if banal is scarce astatine launch, Nintendo volition drawback up with request astatine immoderate point, truthful stay steadfast.

Avoid Switch 2 Scams and Resellers

Anytime a hard-to-buy portion of gaming hardware goes up for preorder, retired travel the opportunists. You tin stake shady sites and resellers connected eBay volition beryllium primed and acceptable to capitalize connected this moment. Some sites volition marque their archetypal Switch banal seem similar Switch 2 stock. Others volition instrumentality their existent Switch 2 preorders, crank the terms entity high, and re-sell them astatine a monolithic profit. If you neglect to unafraid a Switch 2 preorder astatine a legit retailer erstwhile they spell live, delight don’t wage ample sums of wealth to these radical looking to marque an casual buck. It’s astir ever amended to hold until much banal becomes disposable astatine a tract you trust.

Chris Reed is simply a deals adept and commerce exertion for IGN. You tin travel him connected Bluesky @chrislreed.com.