(5 Jun 2025)
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New York – 5 June 2025
1. Walking down a line of people waiting to buy the new Nintendo Switch 2 outside a store in New York City
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicole Peters, Nintendo Switch 2 fan:
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"At $500 with the game. And then there’s the accessories.
REPORTER: So, what’s that gonna run ya?"
PETERS: "I’m looking at close to $1000. Yeah , it’s a little steep. "
REPORTER: "Is it worth it?"
PETERS: "Yeah it is. It’s Nintendo. I’m ride or die."
3. Store staff talking to someone in line
4. Close of order form UPSOUND: "I want to go with the bundle so I get the game with my machine. And now I am looking at the accessories I want to get."
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicole Peters, a Nintendo Switch 2 fan:
"It’s fun to have cloud based and stuff , but it’s so much more better when you just have your own personal console at home , and you get to play with other people."
6. Nintendo store entrance as an employee starts letting people in the store
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Javier Fernandez, a Nintendo Switch 2 fan:
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"So I’m getting one simply because it’s an improved version of the current Switch . The games are moving at a much better like frame rate and just it , it improves the quality of the games already currently out, so everything is just , it’s , it’s just in general an upgrade."
8. Peters and Fernandez leaving store with the new Nintendo console
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Javier Fernandez, Nintendo Switch 2 fan:
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"Compared to some of the competition out there such as the Xbox and PlayStation , PlayStation’s pushing $700 and the Xbox is pushing about $600 now after the price increase . So it’s still the cheaper alternative on the market ."
10. Fernandez holding the new Nintendo console
11. Peters and Fernandez walking away
STORYLINE:
Eager customers lined up outside the Nintendo store in New York City hours in advance to collect their pre-ordered Nintendo Switch 2 video game consoles.
The much anticipated Switch 2, being released around the world Thursday, is an upgrade to its eight-year-old predecessor with new social features meant to draw players into online gaming. Nintendo is counting on the Switch 2 to boost sagging sales.
In the U.S., a chaotic pre-order process in April left some fans frustrated after the consoles quickly sold out. Many of those waiting for the New York City store to open had ordered online.
Nicole Peters came from Staten Island to wait on line to be one of the first to purchase the new console.
"I’m looking at close to $1000… with accessories," Peters said. "Yeah , it’s a little steep… it’s Nintendo, I’m ride or die."
In Japan, the new consoles were sold through a competitive lottery system that Nintendo said got about 2.2 million applications.
Outside the official draw, some retailers offered their own lotteries to pre-order the devices.
The new console comes with a larger and higher resolution screen than its predecessor, with improved processing power, offering smoother and more vivid graphics. Central to its updated system is a new “C” button on its controller, which will launch a “GameChat” feature that requires a subscription to Nintendo’s Switch online service. It allows players to “communicate with friends and family while playing a game,” and lets them share their game screen with others. A built-in microphone will also allow chatting with other gamers.
Javier Fernandez traveled to New York City from Sleepy Hollow, New York, about a 30-minute trip, to get his hands on the new console.
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