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Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

Old 04-22-25 | 05:52 PM
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Are you going to wait till 12am (est) for Switch 2 preorders?

when it goes live early Thursday morning. I thought it might be neat to get a consensus of what people are actually doing...i think i will stay up.

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Old 04-22-25 | 09:00 PM
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

Not getting a launch console (a first for me with Nintendo). Waiting for a larger/better game lineup. Just nothing really appealing to me at this point. Possibly a different bundle down the road.
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Old 04-22-25 | 09:38 PM
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

Yep! I'll be at work so hopefully I can carve a couple minutes at midnight to get one. I hate that they're doing a midnight EST release. There's too many people still awake in PST Plus every retailer at one time? That sucks.

Thoughts on best places to preorder? Ideally I'm shooting for Target for the 5% redcard discount. That's about as good as it gets. Or Walmart would be nice because they said they'd get them to you by 0900 on release day.

I'm guessing that retailers aren't doing a midnight release with stock available? Only thing I heard was Best Buy was planning a midnight release but that was for preorder pickups and that was before this whole mess of delaying preorders.
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Old 04-22-25 | 09:41 PM
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

It's 9PM in the Pacific Time Zone, so...No?
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Old 04-23-25 | 07:45 AM
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

I was up at 4:30am (est), worked out, don't know now if I will make it, but I am going to try my best. I wish caffeine worked on me...
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Old 04-23-25 | 08:24 AM
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

I still haven't decided.
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Old 04-23-25 | 08:25 AM
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

I can never fall asleep before midnight, so it'll just be another weekday for me. Will try but won't be putting much effort into it. I don't care if I have one at launch or a few months later. Backlog is already too big.
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Old 04-23-25 | 01:56 PM
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me today...


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Old 04-23-25 | 05:04 PM
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

I might check some sites from bed but I'm not planning to set any alarms, or stay up refreshing web pages. Anticipating every retailer site being slammed with bots.

More than likely just going to see what happens with that invite lottery with Nintendo.
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

5 minutes...
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Old 04-23-25 | 11:08 PM
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

I did it! I ordered from both Target and Walmart. I want the dust to settle, as I saw some people say that their Target orders seemed to go through but were immediately canceled. I'll keep one and cancel the other (or maybe ship it to a friend).
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Old 04-23-25 | 11:10 PM
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

Target app for the win (I hope)

Delivery seems to be by June 10 though, Walmart promises it that day I think.

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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

Got one! (Target)
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Old 04-23-25 | 11:23 PM
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

Dang I had a target circle coupon I didn't know about. Oh well.
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

got the system bundle, Pro controller and DK Bonanza!! now, i'm tired.
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

Haha so now Fraud check decides to work.

Chase Fraud: We declined $537.49 with the card ending XXXX at TARGET.COM. Was this you or an authorized user? Reply YES or NO.

If yes, you will not be charged unless the purchase is attempted again. If no, we will close the card above and send you a new one that you should receive in 5 to 7 business days. Msg & data rates may apply.

>> Yes

Chase Fraud: Thanks. The transaction wasn't completed. Please ask the merchant if they have already reprocessed the transaction before you try again.

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Old 04-23-25 | 11:28 PM
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

Note that I wanna say last time there was a high demand item Target cancelled a bunch of them the next day (don't remember exactly what it was though, maybe the PS5?)

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Old 04-23-25 | 11:33 PM
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

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Haha so now Fraud check decides to work.

Chase Fraud: We declined $537.49 with the card ending XXXX at TARGET.COM. Was this you or an authorized user? Reply YES or NO.

If yes, you will not be charged unless the purchase is attempted again. If no, we will close the card above and send you a new one that you should receive in 5 to 7 business days. Msg & data rates may apply.

>> Yes

Chase Fraud: Thanks. The transaction wasn't completed. Please ask the merchant if they have already reprocessed the transaction before you try again.
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Old 04-23-25 | 11:40 PM
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

Checkout Error in Target.
Eternally 1 Min away on Wal-Mart
'You're in line!' at Best Buy.

Awesome.
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Old 04-23-25 | 11:45 PM
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

I'm also "In Line!" for Best Buy.... but the page isn't refreshing...
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

Finally got through the walmart line after joining 50 minutes ago... so I guess it's not sold out yet.
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

Yeah Wal-Mart was stuck at 1min for me as well
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

Finally got my turn at WalMart. Order submitted for system and Pro Controller.
Wanted to use my Red Card at Target, but they were a disaster.

In line at Best Buy. Gonna try and score there too just in case.
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Old 04-23-25 | 11:52 PM
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

That is some serious bullshit the way Target cancels orders.
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Old 04-23-25 | 11:53 PM
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Re: Are you going to wait till 12am for Switch 2 preorders?

Man this hour has really sucked!
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