GameStop’s Switch 2 preorders started poorly, too

GameStop’s online Nintendo Switch 2 preorders went unrecorded astatine 11AM ET, and similar the preorders from different retailers overnight, things instantly got disconnected to a rocky start. However, soon aft 11:30AM ET, it appears radical started to beryllium capable to implicit orders, including 1 Verge staffer.

Right arsenic the timepiece rolled implicit to 11AM, galore of america astatine The Verge experienced issues with the website. At first, GameStop’s website showed maine a mostly-blank leafage – the lone substance connected it was “Oops…Something went wrong” [sic] and a refresh button. Soon after, myself and different Verge staffers often saw Cloudflare notices connected GameStop’s website instead, including mistake notices that said the “web server is down” oregon that the tract is experiencing a “bad gateway.”

Occasionally, the online listing for the Switch 2 and Mario Kart World bundle has loaded for me, but the preorder fastener would beryllium grayed out. One workfellow besides got the console-only enactment listing to load, but with a “not available” fastener successful spot of a preorder one.

GameStop’s mobile app has besides been showing mistake messages for me, including 1 that vaguely says “activity paused,” erstwhile I effort to unfastened it.

At 11:34AM ET, deals-hunter Wario64 posted that GameStop’s Switch 2 preorders were really live. A fewer Verge staffers were capable to get a console successful their cart, and 1 was really capable to marque a purchase. Another, however, thought they had the console successful their cart, but erstwhile their cart really loaded, GameStop said it was retired of stock.

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