Large retailers such as Target are frequently the victim of scams like the one that appears to have been perpetrated with the Nintendo Switch. The list of upcoming Nintendo Switch releases includes highly anticipated titles such as Fire Emblem Engage, Persona 4 Portable, Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe, Theatrhythm Final Bar Line, Digimon World: Next Order, and Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key in the next couple of months alone, with many more to follow in the ensuing weeks. At least the theft, though irritating, wasn't as brazen and dangerous as the time someone broke into a home and stole the family's consoles at gunpoint.Īssuming the matter is quickly resolved, the TikTok user should be set up to have a good time in the coming months. That's a $350 item, which likely slipped through the returns process at the store as scammers took advantage of harried workers. They theorize that the store took a return from a previous purchaser, who must have used a 3D printer to produce a semi-believable model of the actual hardware. On TikTok, user raven.aleshia shared a brief video showing what they found upon opening the Switch OLED box after a shopping trip at Target. RELATED: Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Switch OLED Image Reportedly Links Online Devious thieves who interfere with legitimate purchases don't help matters.
One of the biggest issues now is market saturation since the Switch has now sold more units than even the popular PlayStation 4, the number of households with gamers who don't already own Nintendo's hybrid console grows smaller every month.
The absence of the console itself could definitely make things difficult when the individual attempts to play any of the Switch games they likely purchased to go with it.Įven though Nintendo reports a drop in Switch sales, the console continues to sell at a sufficiently brisk pace to keep the hardware near the top of wish lists everywhere. A gamer recently went to Target to purchase a Switch OLED, only to return home and find the box didn't contain the actual console pictured.
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