GameStop Customers Receive Nintendo Switch 2 with Punctured Screens Due to Stapled Receipts

Oh man, so the Nintendo Switch 2 dropped today, right? But not everyone’s throwing confetti. GameStop? They kinda messed up. Imagine eagerly waiting for your shiny new console, only to find out it got, uh, stapled. Like, actual holes-in-the-screen kind of stapled.

So, folks on X (formerly Twitter, but I’m still calling it Twitter, because old habits) are buzzing about this. One guy, Oadhan Lynch, literally said GameStop slapped a staple right through the receipt, onto his Switch 2. Like, talk about a facepalm moment. And another, Rudeboy, was all like, “Yo! My Switch screen’s got staple holes. Thanks, Staten Island GameStop.” I mean, seriously?

Seems like most complaints are aimed at a specific GameStop on Forest Ave, Staten Island. I can’t say for sure, but there was a whisper on Reddit—before it got yanked down—that the whole stock got stapled. Imagine being that employee. Oof.

Surprisingly, though, they mostly still work. People are showing off their stapled screens doing just fine. Just those two little holes—kind of like having freckles, maybe? Anyway, folks are hoping GameStop and Nintendo find a way to sort this all out.

But hey, getting replacements? Don’t hold your breath. The Switch 2 is crazy popular and costly. Parts in Japan are, like, 92% more pricey than the original. So yeah, patience might have to be your new best friend.

Retailers in the U.S. are wiped out already. Where I’m at, local Target’s got a couple left, but blink and you’ll miss it. The Target in Round Rock? Nada.

This new Switch? Pretty slick. Bigger, better, faster screen, a fancy Nvidia chip doing magic like ray tracing—whatever that fully means. Oh, and Joy-Cons that think they’re a PC mouse? Wild stuff.

So next time you snag a console, maybe just… watch out for staples? And hey, if you’re hunting for the best tech talk, Tom’s Hardware is your jam. Stay tuned.