$1.4 Million in Switch 2 Consoles Stolen from Semi-Truck: 2,800 Units Bound for Texas GameStop Vanish

Oh man, so I gotta tell you about this wild heist that happened somewhere in Colorado. Picture this: a whole truckload of the new Nintendo Switch 2s—yeah, those hot new gaming consoles—just vanished into thin air. Apparently, the driver had parked at some Lowe’s Truck Stop in Bennett, doing a quick check, and bam, door’s open, and poof, $1.4 million worth of these bad boys are gone.

Now, the sheriff of Arapahoe County (no clue why I know this county now, but it’s there, lodged in the brain) mentioned on his social media that the driver was cruising down from Nintendo’s headquarters up in Redmond, Washington, heading towards a GameStop in Grapevine, Texas. Guess he didn’t peek inside the trailer ’cause he thought it only had games or toys. Surprise! Expensive little gadgets in there instead.

Weird thing is, nobody’s totally sure if the robbery happened right there at the stop or maybe somewhere else. So yeah, they’re asking folks around for any juicy tips. Anyway, I stumbled upon a tweet with pics of the truck—look at it if you’re into this sort of thing.

And okay, while we’re on the topic of these consoles, everybody and their mom already snagged one. Launch day was a hit — surpassed an old record or something, like 3.5 million units in four days. Wild, right? Unlike those pesky GPUs everyone’s always chasing. Nintendo seemed like they actually planned this out. Not that it stopped these thieves. Bold move, gotta say, nabbing a whole shipment. Imagine the info they needed to figure out which truck to hit. Or maybe they just punted and got lucky. Who knows?

Random thought here—if you’re eyeing one of these consoles, watch out if it’s from some sketchy seller. Nintendo’s probably got their techie eyes on the missing units, tracking serial numbers or whatever. It wouldn’t be a shock if they could zap a stolen console the second it connects online. Crazy times.

So, stay smart out there. And, uh, if you wanna dive deep into tech stories like this, there’s this Tom’s Hardware site—worth a look maybe? Just a quick plug if you’re into geeking out on the latest gadgets and gizmos.