On June 8, 2025, thieves are said to have stolen nearly 3,000 Nintendo Switch 2 from a truck. The driver only realized it at a rest stop. The damage amounts to millions.
What exactly happened? As reported by the American news channel 9NEWS on YouTube, a remarkable theft was reported by a truck driver in Bennett, Colorado on June 8, 2025. He had noticed at a rest stop that a large part of his cargo of toys was missing.
He contacted the police, who then established that the toys were Switch 2 consoles. Specifically, 2,810 units of the new Nintendo console had vanished, without the driver noticing.
The thieves can now do this 2,810 times if they want:
How could this happen? The driver stated that he wasn’t exactly sure what was loaded on his truck – only that the toys were supposed to be brought from Nintendo’s headquarters in Redmond to a GameStop location in Grapevine, Texas. He only became suspicious when he returned to the vehicle after a break and saw that the trailer door had been opened.
Since the normal Switch 2 retails for almost 470 Euros without accessories, the damage amounts to a considerable 1,320,700 Euros. Steve Beaty, a computer science professor at MSU Denver, explained to 9NEWS that the thieves will likely sell their stolen goods on the black market, and not on platforms like eBay:
“Since these are stolen goods, I assume they will end up on the dark web quite quickly, unless they are shipped abroad.” He himself took only 2 minutes to find a Switch 2 at such places being sold for half price.
However, the thieves must keep in mind that each Switch 2 and the associated components, including the Joy-Cons and battery, are marked with a unique serial number.
Furthermore, Nintendo can deactivate any Switch 2 if it is determined that the owners have violated the company’s terms of use. Using a stolen Switch would certainly fall under that category. Circumventing this is only possible through a process that is as illegal as it is risky, which can render the console unusable.
By the way, switching from the Nintendo Switch to the successor console can also be dangerous. In the worst-case scenario, you could lose your collection and hard-earned progress: Gamer wants to switch to the Switch 2, loses the Pokémon that has accompanied him for 20 years
