Almost 3,000 Nintendo Switch 2 Consoles Worth $1.25M Reported Stolen

The theft of 2,810 Nintendo Switch 2 consoles was reported on June 8, 2025, by a driver who was transporting the merchandise.

As was reported by Gamespot, according to the driver’s statement, which he provided to police, he discovered the missing boxes full of Nintendo Switch 2 consoles during a pre-trip inspection at a truck stop in Bennett, Colorado.

Nintendo Switch 2 sales started on June 5, 2025, at an initial price of $449.99, which was declared during the Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 livestream on April 4, 2025. Despite all the speculation caused by Trump’s tariffs, Nintendo launched the new console in the US at the initial price.

If calculations are made using the console’s market price, the overall cost of the stolen merchandise is about $1,264,500. But even with the production cost to Nintendo just over $410, according to Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Anders Nelson, the overall cost of the stolen consoles surpasses $1 million.

In a 9NBC report, computer science professor Steve Beaty from MSU Denver stated that while the thieves might sell the stolen consoles on the Dark Web, the police still have a way to track them by monitoring the consoles’ serial numbers when they go online. They can potentially identify the stolen devices and build the case by following the lead from buyers to the seller.

Nintendo is famous for its intransigence toward piracy practices and even equipped Switch 2 with an option that allows the company to brick the device when someone tries to interfere with its operation. Notably, Gaming.News recently reported how a Japanese court issued a suspended sentence to a man found guilty of modifying a second-hand Nintendo Switch and then selling it online.