Nintendo Switch 2 Preorders Now Available In Uk: Argos Back In Stock Today

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Argos is backmost pinch a caller information of Switch 2 preorders backmost successful banal today, April 8, successful nan UK, including not conscionable nan console, but games and accessories too. If you missed retired past time, now’s your chance to fastener 1 successful without nan faff.

Amazon UK has besides confirmed it’s dropping nan invitation strategy entirely—listings are expected to spell unrecorded for acquisition soon, aliases moreover later today, truthful it’s worthy keeping an oculus out. Nintendo’s ain shop is besides expected to travel suit and will beryllium sending retired invites to bargain coming arsenic well.

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Unlike successful nan US, UK preorders are still soft sailing—no value hikes, nary delays. For instant alerts connected caller drops, bundles, and restocks, travel @IGNUKDeals connected Twitter/X aliases Bluesky and enactment up of nan pack.

Nintendo’s charismatic UK preorders for nan Switch 2 footwear disconnected today, but nan console’s already proving reliable to pin down. Retailers for illustration EE, GAME, and Smyths person gone unrecorded early—only to waste retired almost instantly. Scalpers are already circling too, pinch listings popping up connected eBay good supra RRP.

Things are moreover messier successful nan US, where delays and tariff concerns are adding to nan chaos. Back successful nan UK, Amazon has dropped its invite-only strategy and will make banal disposable to bargain soon. The upside? There’s nary upfront payment—Amazon only charges erstwhile your bid ships, truthful it’s a low-risk measurement to unafraid your console. Some users person seen a June 7 transportation estimate, but Amazon support says that’s conscionable a glitch. Launch time transportation connected June 5 is still nan plan.

35% Off NSO Expansion Pack Memberships

GameCube games coming exclusively to nan Switch 2's exclusive online room is 1 of nan champion features of nan caller console. To make those rank costs conscionable that small spot easier, UK retailer ShopTo has NSO astatine 35% disconnected correct now, and there's an other 5% erstwhile you usage codification SPRING astatine checkout. As you get your Nintendo Switch 2 preorders in, this is an absolute prize bargain to consider.

While immoderate Nintendo Classics catalogues are unlocked pinch nan guidelines online subscription, you'll besides request nan Expansion Pack to play GameCube titles connected Nintendo Switch 2. What's more, while you tin subscribe to a monthly exemplary for conscionable Nintendo Switch Online, nan Expansion Pack is only disposable connected nan 12-month plan, truthful make a statement erstwhile purchasing. So, if you're nan only Nintendo Switch players successful your household, you tin bargain nan individual Online + Expansion Pack scheme for £24.55 aliases nan Family Membership for £43.55 pinch nan promo codification SPRING.

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Switch 2 US Preorders Delayed Amid Tariff Uncertainty

In a astonishment move, Nintendo has delayed nan commencement of Switch 2 preorders successful nan United States, conscionable days earlier they were group to spell live. The determination comes successful consequence to ongoing tariff concerns and what nan institution described arsenic "evolving marketplace conditions"—a nonstop reference to nan revived threat of Trump-era import duties connected electronics.

Preorders were primitively scheduled to statesman connected April 9 successful nan US, but Nintendo has now put them connected clasp indefinitely. While nary caller day has been provided, nan institution has reassured fans that nan Switch 2’s world merchandise date—June 5, 2025—remains unchanged.

The charismatic connection Nintendo shared pinch IGN: "Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 successful nan U.S. will not commencement April 9, 2025 successful bid to measure nan imaginable effect of tariffs and evolving marketplace conditions. Nintendo will update timing astatine a later date. The motorboat day of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.”

For now, nan preorder frost applies exclusively to nan US market. UK preorders stay connected track, pinch nary changes to pricing aliases availability. In fact, retailers for illustration Amazon UK are actively sending retired preorder invitations, each nan while launch-day banal is already starting to barren up crossed awesome outlets.

Nintendo had announced that nan Switch 2 is priced astatine $449.99 USD, while nan Mario Kart World bundle—which includes nan afloat game—is group astatine $499.99 USD. Mario Kart World will besides beryllium sold separately for $79.99 USD.

Switch 2 UK Preorder News

If you're not keen connected paying upfront, Amazon still remains your champion option successful nan UK. When disposable to bargain retailers for illustration Argos require contiguous payment, but Amazon won’t complaint a penny until dispatch—making it a safer stake if you're budgeting up of June. How nan invites activity simply seems to beryllium a ballot strategy wherever invitees are selected astatine random.

For preorders astatine nan Nintendo Store, wherever entree is constricted to long-time Nintendo Switch Online subscribers pinch precocious playtimes and shared usage data, Amazon’s induce strategy is acold much accessible. It appears to run connected a elemental ballot, meaning anyone has a adjacent shot—regardless of play history aliases rank status. Currys and Smyths are besides expected to connection much preorder opportunities later done email alerts and queue systems, akin to their successful PS5 motorboat approach.

With Currys and Smyths, it looks for illustration it will simply beryllium a lawsuit of sending retired an email erstwhile preorders are opened, followed by a queued ordering system. This was nan method Currys utilized erstwhile taking PS5 preorders, and it worked without immoderate tract crashes astatine least. This intends you could beryllium successful for a longer hold from these replacement retailers, but it's a batch little frustrating if you're definite you don't meet nan strict requirements to bid from Nintendo directly.

Robert Anderson is simply a deals master and Senior Editor, Commerce, for IGN. You tin travel him @robertliam21 connected Twitter/X aliases Bluesky.

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Apr 8, 2025 11:54 am