After years of rumors, months of hype and weeks of anticipation, the Nintendo Switch 2 has finally been released into the world. If you successfully pre-ordered a model, then well done, and if you haven’t snagged one yet, fear not. We’ve got literally tens of pages giving you all of the important info, so you can prepare and / or glower covetously at your screen. That includes Sam Rutherford’s , plus answering if you really need to buy one so soon after launch. The team has also cranked in a console they do not call Le Switch Deux in France. If, after reading all of that, you decide to throw your money at the screen, we’ve also got a .
I’ll be honest, I nearly joined the pre-order scrum the moment it was announced but opted not to for a couple of reasons. First, I don’t have the time or opportunity to game enough to need to get a console on day one. Second, I don’t think I’ve yet wrestled all the entertainment out of the first-generation Switch. And third, the pain of buying a new console is always in the two- or three-year wait before its games library is muscular enough for it to be worth your while. Which is why I’ll be joining many of you in glowering covetously at the screen, at least for the next year.
— Dan Cooper
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