Nintendo Switch 2 Consoles Worth $1.4 million Stolen in Brazen GameStop Truck Heist

[DEH]

Wow that's a proud sum worth $1.4 Million but it is clear that something like this happens . Two days ago I had to drive some freight train containers to Hamburg and in one of these containers there were about 2500 Nintendo Switch 2, the container was so poorly secured that I wouldn't have been surprised if it had been stolen.

Nintendo Switch 2 Consoles Worth $1.4 million Stolen in Brazen GameStop Truck Heist

Nabbit of bad luck.

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[Nebulon_Galaxy]

When stuff like this happens, the insurance pays for it. But people going that far for Switch 2's is wild considering there is no games on the system

 

[DEH]

When stuff like this happens, the insurance pays for it. But people going that far for Switch 2's is wild considering there is no games on the system

Yeah everything has gone crazy and many people really started to go crazy.

 

[Dakarus]

Nintendo Switch 2 only has

 

[bigstinkie]

Nintendo Switch 2 only has View attachment 82157

technically the nintendo switch 2 has no games if you mentally ike squall leonhart smash brothers brawl sex scene coffee beans neo geo samsung.

 

[DrunkGecko]

ok im sorry but thats fucking hilarious

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

technically the nintendo switch 2 has no games if you mentally ike squall leonhart smash brothers brawl sex scene coffee beans neo geo samsung.

Hold up let me reconfigure BigStinkie here. Looks like he can't multiply by 0. Just a minute

 

[DEH]

ok im sorry but thats fucking hilarious

Yes, it is but that was probably just bad luck or the driver may have also participated, everything is possible

 

[Narisucks]

In other news: Local basement dweller confused that Gamestop is still a business and has not collapsed into a singularity from the weight of Funko Pops



(Its me. I'm the local basement dweller)

 

[junkman]

nice

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Wow that's a proud sum worth $1.4 Million but it is clear that something like this happens . Two days ago I had to drive some freight train containers to Hamburg and in one of these containers there were about 2500 Nintendo Switch 2, the container was so poorly secured that I wouldn't have been surprised if it had been stolen.

Nintendo Switch 2 Consoles Worth $1.4 million Stolen in Brazen GameStop Truck Heist

Nabbit of bad luck.

me.ign.com

oh Hamburg, i am from there!

 

[GardeniaSky's icon GardeniaSky GardeniaSky]

Would they have logs/know the serial numbers on those consoles?

 

[Graw]

Would they have logs/know the serial numbers on those consoles?

Most likely. Usually things like that are recorded before being shipped. I wouldn't be surprised if the thieves ended up making off with $1.4 million in bricks by the time Nintendo's done.

 

[thecrow2313]

Don't tell me the truck driver didn't know what he/she was transporting, that's literally their job to keep track of inventory & manage it. The thieves knew what they were doing, someone had told them what the trucker was transporting.

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

Mad max irl scenario-reason :

1. About gas ?
No.

2. About political stuff ?
Not really .

3. About Videogames and consoles ?
You're godamn right !

 

[thecrow2313]

Would they have logs/know the serial numbers on those consoles?

Yes, each Nintendo Switch has its own device identifier sort of like a MAC address, so if the console is stolen it would be pointless to try and use it online. Same concept like a phone with a IMEI #.

https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/nintendo-switch-theft-truck-colorado/73-27ca5808-6901-4229-b1b4-4862c73b300b

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The point of the story, Nintendo Switches 2 stolen & being sold on the dark web or used for device modification.

 

[Zeo]

They could take the parts and use them for something else. Even to fix Switches 2 and no one could tell the difference and get paid for that

Or, you know, hack them.... like always is and always will be

 

[Sumea]

When stuff like this happens, the insurance pays for it. But people going that far for Switch 2's is wild considering there is no games on the system

Oh Insurance always tries to find ways to not pay for it, saying that is not good and theft has other damages as well, and erosion societal trust. Insurance at tops "maybe" pays for this shit, or pays only half or a quarter. They would not be making money if they did not find every loop hole to exploit and get out from paying up. That aside, crimes and them becoming acceptable erodes society down.

That said, fukin funny and nintendo has not made any new fans to defend them with this.
Apparently this is a silly way to go at it even if they tried to sell the systems since apparently scalping attempts backfired on those geniuses too.

 

[DEH]

Don't tell me the truck driver didn't know what he/she was transporting, that's literally their job to keep track of inventory & manage it. The thieves knew what they were doing, someone had told them what the trucker was transporting.

I believe the driver participated because it was somehow perfect how everything went.

 

[thecrow2313]

I believe the driver participated because it was somehow perfect how everything went.

Of course. More than likely paid in cash for the participation.

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Mad max irl scenario-reason :

1. About gas ?
No.

2. About political stuff ?
Not really .

3. About Videogames and consoles ?
You're godamn right !

 

[Bonkers225]

 

[RageBurner]

Those are some expensive door stoppers.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Mad max irl scenario-reason :

1. About gas ?
No.

2. About political stuff ?
Not really .

3. About Videogames and consoles ?
You're godamn right !

I'll start getting worried once we see water and food getting regularly stolen.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Part of me wants to believe that they thought they were robbing something else lol.

 

[thecrow2313]

Part of me wants to believe that they thought they were robbing something else lol.

But then again there's a saying. A thief steals from a thief.

 

[ThunderBoy]