The Nintendo Switch Was One Of The Most Successful Console Launches For GameStop In Years

Last week, the highly-anticipated new console from Nintendo, the Switch, was released and met with incredible demand. GameStop reported that many of the stores across the country were “packed with customers,” according to GameStop’s senior director of merchandising Eric Bright. He went on to say that the Switch’s launch was “one of the strongest and most successful gaming console launches for GameStop in the last several years.”

Here are Bright’s full comments on the launch of the Switch:

“Stores across the country last night were packed with customers who couldn’t wait to get their hands on the brand new Nintendo Switch. We even had customers lining up as early as yesterday morning so that they could be one of the lucky ones to score one of the additional units for our walk-in customers. This is one of the strongest and most successful gaming console launches for GameStop in the last several years. For those fans who are still looking for the Nintendo Switch, don’t worry–we’re getting more. And, we’re pretty sure that there are a lot of gaming fans who pulled all-nighters last night playing their new Switch, and who also called in sick to work today with ‘game-fluenza’ just to stay home and play even more.”