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๐Ÿšจ Switch 2 drops at Walmart 9PM ET but you gotta sell your soul to the gaming gods ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ‘พ #GamerLife
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๐Ÿšจ Switch 2 drops at Walmart 9PM ET but you gotta sell your soul to the gaming gods ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ‘พ #GamerLife

June 25, 2025
4 months ago
Engadget
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๐Ÿšจ๐ŸŽฎ GATHER 'ROUND, GAMERS! THE SWITCH 2 DROP IS GONNA BE WILDER THAN THAT TIME I BOUGHT A PS5 AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE A CAT SCRATCHER! ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿคฃ Tonight at 9 PM ET, Walmart is unleashing the *gamer nectar* weโ€™ve all been craving, BUT (thereโ€™s always a โ€œbut,โ€ isnโ€™t there? ๐Ÿ˜’) only WALMART+ MEMBERS can snag it for the first hour. ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿ’ฐ Thatโ€™s right, you gotta cough up $13/month or $98/yr just to get access to the beauty that is the Switch 2. But wait, be prepared to seethe at the thought of third-party sellers charging *almost* $800 for the same bad boy. I mean, do they think weโ€™re made of stonks? ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ“ˆ Here's the tea โ˜•: if you're a Walmart+ noob (aka free trial member), youโ€™re getting left in the dust like a noob in a speedrun. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿš€ Leaked convo from a Walmart employee: ๐Ÿค– โ€œHey, bro, you better drop a membership if you wanna flex on your friends with Mario Kart.โ€ ๐Ÿ”ซ โ€œSo youโ€™re saying I need to pay to play?โ€ ๐Ÿค– โ€œSounds about right!โ€ So, who's stacking their wallets and jumping into the cart? If you donโ€™t have that sweet Walmart+ access, you might as well catch the next bus to Cringe City. ๐ŸšŒ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’” ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’ญ HOT TAKE: This is just Walmart's way of creating a new elite gamer class. In 5 years weโ€™re either gonna be hailing Walmart as the new gaming savior or preparing for a dystopian world where only the privileged can game. THIS IS FINE. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ณ

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#Nintendo#Switch 2#Walmart+#gaming#console
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