The Switch 2 is out and with it have arrived countless efforts to make money by buying and re-selling Nintendo's long-awaited console to desperate gamers at a higher price amid fears of some retailers selling out.

Eager customers have lined up outside electronics stores hours in advance in Tokyo to collect Nintendo’s much-anticipated Switch 2 video game consoles

Nintendo Co. fans from Tokyo to Manhattan stood in line for hours to be among the first to get a Switch 2, fueling one of the biggest global gadget debuts since the iPhone launches of yesteryear.