Gamers line up for Nintendo Switch 2 launch with global shortfall expected

Gaming fans queued up for the launch of Nintendo’s Switch 2 on Thursday, which is widely expected to be in short supply globally amid pent-up demand for the more powerful next-generation gaming device.

“The level of demand seems to be sky-high,” said Serkan Toto, founder of the Kantan Games consultancy.

In the Ikebukuro shopping district of Tokyo, dozens of successful applicants to a sales lottery by electronics retailer Bic Camera lined up before the store opened to collect their devices.

“I feel like I’m going to cry,” Yumi Ohi, a 30 year-old…