Recently there have been stories of the Switch being bought before launch. Now though, we have a reason for why this happened.
Nintendo put out the following statement.
“Earlier this week, individuals claimed to prematurely purchase a small number of Nintendo Switch systems from an unspecified retailer. Nintendo has determined these units were stolen in an isolated incident by employees of a U.S. distributor, with one system being illegally resold. The individuals involved have been identified, terminated from their place of employment and are under investigation by local law enforcement authorities on criminal charges.
Nintendo Switch will launch worldwide on March 3, 2017, and we look forward to everyone being able to discover the wonders of the new system for themselves at that time.”
It is good that they have been terminated from their employment and I hope they face the full extent of the law. These people cause more trouble than they realize.