The months of anticipation for the Nintendo Switch 2 ended this week as the first buyers brought their consoles home and prepared to play games . But not everyone has had a seamless experience.

As reported by IGN , some Switch 2 boxes bought at a GameStop store in Staten Island, New York had store receipts stapled to them -- and those staples poked through and damaged the devices' screens. Several posted on social media to show the effects of the stapling. Some have expressed surprise that the screen is so close to the top of the packaging for the Switch 2.

The screen, by the way, includes a preinstalled protective film that owners are urged not to remove . The "anti-scattering adhesive film" is meant to keep glass from going everywhere in the event that the Switch 2 screen

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