Ex PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida doesn't understand why Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is $10 either

The introduction of Nintendo Switch 2: Welcome Tour, showing a top-down view of the hardware with tiny people walking around it, centering here on the left Joy-Con 2
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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour was a nice little surprise in the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, giving the new system its own little Astro's Playroom-style experience to let players learn more about their new console. But a🃏ll the excitement was quickly washed away when it was revealed that – unlike Astro – it's going to be a paid title rather than a free pack-in.

While W🔴elcome Tour is only going to be $9.99, many are perplexed as to why Nintendo would charge for this at all, including ex-PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida. During an appearance on the , host Daniel Bloodworth asked Yoshida what he thought of the decision to charge $10 for the game, to which he simply replied, "I just don't understa꧟nd." He continued, "you would want everyone to experience that, right? You would have a better understanding of the Switch 2 and become a fan of the system."

However, despite not being a fan of the decision, Yoshida thinks itไ won't be that big of a deal, saying, "people decide not to pay $10, they don't know what they missed, right? So I don't think it will become a backlash."

He called it an "opportunity loss for Nintendo," not that I imagine Welcome Tour would spawn a game of the year winner in a few years, but Astro's Playroom turned the little bot into a star in its own right and paved the way for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Astro Bot.

Yoshida did offer a counterpoint, saying, "I think in a positive way𒊎, maybe Nintendo is probably a fan of preserving the value of♎ software," adding that Nintendo is also being careful not to overcharge for it.

While Welcome Tour is probably not getting DLC (although it wouldn't be the first time a pack-in game has, as the Nintendo 3DS' StreetPass Mii Plaza had some), Yoshida said he can see a situation where Nintendo charges upfro🃏nt to avoid charging more on subsequent purchases.

Regardless, I think I'd rather spend $10 on this than the $50 that 1-2-Switch was goi♎ng for, even if it was also a way to s🔯how off new hardware.

Yoshida recently told Easy Allies that the Switch 2 being a standard successor makes him feel that "Nintendo is losing their identity."

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