Switch 2 Tutorial Game Welcome Tour Costs $10, Nintendo Explains Why It's Not a Free Console Pack-In - IGN
Switch 2 Tutorial Game Welcome Tour Costs $10, Nintendo Explains Why It's Not a Free Console Pack-In - IGN
Its amazing how the more I hear about the Switch 2 the more I don't want it
It's so weird, I was actually kinda hyped seeing they improved almost everything on the original Switch. Hardware-wise it seems good. But the software after really just became this turn-off? The Mario Kart gimmick of riding between tracks looks dull, the 24 players is cool but offset with the wider tracks it seems less impactful, and then all the prices...
I'm holding off I think. Maybe when there's better games out it becomes a better deal. Or when Nintendo does an OLED refresh (if we don't have a Steam Deck 2 by then that is).
I'll save y'all some time. The intervewee said,
is not an exorbitant price
It's an interesting product
Yeah, this feels like $9.99 is not an exorbitant price. It feels like a good value for what you're getting out of the product.
Sure sounds like "were being greedy assholes." in corporate speak.
love these "explain why"s that are literally always "because we are trying to make as much money as possible." didn't need an article to tell me that.
Because they are some greedy bastards, that is.
I got a feeling in my gut that the switch 2 is going to do pretty well and I kind of hate that. Or if it does fail to meet expectations it'll likely be cause the tariffs and not because Nintendo's greed.
Oh look. Another Nintendo console that I'm NOT going to buy.
My last one was a used Wii that came hacked and I could load anything into it, and I'm perfectly happy if that's the last Nintendo console I'll ever buy.
Hard to say, with the world economy being so volatile right now. I can say that as someone who has owned every one of Nintendo's consoles and handhelds (even the Virtual Boy!), I have no intention of buying a Switch 2. Nintendo's done plenty of shady stuff in the past, but everything about the Switch 2 smacks of arrogance and greed on a level beyond what they've done before.
Nintendo rip 2025
It's bullshit and we know it. The price of the system should have already absorbed the price of this crap .
That's like telling us we should have paid an extra $60 for super Mario Bros, all stars, and world.
N64 and GameCube, and switch not coming with a pack in game was shameful.
How did I know that they were going to try to justify it with:
"They worked hard on it" and "but wait, there's so much more!".
Bullshit. I really hope we hold the line on this until they stop bluffing.
I think the runaway success of astrobot for the PS5 has got execs watering at the mouth. If It's as good as astrobot then I don't think 10bucks is all that crazy either.
I would disagree with the last sentence.
Astrobot was actually a game. It was more like any other game that taught you how to play the game with the implemented features. This could have been any other game doing the same thing but it came directly from Sony.
Looking at the "Welcome Tour gameplay" video, this isn't even close to what Astrobot did. It is a Hub in which you get told what those features are with minigames for that specific feature.
My point is: If the only point is to advertise the functionality of the console, charging any sort of money for it is not productive for what it should be achieving. You want people to learn how to use your console and then charge money for it will do the exact opposite. People won't buy it because there is no benefit to actually buying it.
Any other game would teach you how to play it anyway.
"We want more money." There, that's the article.
Ugh I have thought about getting a Switch for approx 6 months but decided to wait for Switch 2. I feel it is worth l as I don't own the previous version, still all the complaints make me want to wait as well as I get that Nintendo strategy is not correct.
Good news! Used Switch 1 prices are about to crater...
meanwhile, the 3 (incl. me) remaining PS Vita Welcome Park enjoyers:
