Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour Price Has Been Confirmed

When Nintendo detailed a number of the technical specs for the upcoming Swap 2, it additionally revealed Nintendo Swap 2 Welcome Tour, a digital expertise that acts as an expanded tech demo, letting you check out numerous features of the console through mini video games.

The draw back is that it will not be free, as we would anticipated whereas watching the debut trailer. As an alternative, it’s going to be a paid expertise and now, due to VGC, we all know what it’s going to roughly price. In line with the official Japanese web site, Welcome Tour shall be priced at ¥990 yen, which converts to roughly $6.12 / £4.65.

It is low cost sufficient that we suspect many will take a look at it and suppose “yeah, why not”, however we’re nonetheless not notably joyful about it. When you think about that the PS5 got here loaded with Astro’s Playroom – an astonishing tech demo that in the end paved the best way for Astro Bot – for completely no additional price, this undoubtedly stings a bit.

It is simply considered one of many grievances followers have about pricing with the Swap 2. Whereas the console itself is roughly consistent with what we had been anticipating, the software program is priced mugh increased than we ever thought attainable, with Mario Kart World coming in at $80 / £75 for a bodily version.