Former Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida was not too long ago requested for his ideas on the Nintendo Switch 2’s reveal, and his response was…properly, not totally exuberant!
This comes from Easy Allies, which recently interviewed Yoshida about, amongst different issues, his response to the Switch 2 reveal. Here’s his response in full when requested about it:
“To me, it was a bit blended message from NIntendo. In a way, I feel Nintendo is shedding their identification, in my view. For me, they’re at all times about creating some new expertise, like designing {hardware} and video games collectively to create one thing that [is an] wonderful new expertise. But Switch 2, as all of us anticipated, is a greater Switch, proper? It’s the bigger display, extra highly effective processor, greater decision, 4K, 120 fps, they actually have a {hardware} individual beginning the stream, like different platforms do, proper? And as a result of it is a greater Switch, the core premise of the entire Switch 2 is, you recognize, ‘We made issues higher’. And that is one thing different corporations have been doing on a regular basis.”
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Yoshida went on to speak about how should you solely recreation on Nintendo {hardware}, the Switch 2 is nice, as a result of it allows you to play video games like Elden Ring that have not been accessible earlier than. But for many who recreation on different platforms, it’s kind of much less thrilling.
“Publishers will need to have identified that that present, final week, can be one of many most-watched exhibits this yr. Millions and tens of millions of individuals watched. It’s wonderful to announce and launch your new recreation, when you have an opportunity, however a lot of the video games have been ports from previous generations. I do not know if that is Nintendo’s course or third events’ selection. But one recreation I reacted strongly [to] was Enter the Gungeon 2. That seems to be wonderful. They did an amazing job saying that there.”
Yoshida additionally praised Drag x Drive for being “very Nintendo”, then went on to speak in regards to the system’s pricing and the variations in pricing between Japan and the remainder of the world. He concluded as follows:
“Anyway, with a few of the issues Nintendo is doing, with the digital camera or mouse controls, creating new experiences, that is nice. But apart from that, I used to be personally a bit upset, as a result of they did not disappoint everybody. Because everybody wished that higher Switch.”
As the dialogue went on, Yoshida acknowledged that the Nintendo Switch 2 was enterprise resolution, with technical enhancements probably made by very clever, proficient designers. The takeaway appears to be much like one which’s gone across the web for some time now, and that we have written about right here: the system performs it secure in sure methods, and perhaps that is the fitting transfer, nevertheless it’s type of a bummer should you’re a fan of Nintendo’s bizarre facet. Though there’s nonetheless mouse controls and some different capabilities demonstrating that Nintendo’s goofy, playful developer nature is in there someplace.
Though Yoshida talked at size in regards to the Switch 2’s pricing in his chat with Easy Allies, we’re nonetheless ready to learn the way a lot the system will really value right here within the U.S. Nintendo paused North American pre-orders as a consequence of information of latest tariffs being applied actually the day the system was introduced. With the Switch 2 launching globally on June 5, the clock is ticking for Nintendo to get all this straightened out in time for the system’s launch.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can discover her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a narrative tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.
