Welcome Tour is the Switch 2's welcome surprise, and might even be worth your 8 quid

I normally hate talking about video games in terms of how much money they're worth, but with Welcome Tour - and against the backdrop of video games' wider squeeze on its audience - that discussion feels unavoidable. To get it out of the way: Welcome Tour feels like a pack-in game, and after the news broke that it would, instead, cost you actual money to play this seemingly staid, interactive console manual - one that seemed pretty similar to the free, pack-in Astro's Playroom on PS5 - there was a very understandable reaction. That being: this game is probably not going to do very well. Read more

Jun 4, 2025 - 13:08
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Welcome Tour is the Switch 2's welcome surprise, and might even be worth your 8 quid

I normally hate talking about video games in terms of how much money they're worth, but with Welcome Tour - and against the backdrop of video games' wider squeeze on its audience - that discussion feels unavoidable. To get it out of the way: Welcome Tour feels like a pack-in game, and after the news broke that it would, instead, cost you actual money to play this seemingly staid, interactive console manual - one that seemed pretty similar to the free, pack-in Astro's Playroom on PS5 - there was a very understandable reaction. That being: this game is probably not going to do very well.

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