Former PlayStation govt Shuhei Yoshida has shared his ideas on the Nintendo Switch 2, saying Nintendo is “shedding their id” with the console attributable to its lack of latest and thrilling options. Showing on the Easy Allies podcast, Yoshida mentioned, “I’ve to be well mannered,” including, “To me it was a bit [of a] blended message from Nintendo. In a way I feel Nintendo is shedding their id, in my view.”
Yoshida, in his many years of expertise working within the online game trade, mentioned he noticed over time that Nintendo all the time stood out by creating some form of “new expertise” that nobody noticed coming.
“However Change 2, as all of us anticipated, is a greater Change, proper? It is a bigger display screen, extra highly effective processor, greater decision, 4K 120fps. They even had their {hardware} particular person beginning the stream as different platforms do,” he mentioned. “And since it is a greater Change, the core premise of the entire Change 2 is, ‘We made issues higher.’ And that is one thing different firms have been doing on a regular basis.”
Yoshida did, nevertheless, reward Nintendo for the Change 2’s new mouse controls, saying the Drag X Drive recreation is “very Nintendo.” However total, Yoshida mentioned he was “a bit dissatisfied” with the Change 2 and the response from followers. Individuals weren’t typically dissatisfied, Yoshida noticed, and this implies that each one folks actually needed was a “higher Change.”
The Change is the No. 2 best-selling console ever, with greater than 150 million items bought.
When the Change 2 was unveiled in January, Yoshida said he was surprised by the console’s lack of surprises, so listening to him double down on that line of pondering is sensible.
For what it is value, Nintendo has maintained from the onset that the Change 2 is “a brand new system with improved efficiency.” The corporate mentioned the purpose is that it turns into “the brand new commonplace for Nintendo Change,” which is why the corporate named it Nintendo Change 2.
The Change 2’s growth director, Takuhiro Dohta, went on to say that the Change 2 will not be aimed toward individuals who want “high-performance {hardware},” however as an alternative its ambition is to be a product that may enchantment to the widest attainable viewers. “So, we needed a reputation that will talk merely to potential clients that, in case you’re contemplating shopping for a Change, Nintendo Change 2 is the latest system,” Dohta mentioned.
One other Change 2 designer, Tetsuya Sasaki, mentioned the identify “Change 2” is “easy and straightforward to know.” Sasaki added that it was all the time the plan for the system to be a “correct successor to Change,” so preserving the identical identify made sense.
Yoshida left PlayStation in early 2025 after 30 years with the corporate. Since leaving Sony he is been very outspoken in interviews, freely talking his thoughts on a variety of subjects.
Yoshida additionally made headlines just lately for saying he would have “resisted” Sony’s push into live-service games and that he was surprised Horizon Forbidden West didn’t sell as well as expected. Yoshida additionally talked about why there hasn’t been a Bloodborne remaster yet.
The Change 2 launches on June 5. Nintendo introduced a $450 worth level for the console, however some concern Nintendo could raise the price due to Trump’s tariffs. Different specialists consider Nintendo will not.
