Former Playstation Executive Shohi Yoshida shared his views on Nintendo Switch 2, saying that Nintendo is “losing its identity” with the console due to lack of new and interesting features. Appears on Easy ally pod castYoshida said, “I have to be humble,” to me, this was a slightly mixed message of Nintendo. In a sense, I think Nintendo is losing my identity in my opinion. “
Yoshida, in his decades of experience working in the video game industry, said that he observed in the past years that Nintendo always stands as a “new experience” that no one has seen.
“But switch 2, as we all expect, is a better switch, okay? It’s a big screen, a more powerful processor, high resolution, 4K 120fps. Even the hardware person launched the stream like other platforms.” “And since it’s a better switch, the main basis of the entire switch 2 is, ‘we have improved things.’ And this is the work that other companies have been doing all the time. “
However, Yoshida praised Nintendo for the new mouse controls of Switch 2, saying that the drag X drive game is “very Nintendo”. But as a whole, Yoshida said he was “slightly disappointed” with the switch 2 and the fans’ reactions. Yoshida witnessed, people usually didn’t disappoint, and it shows that all the people really wanted was a “better switch”.
Switch is the number 2 most selling console so far, with more than 150 million units sold.
When Switch 2 was unveiled in January, Yoshida said she was surprised by the lack of surprise of the console, so it makes sense to double the line of thinking.
Its price, Nintendo, has maintained that the switch 2 is “a new system of better performance.” The company said its aim is to become a “new standard for Nintendo Switch”, which is why the company has named it Nintendo Switch 2.
Switch 2 Development Director, Takhiro Dohata, said that the switch 2 is not aimed at those who prefer “high -performance hardware”, but instead its desire is a product that can appeal to wider audience. “So, we wanted a name that just talks to potential users, if you are considering buying switch, Nintendo Switch 2 is the modern system.”
Another switch 2 designer, Tesoia Sasaki, said “Switch 2” name “is easy and easy to understand.” Sasaki added that this system was always a “suitable successor to switch”, so keeping the same name in mind.
Yoshida left the play station with the company in early 2025 after 30 years. Since leaving Sony, she has been very clearly spoken in the interviews, freely talks on numerous topics in her mind.
Yoshida recently made headlines, saying that he would have “resisted” Sony’s direct service sports and was surprised that the horizon was not sold by the West as expected. Yoshida also talked about why there was no blood -born remost.
Switch 2 launched June 5. Nintendo announced a price of 50 450 for the console, but there is some fear that Nintendo could raise the price due to Trump’s prices. Other experts believe that Nintendo will not.
