It's really quite baffling that Reggie had to fight tooth and nail to convince Iwata to agree to packing Wii Sports in with the Wii. The overwhelming response to that idea had been that they didn't want to devalue the work on the game by giving it away (which is why Welcome Tour has a price tag), but it did so much to drive sales of the system that it was clearly the right choice to include it for free.
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