If It’s as good as astrobot then I don’t think 10bucks is all that crazy either.
… is not in agreement with
If the only point is to advertise the functionality of the console, charging any sort of money for it is not productive for what it should be achieving
…and it doesn’t look like a contrapositive either.
Astrobot is actually a fully-fledged standalone game, in which the PS5’s features are seamlessly baked into the core of the gameplay, rather than the core of the game being just the PS5 functionalities. The only other game I could think of and one you could compare it to more accurately is Tearaway (back when it was a PS Vita exclusive), because that was also a game that made use of every core functionality the console for that game had to offer.
The Welcome Tour is literally just PS Vita’s Welcome Park but with a few more mini games, the latter of which is free.
Fellow EndeavorOS enjoyer here, I love the hand-holding it does for you at the beginning (calamares installer, pick whichever DE that tickles your fancy, access to AUR and other goodies by default), but then basically beyond that point, you’re on your own. The fact that it’s Arch based also means that 9.99 times out of 10, you can always consult the Arch Wiki for any issues.
It’s like an Arch Linux starter pack that gives you the option to take off the training wheels at any time lol.