some games really deman tutorials, currently playing Ashes Cricket 2009, even though I know the sport quite well and I've played Criket games by Codemasters before (psOne and 2) this game wasn't a pick up and play. The first 1hr was very frustrating as not everything was clear (no idea why, the game decided to turn off on-screen button display.)
Point is as Kylie said, it's all about the complexity of the game, I don't expect someone without any knowledge of Cricket to pick up and play this straight away.
Whilst to the well versed gamer tutorials seem pointless, to the uninnitiated, it's needed.
The simplest solution is to have tutorials be optional instead of enforced.