>>714309137
It's the classic hare vs turtle. The hares = rest of the industry chasing line must go up and maximum profit at all costs. That's why they all chase live service, digital only, MTX, season passes etc. Meanwhile Nintendo is the turtle, each generation they made more franchises over time. Luigi's Mansion, Animal Crossing, Splatoon etc. Some of these weren't huge hits originally but grew over time. And slowly but surely each generation Nintendo IPs are all huge and sell a ton and it becomes the no-brainer buy for everyone. All of that means Nintendo got identity too. They don't have live service games but they got classic multiplayer games. Meanwhile other companies have to promise over and over "we're gonna go back to our roots, a return of form" etc etc etc. Just watch Battlefield