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Counterpoint, you also gave Nintendo in the East pouring kerosene over their accumulated goodwill and lighting it on fire.
Oh don't get me wrong, the execs in the east aren't immune to doing batshit insane things. Capcom is on some wild shit with their microtransactions. Konami really feels like they're just taking a shovel to Kojima's legacy and pulling out whatever they can. Nintendo is trying to find out if they can legally punch developers in the face.
But they aren't putting out multi-million dollar flops. They're not decimating their workforce to increase CEO compensation packages. They're not getting swallowed up by the handful of fish who are too big for the pond. They're just being kinda weird, which is a fine change of pace.
If you allow for some cultural differences Nintendo is not really acting all that weird. It's a conservative (in the original meaning) company in a very conservative country. They play it close to the vest and are very careful about protecting what they feel is theirs to protect.
Don't get me wrong though, I dislike what they've been doing as well and I'm not defending them. From their perspective they probably don't look at it like that though. For them it's mostly what they feel like is defensive measures to protect their stuff. I'm certain they won't stop until they've done their best to utterly destroy the emulator market at large. For me at least that's the only reason I need to completely boycott them.
It fucking sucks, but this is what capitalism comes down to. Hopefully they get some sense slapped into them at some point soon by a judge somewhere.
Konami on the other hand, that shit just boggles my mind. I don't understand any of the choices they've made for a while now.
Nintendo hates their fans, not their developers. They're actually one of the better game companies to work for.
Even Nintendo games have recently been dropping in Quality. Especially Gamefreak.