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It matters to Nintendo as well. They need to demonstrate to their shareholders that making hardware is still the most profitable direction for the company to take. People seem to fail to understand that the amount of money they have in the bank, or breaking even, or even maintaining a small profit is completely irrelevant. Nintendo has shareholders and their executive branch of Nintendo is beholden to those people to maximize the profitability of that company.