SegataSanshiro on 29 December 2017
Generally cheaper and more profitable for 3rd parties to support it. In the past, Nintendo kept modest hardware for a modest price. Games were made cheaper and sold cheaper and made a lot more money. Less risk more reward and more games because of it. Nintendo had their big franchises and 3rd parties heavily support the hardware. Nintendo is good about giving the tools to develop games on their handhelds. Complete opposite to all of this on their home consoles.
