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Because of Yamauchi and others like him. The domination of the NES and SNES didn't require Nintendo to go out of their way to try to get support. And Yamauchi's mindset against piracy (cartridges for N64, miniDVDs for GameCube) hurt support because of those formats lacking storage.



Lifetime Sales Predictions 

Switch: 151 million (was 73, then 96, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million)

PS5: 115 million (was 105 million) Xbox Series S/X: 57 million (was 60 million, then 67 million)

PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)

3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)

"Let go your earthly tether, enter the void, empty and become wind." - Guru Laghima