Does Nintendo suck at making "Core gamer" consoles?

[Mar1217]

There was gonna be a problem OP's specualtion the moment he tried to perceive the "core/hardcore gamer" as a defined trait of inherent superiority.

Spoiler, it isn't.
To me, the core gaming aspect is just the ability of someone to focus on a certain aspect of the gaming experience.

And as far as I'm aware, Nintendo has been mostly laser focused to bring pretty much everything they could aside from a few exception on the latest console, the Switch.

Meaning the Switch offers a core gaming experience that's simply more focused on the Nintendo catalogue of titles, even it has a plethora of 3rd party content you can engage with.