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The "this is how Nintendo always does things! It will never change!" crowd seems flabbergasted at a bunch of different things.

I think the truth is their perception of Nintendo is like 20-25 years out of date. The whole "dirt cheap hardware! cheap games! Cuz it's for kids! Nothing fancy in the hardware at all!" stuff was in for a rude awakening.

Nintendo is in a different place in 2025, the vast majority of their buyer base are adults and they know that. "$300-$350 for the system and $50-$60 games forever!!!" was misguided, this is a different era for Nintendo too many people had blinders on. "Because Nintendo did this 10 or 20 years ago!" was not a valid setup for how everything in the future was going to go.