The majority of HN makes a living from software that by nature can’t be pirated, so they have little sympathy for people who work on software that can be pirated.
Nintendo bring this in themselves with their own policies.
There are so many hardware platforms I can support, and one that hardly ever does sales and refuses to bring their games to other platforms is not that appealing.
I buy games on PC, I buy games on XB, I've even rebought some games between the platforms to play couch co-op with my kid.
Steam and XB have enough sales to make this an option, Nintendo on the other hand is adamant about wringing every last penny from you.
These days I don't have time for Nintendo's nonsense. They want to live in their walled garden, they can have it.
