I think
BernardoOne is right
I read a
report on vinyl sales and how "superfans" are pretty much the only ones buying it, yet that alone is enough to keep sales numbers going up
If there was a hypothetical virtual console on Switch that sold every NES, SNES, N64, GBA, GCN game etc, for a fixed price, and tied these to a Nintendo account that could be carried forward, then you would have people buying their dream curated Nintendo collection and they'd spend hundreds on it
Then you'd also get the kind of people who just want Mario and Zelda, and Nintendo wouldn't have to pay distribution/manufacturing costs like they do with the mini systems
I don't see why they can't do both really
Either way it's hard to argue that Nintendo
aren't leaving money on the table by half arsing or fucking up the VC