I don't go to other forums so I'm not sure if this view is present there as well, but there are a fair number of people here who share this view, and it's misguided. The notion that somehow 2026 Nintendo is more cutthroat and business-focused than Hiroshi Yamauchi's years is just laughable. It's a company. They exist to make a profit. If the game stuff didn't pan out for them, they'd be doing something else, as evidenced by the company's history.
What happened is, we all grew up and are more plugged in, so you see it now where before you might not. There are aspects now that didn't exist then, but markets change. So too do companies. If they don't, they no longer stay in business.