I take it you were never aware of The Sims and its “stuff” expansions?
DLC existed in some form long before digital-only releases existed. We just used to call them expansions, and people used to buy them in droves.
This isn’t a team shooter. It’s a multiplayer Pokemon-style open-world RPG.
My son is also named Bort.
I long for the days when people didn’t call any concept they disagreed with “political.”
I too like going fishing in my underwear.
I’m in no way condoning Nintendo’s behaviour, but the idea that they don’t make any money from their back catlog is rather misleading given that they have re-released a large amount of their back catlog to either buy or rent on every console since the Wii. It’s not like they locked those games away never to be seen again.