> Nintendo is holding course more or less, but their main value propositions are simplicity and first-party exclusivity, and phones already ate the first half of that.

Someone at Nintendo had the genius idea of charging you a subscription fee for internet access.

So, you can play Pokemon Champions on a Switch 2 for $35 / year, or you can play it on your phone, which has an internet connection outside Nintendo's control, for free.

Nintendo's value proposition really seems to be "we will screw you as hard as we can, and we hope you like that".