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Nintendo has always been generally consistent with their approach to things: they try their best to make good stuff (with some exceptions to "their best" like the Pokémon company), and then charge premium prices for it.
As a customer it is more expensive than other videogame companies but there are usually no bad surprises with their business model. You just pay for what you want (if they provide it). Their ugly side is usually detached from the relationship with customers.
To make a stupid comparison, Ubisoft/EA and the sort are like a playground with some broken toys and occasionally some meth users or a pedophile. Nintendo is a private fenced off park where every toy is in pristine condition and is protected by snipers who shoot any adult or non-paying kid that gets too close.
Nintendo does. They let TPCi and Game Freak do what they want because they make so much money doing it.
I started writing this comment with the intention of praising Nintendo for what they do well, but after the comparison I realized that "at least their toys aren't broke or a risk" is also a very privileged thing to say...