I would argue Nintendo does do a lot of pro-consumer stuff. Like making actually good games. It's just their anti-consumer stuff is either so bad or just plain weird that we just scratch our heads and think Nintendo is going off the deep end. Still trying to avoid buying much Nintendo going forward.
In the US you can give it up to not get the debt. Would have just gotten nothing. Probably was still a better deal than going elsewhere. Or the grandson was just too sentimental about keeping the house.
Supported this game on Kickstarter and it was my first Steam game ever. Couldn't really get into it after release and then I heard of all the problems the game had in the end.
Not to mention the amount you pay goes down relative to inflation.