Probably for the same reason Nintendo shuttered the stores for 3DS and Wii U over the last year. They are attempting to consolidate infrastructure, support, user base, and sales.
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nek0d3r@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoIn general I’d agree, although Citra feels like an exception. I’m not quite sure why they targeted that one so hard.
vinnymac@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
nek0d3r@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Now that Citra isn’t available, Nintendo knows I have no choice but to buy Samus Returns on my Switch!
Lesrid@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I’d guess it is because the most popular way to acquire games for Citra was Nintendo’s own servers