NSO is a subscription, not a "purchase". There are good arguments to be made against subscriptions in comparison to purchases, but lots of "sane consumers" do

NSO is a subscription, not a "purchase". There are good arguments to be made against subscriptions in comparison to purchases, but lots of "sane consumers" do buy in to such subscriptions with volatile content libraries that might have pieces of content self-destruct at any time (Netflix and Hulu). Plus, an NSO subscription is needed for online play, so many consumers have subscribed to NSO to play online with their friends, and access to the NES and SNES libraries is a freebie bonus.