tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post3829161293345003535..comments2024-03-21T19:59:49.407-04:00Comments on KoopaTV: Nintendo's Quality of Life Initiative — Immortal?Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-49822356198682041952017-08-02T22:32:54.963-04:002017-08-02T22:32:54.963-04:00To be exact, here's Iwata's exact commenta...To be exact, here's <a href="https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/events/140130/04.html" rel="nofollow">Iwata's exact commentary:</a><br /><br />"However, as I said at the beginning of the presentation today, Nintendo is a company that sees the true value of entertainment lies in its individuality. <b>Following others into the exceedingly crowded market of mobile applications</b> or the market of wearable technology that is expected to become increasingly competitive and fighting with brute force is not our way of doing business. Yet again, it is our intention to go into a new blue ocean.<br />With that said, we wish to achieve an integrated hardware-software platform business that, instead of providing mobile or wearable features, will be characterized by a new area of what we like to call “non-wearable” technology." (Emphasis mine)<br /><br />It's clear that mobile means software, not hardware.<br /><br />As for non-wearable, it's definitely something that will be in your home/near your bed, as some sort of Internet of Things-enabled sensor that will transmit data to the cloud.<br /><br />...Oh, you, clever.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-24227171525291202162017-08-02T20:17:02.787-04:002017-08-02T20:17:02.787-04:00"Well, doesn't seem like they skipped mob..."Well, doesn't seem like they skipped mobile at all."<br />It's possible that by their leapfrog strategy, they could be referring hardware-wise.<br />I wonder if, by "non-wearable," they're describing launching health-related kiosks in Japan, similar to how in some Kroger stores, there are Higi Stations to help with your weight. Or maybe it's probably just some projector you keep in the kitchen, office, bed, etc.. Again, who knows?<br /><br />"Obviously, their 2015 date was leapfrogged, too."<br />Oh, like Breath of the Wild!Nandin Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09186285507912182255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-79214218736226589582017-07-28T16:04:18.764-04:002017-07-28T16:04:18.764-04:00Well, for all we know, it's still an idea on a...Well, for all we know, it's still an idea on a paper sitting there for 4 years.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-52916248618651812312017-07-28T14:54:58.406-04:002017-07-28T14:54:58.406-04:00I'm not entirely sold on this idea but then ag...I'm not entirely sold on this idea but then again we still know absolutely nothing about the concept. It just seems like such an odd venture for a video game company to take. What will Nintendo come up with next?Kody B.noreply@blogger.com