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[Quality of life thingy] Nintendo wants to watch you sleep
cloudeagle
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Nintendo, seemingly aware their console struggles might continue for some time, announced a while back they're going to make a "quality of life".... thing. Today, they revealed what it is. Via Reuters:
...huh. That's intriguing, and could go beyond what normal sleep trackers do. Wii Fit wound up being a pretty decent health product, so it'll be interesting to see what this evolves into.
Remember, Nintendo was founded as a card company and did all kinds of crazy things including love hotels. Still, that's an unexpected move.
Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd will develop a device to measure a user's fatigue and map their sleep, Chief Executive Satoru Iwata said on Thursday, the first offering from the company's newly created healthcare division.
The device will be developed with U.S. firm ResMed Inc, which currently makes products to treat sleep disorders, and will be available in the financial year ending March 2016.
"By using our know-how in gaming... to analyse sleep and fatigue, we can create something fun," Iwata said.
Nintendo, better known for its Mario video game franchise and Wii and Wii U consoles, has said it expects its healthcare division to turn a profit in 2015/2016. The company already offers fitness games on its Wii console, played with a motion sensor controller.
According to an image Iwata shared at a media conference, the device will be about the size of a hand and can be placed on a user's bedside table. It will use microwave transmission sensors to track sleep, with the data collected used to help users cultivate healthy sleeping habits.
Iwata refused to discuss the company's sales expectations for the new device beyond saying that it may be offered via a subscription service rather than a one-off purchase.
"We only start something new if we think we will be able to create a big market, but as I'm not able to discuss pricing plans and other details today I don't think there's much point in giving a figure for our projected scale," he said.
The device was launched a day after Nintendo reported an unexpected quarterly profit, after hit games gave a boost to sales of its Wii U console.
...huh. That's intriguing, and could go beyond what normal sleep trackers do. Wii Fit wound up being a pretty decent health product, so it'll be interesting to see what this evolves into.
Remember, Nintendo was founded as a card company and did all kinds of crazy things including love hotels. Still, that's an unexpected move.
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Seriously, I've been having issues with that kind of thing lately. If Nintendo of all companies were the ones to address it and actually help me with it... wow.
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Bear in mind that Nintendo's 'Healthcare Division' is not run by a doctor. They probably don't even have professional medical consultants. They are not a company in any way licensed to be giving out medical advice or offering medical treatments (and this will probably be spelled-out in a disclaimer somewhere in unreadable font).
This is a terrible direction for so many reasons.
I think you missed the part where they are partnering with an FDA-apprived maker of products designed to treat sleep disorders. We're talking stuff like CPAP devices that treat sleep apnea, not scented magnets or somesuch.
And Wii Fit was actually a pretty decent health tool. This thingy isn't automatically destined to be terrible.
I thought I'd read studies that said otherwise, though as far as being a tool simply to get people moving, to get them started on a path to a healthier life, it served its purpose there.
For what it's worth, I'm not expecting them to solve the problem... but if they were to, well, that would be kind of awesome.
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