After fans got skeptical that Nintendo's plans for the 'Quality of Life' Initiative are still being worked on, CEO Tatsumi Kimishima reassured followers that everything is 'still under development.' Although he wanted to divulge more on the said project, he says in an interview with Time via IGN that "the only information I really have now is to say that the quality of life initiative is still under development, and I have no further information to share. It's just not at the point in development where I feel I can make any announcements at this time." He then discussed further that it isn't at the point where he thinks he could share more info about it.
The Japanese tech company has remained extremely mum on the initiative, and nothing more has been disclosed except their acquirement of a ceiling projector-equipped sleep monitor. The lack of updates regarding 'QOL' has already triggered analysts that it might not happen at all. Video Gamer notes that if it's supposed to be released by Spring 2016, there should've been more information about it already -- and this is far from the case now. Analysts think that Nintendo has already abandoned pursuing it, but they have decided to keep mum on the matter instead, just like what they did for Wii Vitality Sensor.
'Quality of Life' is their part on expanding to the health market, according to MCV UK. This is their attempt into improving the quality of people's lives using technology -- specifically wearables. Saturo Iwata says "while we will continue to devote our energy to dedicated video game platforms, what I see as our first step into a new business area in our endeavor to improve QOL is. The theme of 'health'. It has been a long time since people started to say that the console era has now shifted to a new mobile era, with wearable technology in the spotlight at CES this month."
No word regarding its initially scheduled release early next year.
