Nintendo Scraps Wii Vitality Sensor, Surprises Nobody
Peripheral didn't work for 10% of people
According to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, the Wii Vitality Sensor has indeed been scrapped. What did you expect, really?
Iwata told investors “After a large-scale test of a prototype inside the company, we found out that for some people the sensor did not work as expected.”
“We wondered if we should commercialise a product which works as expected for 90 people out of 100, but not so for the other ten people. Though I am sorry that we did not give any specific updates after this product’s initial announcement, I would say that knowing that a product has a problem we should not launch it for the sole reason that we have already announced it."
“We would like to launch it into the market if technology advancements enable 999 of 1,000 people to use it without any problems, not only 90 out of 100 people. I actually think that it must be 1,000 of 1,000 people, but (since we use the living body signal with individual differences) it is a little bit of a stretch to make it applicable to every single person."
“You might be anxious that there will be other launch cancellations of products we have already announced. Indeed, it is difficult to decide the time to announce a product. If we announce a new product just before the launch date, we may hear some fans say that they cannot purchase it because the announcement was so sudden. However, if we provide too much information well before the launch date, people will become so used to hearing about it that they may even feel as if they have already played it and experience déjà vu when we finally do launch it.”
What are your thoughts on this? Should Nintendo have released the peripheral regardless, or have they done the right thing?
Iwata told investors “After a large-scale test of a prototype inside the company, we found out that for some people the sensor did not work as expected.”
“We wondered if we should commercialise a product which works as expected for 90 people out of 100, but not so for the other ten people. Though I am sorry that we did not give any specific updates after this product’s initial announcement, I would say that knowing that a product has a problem we should not launch it for the sole reason that we have already announced it."
“We would like to launch it into the market if technology advancements enable 999 of 1,000 people to use it without any problems, not only 90 out of 100 people. I actually think that it must be 1,000 of 1,000 people, but (since we use the living body signal with individual differences) it is a little bit of a stretch to make it applicable to every single person."
“You might be anxious that there will be other launch cancellations of products we have already announced. Indeed, it is difficult to decide the time to announce a product. If we announce a new product just before the launch date, we may hear some fans say that they cannot purchase it because the announcement was so sudden. However, if we provide too much information well before the launch date, people will become so used to hearing about it that they may even feel as if they have already played it and experience déjà vu when we finally do launch it.”
What are your thoughts on this? Should Nintendo have released the peripheral regardless, or have they done the right thing?
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MRXBOX n VAN BC 9 Jul 2013 01:46
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Nintendo when are you going to do the right thing and stop making Crap and Crap ADD ONS !!! I bought my first Nintendo in 1982 or was it 83 . So ya i have seen all the gaming Co's come and go . It is time for you to start making games for the other Consoles ! The whole gaming Industry is on its KNEE's thx to ALL THE STUPID ADD ONS . KINECT . MOVE , Wii JUMP AROUND . HOW ABOUT Wii IN YOUR PANTS cause AT LEAST IT'S FUN WHILE IT'S STILL WARM !!! Which is saying more than most of the New games people are buying broken in the box . You know the ones that are scoring Zero's & 1's from the reviewers !!