I think Nintendo understands the importance of VR and Kimishima did say that they are investing in the technology. But as of now, VR is still in its novelty stage. Although it's becoming much more complex with PSVR's bundled VR title and many other games on Oculus, it isn't something that many people would spend hours doing. The headsets that you need to play these games are rather large and imo, not comfortable at all having experience with Oculus and HTC Vive.
Like the Wii, how long will it take for "Oh, I'm in the game" novelty to wear off? You could argue that this feeling of always being in the game will never wear off but to be honest...I can't tell the future. But, most of Nintendo's games are 3rd person so 3rd person VR games aren't really favorable at the moment. Most VR games are selling you on being in the game so having a 3rd person character really destroys the point here.
I personally don't think that EVERYBODY has to do VR. Nintendo is an entertainment company. That's what keeps them alive. They've been doing things differently from all the others and that's part of their DNA. It's worked and it has failed in the past. When they suck, man they suck hard. But when they throw that "Nintendo Hadouken" there's no dodging that one. It's gonna hit and it's gonna hit hard. I don't think VR is crucial to Nintendo's success. We'll have to see how VR pans out over the next year or so.
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