Why did Nintendo chose not to implement a system wide achievement system? Stubborn or missed the boat?

[Dulfite]

Ka-pi96 said:

Dulfite said:

Hey, I enjoy getting things too, but it doesn't really matter down the road. I used to have a 360 and I don't even remember the things I had for all those games. I play steam /pc games about as often as Nintendo ones and I don't even know what things I've collected/unlocked as I don't really care. You care and that is fine, but I suspect the majority of us Nintendo fans don't care that much about universal systems or, at the very least, aren't bothered by a lack of it.

Well for one thing no PS or Xbox fans cared about them either, before they had them at least. So maybe if Nintendo had implemented something some people would have changed their minds.

But regardless, it surely wouldn't be that difficult for them to add and even it only added a few more sales to each game it would probably still be worth it.

But Nintendo, and I believe them, have stated and implied for years how they care about the physical and mental  health of their consumers. That's why we got games like Brain Games and devices like wii motion, wii fitness pad, and why they are working on other QoL improvements (including, according to rumors and patents, some kind of sleep monitoring device). They care about our health. If they think that something leads to an unhealthy obsession, then they won't do it. Heck, you can't even play their games without warnings (including pop ups) saying you should take a break after it's been like 30 minutes of play. They care like crazy about their consumers.