super_etecoon on 05 September 2019
One thing I will say is that at least with the Switch these initiatives are not the main selling point or even necessary to the ecosystem, as opposed to the Wii. If they succeed they can be major cash cows for Nintendo. If they fail Nintendo doesn't have much to lose since the brand itself is fire at the moment and one weird niche peripheral failure isn't going to change that any time soon. As long as they keep hitting their main release titles out of the park they can continue making little science projects and I don't see too much harm in it.
