While a number of Nintendo gamers and observers will have reacted to Nintendo's Quality of Life platform announcement earlier this year with curiosity and wondered what it could mean, there was a substantial group that expressed concern. The reasoning was simple — if Nintendo was diverting resources to a new platform focused on health (initially) and related experiences, would that detract from game development for 3DS and, more vitally considering its need to boost sales, Wii U?
They're reasonable concerns, of course, and raise the issue of Nintendo's long term plans and whether, in generations to come, the company will still be focusing much of its effort on the video game market. That very issue was raised by a shareholder at Nintendo's recent AGM, with the questioner asking Shigeru Miyamoto about the big N's "dreams for the future". The crux of the matter was whether Nintendo could remain in the games industry with major changes potentially on the way, or whether the company would shift it priorities into other areas such as the health device market.
