Nintendo QoL Sleep Monitor Announced

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At an event for investors today, Nintendo announced their first 'Quality of Life' product
There has been no product name announced or even what the product will look like
What we do know is that it will be watching us sleep in 2016 and will work by connecting to the QoL platform's cloud services and work on Nintendo's consoles and smart devices
While Nintendo describe their Quality of Life products as a new classification of products, non-wearables, this sounds exactly like the concept of 'The Internet of Things' that have been a rising focus for Microsoft, Google and the likes.

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On the note of how they aim for non-installation, hopefully they allow access to the cloud service through the internet using something like the physical web rather than an app.
This is an incredibly big market for Nintendo to get into and they've had a pretty good history with health related products, perhaps the biggest tech company involved with consumer health.
 

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Okay I tried.

Interesting to see how far this is going with pretty much everyone bringing sport and/or smart devices with a variety of features
 
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And now for some bad puns:

Nintendoes what sony and microsdont. :P
Iwata: "well, since we're on the opposite side of 'exciting', we might as well make a buck on that side"
Nintendo not only tracks every step you take, but will now also track you when you don't move.
Wii fit U 2* balance board trainer: "hi there. I used to ask whether you had a good night's sleep, but thanks to your miidreambuddy, I know it even better than you. :) "



But on a more serious note: color me interested. The only problem I foresee is the timing. As it stands, there's hardly any market on that field (I hate to break it to you, Joe88, but those aren't exactly mainstream products...yet). It's certainly an original concept, and they've done other weird stuff that turns out alright (like the balance board or the wii). Sure, it seems weird that it's in no way tied to video gaming or even gaming in general, but I'm convinced they'll tie it to their main product line sooner or later (that brain controlling is way too futuristic, but it's more likely that the actual device will be shaped like those amiibo's).




*I can already hear the marketeers shouting "I TOLD you guys we should have named it wii u fit. But noooo, you INSISTED wii fit u was a decent name. "
 

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Imagine that and the game saves too and when you wake up you can continue.
That would be terrible. Most people would forget all about what they did while they were asleep. It's the same as someone else playing your game and progressing on your save file every night.
 
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Even if really wanted to track my sleep for some reason, the recently announced Microsoft Band looks way better for this. I don't see where Nintendo is going with this.
 

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Hmm what should that be good for ?
I actually have a Xiaomi Mi band that did cost me 18$. It counts steps and tracking my sleep phases. Has some alarm functions and 3 LEDs to check how much more u need for goal.
Does vibrate if u hit goal or call and notification comes and battery last at least 30 days ( actually i use it for 3 weeks now and its still 3/4 full.

So actually i wont need the Nintendo thingy. They should start get games and do better consoles, not make things no one needs in 2016 if u already have it in 2014.
 

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