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May 2018 NPD (U.S. Hardware) Predictions - Closes Tuesday, June 12th
- Thread starter donny2112
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I wouldn't call #4 on the charts a poor debut by any means.
And Nintendo knows more than either of us. At the end of the day, they determine a product's success based on their expectations. Retailers expecting an instant mega-hit right away and not getting it doesn't change that.
Nintendo can also spin early results in their favor. Literally ever single company in the world does this
Of course they can, but Nintendo France has been backing up Reggie's statements recently, so there is some truth to these claims. We won't have to wait much longer for more info either, Nintendo has another IR meeting next week, which will give us some insight into what specifically Nintendo's plans and expectations for Labo are.
So then why was Nintendo so incompetent in their shipping? Clearly if they weren't expecting any of the stock to sell they wouldn't have shipped so much right? Nobody wants their shelves full of unsold stock for months on end
Nintendo likely shipped an amount that would sell at a consistent rate over the course of Spring and Summer. Their strategy, as it's been said before, is pitching Labo as a Toy first and foremost, so the vast majority of its sales will be during the holiday. This is evident in the fact that they deliberately avoided running a huge marketing campaign for its launch, and kept its promotion limited to special videos on its YouTube channel. Nintendo has different expectations for Labo than their traditional Switch games, the problem likely comes from retailers expecting it to sell like a traditional major first party release (IE, nearly selling out within the first week or so).
Yeah, I don't agree with the gloom regarding Labo's performance. We have Nintendo France and Nintendo of America both saying what many of us had been saying and there haven't been price cuts despite sell-through being low per video game standards. I think it's pretty obvious Nintendo and retailers are on the same page. Labo will be a flop if the inevitable holiday marketing blitz fails to spark interest, but you're not seeing retailers slashing prices because Labo is performing the way it was expected to. As said above, the limited marketing they did before launch should be proof enough that Nintendo isn't bullshitting when they talk about their expectations.
What's the worst that could happen?
What's the worst that could happen?
Be audit you can be.
Hey at least you're not an economist, amirite?
lmao same
kinda bored, today was perfect for me, but tomorrow i won't be able to follow the release.
Come for the sales figures, stay for the puns!
Then leave because the sales figures were delayed a day.
I'm an Internal auditor currently, and very happy with my job :)
Switch did 165K last year, it should be flat.
This mean you expect 132K. That's a big MOM drop with not a particular reason. Way too pessimist.
Ah fuck, exams got in the way and I missed the cut off :(
For the record I think mine would be
[PS4] 245k
[XB1] 150k
[NSW] 135k
For the record I think mine would be
[PS4] 245k
[XB1] 150k
[NSW] 135k
any openings you guys feel free to reference me plz...
Half joking
I will remember this post when it comes out tomorrow that it is the best selling game of all time.
The numbers I have for May 2017.
~200k PS4
~195k NSW
~105k XB1
Why no news yet? Or it is next Tuesday?
