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Nintendo: Labo has met expectations and will continue to be supported well into the future
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The comparison to WiiFit is baffling, Labo's opening month numbers are a tiny fraction of WiiFit's numbers.
WiiFit and Brain Age also sold 25m units whereas Labo is at around 1m right now.
We'll see if Labo does anything in the holidays, if not, then the game shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence as Brain Age and WiiFit.
Other than "Labo was infinitely less successful than WiiFit and Brain Age" of course.
WiiFit and Brain Age also sold 25m units whereas Labo is at around 1m right now.
We'll see if Labo does anything in the holidays, if not, then the game shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence as Brain Age and WiiFit.
Other than "Labo was infinitely less successful than WiiFit and Brain Age" of course.
Brain Age sold nothing for weeks before exploding months after its release.
man, future EPD staff will probably have grown up with LABO, maybe that'll have gotten them into coding
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Well it met expectations sure, it probably shipped a million worldwide between the two sets.
Doesn't seem like it exceeded the expectations. And based on the January Direct and my own thoughts, yes I thought it'd do better. I was also gung-ho on buying both, but my excitement seemed to fizzle upon release.
It's an interesting thing to look at because it's very different than traditional front-loaded video games, and I think most of us here see the value in building the things as entertainment.
Doesn't seem like it exceeded the expectations. And based on the January Direct and my own thoughts, yes I thought it'd do better. I was also gung-ho on buying both, but my excitement seemed to fizzle upon release.
It's an interesting thing to look at because it's very different than traditional front-loaded video games, and I think most of us here see the value in building the things as entertainment.
Yes.
WiiFit did not do that.
Which is why I said the comparison to WiiFit was baffling.
Brain Age did explode, we'll see if Labo does, but I don't see it at all. Labo started with a ton of hype in the first week and then had its hype die.
Variety seems to be doing well enough
Robot not really.
They should do a third one for Q4.
Yeah, Nintendo neverrr shares software numbers....
Robot not really.
They should do a third one for Q4.
Yeah, Nintendo neverrr shares software numbers....
On this board, that is true.
Guess who Labo is specifically and categorically not aimed at.
Hahaha, it's cute that you believe this.
By which I mean it's a scathing indictment of the embarrassing mentality on full display on this board sadly all too often.
Labo started at #1 on Amazon's hourly charts, stayed there for a week, then dropped out of the top 100 within two months.
Nintendo France basically reiterated the same notion; market curves work differently for "toy" products rather than video games.
Much of Era has been viewing the "success" of Labo through the vacuum of the latter. The holidays will be more interesting to monitor.
Much of Era has been viewing the "success" of Labo through the vacuum of the latter. The holidays will be more interesting to monitor.
Well at least we have a bar for expectations. They expect it to have brain age and Wii fit legs. Should be interesting!
Cool. We get to see people still get offended by Labo's existence for years to come.
I'm actually interested to see what else they come up with for Labo kits.
I'm actually interested to see what else they come up with for Labo kits.
You're telling me they expected it to sell like a non-gaming item and it sold like a non-gaming item and it met their expectations?
You don't say.
You don't say.
If it fails in the holidays, I 100% expect goalpost moving from Reggie and from people defending Labo.
So let's hope there is no goal post moving.
If Labo does huge numbers (let's say 3m) in the Holidays, then I'm wrong. If Labo does less than 500k or something in the Holidays, then you and Nintendo are wrong.
It should be interesting to see what comes out of that in a few months, if anything.
I wouldn't be surprised to see two more kits in stores by November.
yeah this was pretty obvious given how it did in the us and japan though the robot kit seemed to have flopped
we'll see how it does during the holiday season
we'll see how it does during the holiday season
I was a huge believer back when it was announced but they really haven't marketed this at all since release.
Maybe that's part of the plan, and marketing will ramp up in the holiday season, but I don't see this doing all that well around then if they just try to let it sell by word of mouth alone.
Maybe that's part of the plan, and marketing will ramp up in the holiday season, but I don't see this doing all that well around then if they just try to let it sell by word of mouth alone.
Well there it is, straight from the horse's mouth. Anyone who understood Labo as a product knew Nintendo is viewing this differently from a traditional game release. Anyway, keep an eye on Labo this holiday, it's probably going to be Nintendo's secret weapon for this year.
I don't know why you're trying to hold me against some kind of esoteric quantifiable six digit number since I didn't even make a prediction. I said the simple fact that toys can be expected to curve in different ways compared to video games and Nintendo would be cognisant of it when making the Labo. Whether or not it ends up selling three million rather than two is of no concern to me.
Didn't NoE, I believe, say they expected most sales to be during the holidays as that was the case for toys too?
Fully deserved. The missus and I had a ton of fun building the variety kit.
Labo Mecha for Smash.
This is freaking rich from someone who literally won't accept Nintendo's own statement of success. Takes one to know one I guess.
Labo Mecha for Smash.
This is freaking rich from someone who literally won't accept Nintendo's own statement of success. Takes one to know one I guess.
"And so for us,"
Knew it was Reggie speaking the moment I read that. Another hint is when a sentence begins with, "Look,".
Anyways, I won't lie. I didn't expect to see as many Labo kits sitting on store shelves as I currently do. I'm also not as confident as I once was in its ability to sell even during the holiday season. But if Nintendo is happy with it and expects big things from it, awesome!
Knew it was Reggie speaking the moment I read that. Another hint is when a sentence begins with, "Look,".
Anyways, I won't lie. I didn't expect to see as many Labo kits sitting on store shelves as I currently do. I'm also not as confident as I once was in its ability to sell even during the holiday season. But if Nintendo is happy with it and expects big things from it, awesome!
Yeah I'm not really seeing the comparisons to Wii Fit or Brain Age at all, but I guess only time will tell.
Wii Fit and Brain Age apparently sold 25 million in two months.
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Variety Kit was #4 on NPD which was pretty awesome, expecting it to do pretty well this holiday.
But, people were actually expecting Wii Fit numbers? Huh.
Edit: Oh Reggie made that comparison, okay then.
But, people were actually expecting Wii Fit numbers? Huh.
Edit: Oh Reggie made that comparison, okay then.
The comparison by Reggie is obvious since he's saying that those two titles did those numbers in a different period of time, not in just a few months and that Labo is a product which can do the same in selling for a long period of time