Sony Interactive Entertainment to release its 'Toio' robotics & console system on March 20 in Japan

gofreak · Jan 17, 2019

So it seems this is actually being marketed under the SIE brand afterall.

As a point of reference, It seems roughly similar in concept to Labo, or maybe more directly similar to other kids' robotics kits. Combines robotics and papercraft.

English report:

http://www.siliconera.com/2019/01/1...-platform-toio-launches-in-japan-on-march-20/

Sony Interactive Entertainment is introducing a new way to play with its hands-on educational toy platform called toio. Its goal is to cultivate creativity and getting creative juices flowing, starting with the ring-shaped controllers and many possibilities.

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The toio Set will retail for 16,980 yen plus tax. The following items are included in the set:

toio console x 1

toio Ring x 2

toio Core Cube x 2

toio Core Cube Top Plate (white x 4, clear x 4)

AC adapter x 1

Power cable x 1

Instruction manual x 1

Original Japanese press releases:

https://www.sie.com/corporate/release/2019/190117b.html
https://www.sie.com/corporate/release/2019/190117a.html

'Team 2019' redeemed ;)

Adamska · Jan 17, 2019

So these devices are supposed to be wrapped in paper/cardboard constructs?

aerozombie · Jan 17, 2019

At this point I'm convinced Sony's R&D already has most of whatever Nintendo has going at a given time and it isn't until Nintendo does it that Sony puts sufficient funding and emphasis to make it marketable. It took more than a year to get this ready for retail.

famikon · Jan 17, 2019

gofreak · Jan 17, 2019

aerozombie said:
At this point I'm convinced Sony's R&D already has most of whatever Nintendo has going at a given time and it isn't until Nintendo does it that Sony puts sufficient funding and emphasis to make it marketable. It took more than a year to get this ready for retail.

True on the time to retail - but Sony announced and demonstrated it several months before Labo was announced, so it's not quite as obvious a case of 'Sony-too' as other things...

Kolx · Jan 17, 2019

For that price this thing is going to bomb so hard.

famikon · Jan 17, 2019

"game" packaging + card design

toio「GoGo ロボットプログラミング ~ロジーボのひみつ~」

Also, official channel on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCht-vdeFWgdFuDoQHIWmuZA

Anthony Hopkins · Jan 17, 2019

Looks like cool products.

Saint-14 · Jan 17, 2019

That's like $150, what are the expectations for this?

Necron · Jan 17, 2019

famikon said:

This looks so cool.

Alex840 · Jan 17, 2019

Pretty expensive, but it looks way more impressive than LABO

aerozombie · Jan 17, 2019

gofreak said:
True on the time to retail - but Sony announced and demonstrated it several months before Labo was announced, so it's not quite as obvious a case of 'Sony-too' as other things...

Oh I did not know that, guess I was mistaken

Deleted member 50969 · Jan 17, 2019

Saint-14 said:
That's like $150, what are the expectations for this?

I thinking 100,000 to 320,000 lifetime.

SinCityAssassin · Jan 17, 2019

Alex840 said:
Pretty expensive, but it looks way more impressive than LABO

Well yes. It's a robotics kit.

This isn't that new either the Toio brand has existed for a while on luxury gadgets.

Metallix87 · Jan 17, 2019

gofreak said:
True on the time to retail - but Sony announced and demonstrated it several months before Labo was announced, so it's not quite as obvious a case of 'Sony-too' as other things...

Sure, but it's still ridiculous how this looks post-Labo.

gofreak · Jan 17, 2019

Saint-14 said:
That's like $150, what are the expectations for this?

I'm not sure how big the market is for these kind of kids' robotic kits, but I'd guess their sales expectations are pretty modest. The price isn't cheap in this arena but it's not an outlier either (at least based on what I paid for a robot kit for my nephew at Christmas).

This seems like probably a small project someone took a shine to, something to allow some designers exercise their creativity a bit. Not something they expect to sell like gangbusters... by the marketing approach I doubt it'll get a release outside Japan either.

chanunnaki · Jan 17, 2019

Looks amazing. I'm impressed.

Deleted member 11976 · Jan 17, 2019

Pretty cool. I wish I had stuff in the classroom like this when I was growing up. Looks like a lot of fun.

Transistor · Jan 17, 2019

The price is pretty justified when you consider that it comes with the console, where with Labo you already need to own a Switch.

SuperFakerBros · Jan 17, 2019

Looks neat but I'm not sure how successful these sort of kits typically are. Will this even come to the rest of the world?

Transistor said:
The price is pretty justified when you consider that it comes with the console, where with Labo you already need to own a Switch.

Well one is a game for a major gaming console and the other is almost entirely dedicated for this kit. Comparing their price point like that doesn't make much sense

Sonicfan059 · Jan 17, 2019

Saint-14 said:
That's like $150, what are the expectations for this?

Wait till the holidays!

jackissocool · Jan 17, 2019

Damn, those gifs are really cool.

Anastasis · Jan 17, 2019

Very cool way to teach programming skills it seems (I don't know Japanese, but that is what it looks like).

SinCityAssassin · Jan 17, 2019

gofreak said:
So it seems this is actually being marketed under the SIE brand afterall.

As a note, it was very recently shifted over to the SIE division, which is why those patents for the cartridge popped up late last year renewed under their name and confused everyone that didn't already know what it was.

Transistor said:
The price is pretty justified when you consider that it comes with the console, where with Labo you already need to own a Switch.

Also, again. This is a full programmable robots kit that was independent from SIE until recently. That's like saying the price is justified when your RC model kit comes with a remote control and charge station.

Deleted member 21709 · Jan 17, 2019

famikon said:
"game" packaging + card design

toio「GoGo ロボットプログラミング ~ロジーボのひみつ~」

Also, official channel on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCht-vdeFWgdFuDoQHIWmuZA

This looks really cool.

treble · Jan 17, 2019

May have to import this if language isn't a barrier. Looks very creative.

HStallion · Jan 17, 2019

Necron said:
This looks so cool.

These things are really cool. I remember a topic on the old site about them.

Cactuar · Jan 17, 2019

famikon said:
"game" packaging + card design

Also, official channel on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCht-vdeFWgdFuDoQHIWmuZA

Hmm, the PlayStation 5 looks a bit different than I imagined...

Morfid_Plays · Jan 17, 2019

Assume that's the return of the Sony cartridge patent

anexanhume · Jan 17, 2019

gofreak said:
So it seems this is actually being marketed under the SIE brand afterall.

As a point of reference, It seems roughly similar in concept to Labo, or maybe more directly similar to other kids' robotics kits. Combines robotics and papercraft.

English report:

http://www.siliconera.com/2019/01/1...-platform-toio-launches-in-japan-on-march-20/

Original Japanese press releases:

https://www.sie.com/corporate/release/2019/190117b.html
https://www.sie.com/corporate/release/2019/190117a.html

'Team 2019' redeemed ;)

The patents were SIE, after all. It seems like a neat boy. I've always admired Aibo, even if didn't interest me personally.

Deleted member 10737 · Jan 17, 2019

looks very cute. chances of this coming out of japan?

Nuclear Muffin · Jan 17, 2019

So we can officially add this to the pile of shameless Sony ripoffs now?

Raider34 · Jan 17, 2019

i admit this looks cool as hell

Cactuar · Jan 17, 2019

mazi said:
looks very cute. chances of this coming out of japan?

This looks pretty fucking Japan. Even for a Japanese company. If you looked up " Extremely Japanese-type toys and gadgets" in the dictionary, you'd see this:

So, I wouldn't hold my breath.

SinCityAssassin · Jan 17, 2019

Nuclear Muffin said:
So we can officially add this to the pile of shameless Sony ripoffs now?

I mean, no? This is mostly a different thing.

McFly · Jan 17, 2019

Nuclear Muffin said:
So we can officially add this to the pile of shameless Sony ripoffs now?

Ripoff of what? An ongoing line of programmable robotics kits that Sony has been making long before Nintendo Labo?

Kolx · Jan 17, 2019

Nuclear Muffin said:
So we can officially add this to the pile of shameless Sony ripoffs now?

Other than this being announced before Labo and being the result of years of research which makes it the other way around, Did this thread really need this low-quality fanboy shitposting?

Deleted member 2145 · Jan 17, 2019

that looks really neat

McFly · Jan 17, 2019

Looks like it has been redesigned as well.

New version

Old version

SuperFakerBros · Jan 17, 2019

McFly said:
Looks like it has been redesigned as well.

New version

Old version

Did we have a thread on the old version? It looks familiar

DevilMayGuy · Jan 17, 2019

Nuclear Muffin said:
So we can officially add this to the pile of shameless Sony ripoffs now?

You should be embarrassed. Be better

The Boat · Jan 17, 2019

Looks pretty cool.

Qwark · Jan 17, 2019

This is surprisingly cool. I wish I was the target market for this. Hope this decently well.

McFly · Jan 17, 2019

SuperFakerBros said:
Did we have a thread on the old version? It looks familiar

Yes we did, it was the cartridge patent thread people thought were for New PlayStation portable system.

pswii60 · Jan 17, 2019

famikon said:

That looks fucking awesome. And way more interesting than Labo.

SuperFakerBros · Jan 17, 2019

McFly said:
Yes we did, it was the cartridge patent thread people thought were for New PlayStation portable system.

Ahh...yeah, now I remember. Well I suppose we now know what it's for, albeit that doesn't exactly look like what I'd expect out of a new portable PS

Bundy · Jan 17, 2019

Kinda funny but way too expensive.

Jenea · Jan 17, 2019

Looks interesting, much better than some shitty expensive cardboard.

Zetran · Jan 17, 2019

famikon said:

famikon said:
"game" packaging + card design

toio「GoGo ロボットプログラミング ~ロジーボのひみつ~」

Also, official channel on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCht-vdeFWgdFuDoQHIWmuZA

This look cool as hell. Hmm This could be really great educational kit for children.

Nuclear Muffin said:
So we can officially add this to the pile of shameless Sony ripoffs now?

Yeah we put this post in the pile of shameless Nintendo fanboy. In your mind Nintendo must have invented everything.....

ALIENSUPERSTAR · Jan 17, 2019

this looks better than labo

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