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PAOerfulone said:
Soundwave said:

Seems aimed at kids, don't think the Superbowl is the right place to market it. 

Probably will be a lot of ads on cartoon channels. 

Do you have any idea how many families, parents, and kids watch the Super Bowl? Farrrr greater than the most popular shows of Disney, Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon combined. It's constantly the most viewed television event in the United States, year in and year out and it's not even close.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_watched_television_broadcasts_in_the_United_States 

There's a reason companies spend millions upon millions to get their ads aired during the commercials for that damn football game. If Labo really starts to light up the pre-order rankings of retailers like Amazon, like it is doing right now and builds a lot of buzz and momentum, Nintendo would be foolish not to capitalize on that and expose their next big thing for the hottest system on the U.S. market, during the biggest U.S. television event of the year.

That would be a bad idea. The product launch is 2 month after the superbowl, thats to much time. kids won't remember the commercial after a few weeks and parents don't buy gifts two month before the release. It's a 380$ investment! thats way to much for a middle-class family to spend on a birthday present. If the parents are gamers than it is the possibility is higher that they buy it for their kids so that they can use the switch as well, but I doubt that these parents are very interested in watching this sports events.



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OTBWY said:

cardboard quality

OTBWY said:

Don't be ridiculous.



hunter_alien said:
OTBWY said:

Yeah, this is not really how it works. It should be something like this:

Nintendo: This is for kids!

Gamer parents: But how in the name of god do you want me to spend 70-80$ for a piece of cardboard and app-store level software, that my kid will only use for one nigth and then its the dumpster for it?

Nintendo: You don't get it, its for kids!

Gamer parnets: You dont get it. I have to pay for this not my 8 year old son...

Nintendo: Do you want a pack of stickers for 10$ as well?

You don't realise how expensive toys usually are. My cousin got a Frozen castle for €110 last year. €70-80 really isn't that expensive for a Christmas gift.



How incredibly gimmicky. Not that kids would care (probably...)



TallSilhouette said:
OTBWY said:

cardboard quality

OTBWY said:

Don't be ridiculous.

Nice cherryquotes.

Do you have the product with you? Please tell us all about it.



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Mnementh said:
OTBWY said:
Man, if this thread doesn't turn out like the Nintendo Switch January presentation threads, I'm going to be very disappointed.

How can Nintendo this out of touch!

Done, you can thank me later.

I think this can also be marked down for later

Kids will break this the first time and throw it in the garbage!


I better see some kids breaking this in one go.



hunter_alien said:
OTBWY said:

Yeah, this is not really how it works. It should be something like this:

Nintendo: This is for kids!

Gamer parents: But how in the name of god do you want me to spend 70-80$ for a piece of cardboard and app-store level software, that my kid will only use for one nigth and then its the dumpster for it?

Nintendo: You don't get it, its for kids!

Gamer parnets: You dont get it. I have to pay for this not my 8 year old son...

Nintendo: Do you want a pack of stickers for 10$ as well?

Thats not hot relly how it works either, most of of complains comes from adult gamers, not from parents or kids. This is actualy same thing like when people were saying that Switch will not sell at $300 same price like PS4, or that 1, 2 Switch will not sell with $50 price point.

Nintendo Labo will be quite popular in any case.



C'mon, mate. Quality cardboard is an oxymoron. Besides I don't think he was even talking about the cardboard when he was talking about one night's use.



The reaction to this seems to be surprisingly positive all over. I knew I was out of touch, but not to this extent...



Labo will sell over 10 million units combined in 2018.

Edit: Labo is a dumb name for a product.

Last edited by caffeinade - on 18 January 2018