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Birimbau on 18 January 2018

Good for young children.



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KLXVER on 18 January 2018
TruckOSaurus said:
KLXVER said:

Any other overpriced items you want to compare it with?

Lego sets maybe? $80+ for cheap plastic!

There we go. Now we have three overpriced items:)



zorg1000 on 18 January 2018
Cerebralbore101 said:
I could easily see Nintendo putting Labo on sale for $50 a pop on black friday. Toys R' Us would be nothing but a massive stampede of parents try to get the new Tickle Me Elmo.

Ya $50 for these sets during the holidays will sell gangbusters. I also assume we will see at least 1-2 more sets released sometime in the fall.



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Green098 on 18 January 2018
KLXVER said:
TruckOSaurus said:

Lego sets maybe? $80+ for cheap plastic!

There we go. Now we have three overpriced items:)

If I have learned anything in the time I have been alive, it is that overpriced sells.



KLXVER on 18 January 2018
Green098 said:
KLXVER said:

There we go. Now we have three overpriced items:)

If I have learned anything in the time I have been alive, it is that overpriced sells.

lol True.



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Nozz-A-La on 18 January 2018
PAOerfulone said:
Nozz-A-La said:

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.

A) You underestimate the memory of children, plus, why couldn't Nintendo follow up that commercial by airing it during commercials for kids' cartoon shows as well?
B) Do you know how much parents spend each year on their kids? For their birthdays and Christmas, the amount they spend far exceeds $380, and they will look at this for a chance to get their kids off their iPads and phones and actually doing something creative, while still playing a video game, making it easier for the kids to jump in.
C) It's the fucking Super Bowl! Most, if not all of them, are.
If I'm a company, and I have this product that is generating considerable amounts of buzz and momentum and it has the potential to become my next big thing, I'd be a fool not to take the chance. That's too much money on the table for me to ignore.

It depends on whether nintendo can keep momentum for 2 month without any additional tv ads. I don't live in the us so I can't really grasp how big the superbowl is over there. But why should they spend 5 million on a single ad. Maybe 25% of the people watching the super bowl are in the target audience. On a kids channel Nintendo reaches 100% target audience with less costs.  



irstupid on 18 January 2018
KLXVER said:
TruckOSaurus said:

Lego sets maybe? $80+ for cheap plastic!

There we go. Now we have three overpriced items:)

Overprice by who's standards?

Yours?

Pretty sure the industry believes that video games prices need to increase and have been too low for a long time. So sometimes things being priced how they "should be" is not always a good thing.



KLXVER on 18 January 2018
irstupid said:
KLXVER said:

There we go. Now we have three overpriced items:)

Overprice by who's standards?

Yours?

Pretty sure the industry believes that video games prices need to increase and have been too low for a long time. So sometimes things being priced how they "should be" is not always a good thing.

By my standards, yes. Just like the puzzle is overpriced by yours.



PAOerfulone on 18 January 2018

The Super Bowl is far and away the most viewed Television broadcast in the United States, year in and year out, no other program comes remotely close.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_TV_ratings

I guarantee that hypothetical 25% number far exceeds the 100% number on Nickelodeon. On a good day for Nickelodeon, they'll get 2-3 million people watching their shows that run 30 minutes, vs. over 100 million people watching the Super Bowl for 3 hours.
So, by the wild chance that those 25% and 100% numbers are accurate that's 2-3 million kids for some random episode of Spongebob Squarepants vs. over 25 million kids for the biggest sporting event of the year for the entire country.

Yes, it will cost them a lot of money, but when you have a product that is generating healthy momentum and has a chance to really take off, the potential payoff and reward FAR exceed the cost. They'd be foolish not to take the chance.



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irstupid on 18 January 2018
PAOerfulone said:

The Super Bowl is far and away the most viewed Television broadcast in the United States, year in and year out, no other program comes remotely close.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_TV_ratings

I guarantee that hypothetical 25% number far exceeds the 100% number on Nickelodeon. On a good day for Nickelodeon, they'll get 2-3 million people watching their shows that run 30 minutes, vs. over 100 million people watching the Super Bowl for 3 hours.
So, by the wild chance that those 25% and 100% numbers are accurate that's 2-3 million kids for some random episode of Spongebob Squarepants vs. over 25 million kids for the biggest sporting event of the year for the entire country.

Yes, it will cost them a lot of money, but when you have a product that is generating healthy momentum and has a chance to really take off, the potential payoff and reward FAR exceed the cost. They'd be foolish not to take the chance.

How many of those viewers are children watching the commercial.

How many of those viewers are dude bros watching that when they see the commercial for this react like some of the users on this site.

It could be bad publicity it gets if it airs. I really can't see the appeal of this coming across to millions of viewers in only 30 seconds. Heck, we got a 3 minute long video and we had to do a fair bit of research to understand it all.