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Sales prediction of Labo (in millions)?

<1 17 13.49%
 
1 12 9.52%
 
2 22 17.46%
 
3 16 12.70%
 
4 5 3.97%
 
5 16 12.70%
 
6 2 1.59%
 
7 1 0.79%
 
8 1 0.79%
 
>8 34 26.98%
 
Total:126
RolStoppable said:
kirby007 said:
What do you think you get?

Cardboard.

...from Google?



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Pagan said:

Well i hope it will flop so Nintendo can go back to the 2017 switch mind and just focus on real games like Zelda and Odyssey.

How large do you think this team?  How much resources going into its production?  Do you have any idea how many studios Nintendo has internally always working on new products?  We've got Smash, Pokemon, Metroid, Pikmin, Animal Crossing, and so many others we have no idea about already in production or nearing completion.

Gamer147 said:
I just hope the Labo doesn’t hurt switch sales. If it hurts the Switches overall image it may impact sales.

How would a peripheral that no one is being forced to buy hurt sales?  I guess you might be thinking that the kiddy nature of this product will make Nintendo have a bad image and keep hardcore "cool" gamers from purchasing a Switch, but I think games like Mario and Mario vs Rabbids are already repelling most of those people who get hung up on things like "does this videogame system make me look like a dork?"



Won't be a Wii Sports / Wii Fit Success, but won't flop. It has potential but I do think the price is steep.



zorg1000 said:
setsunatenshi said:

That just blows my mind, really.

VR as the most immersive way to enter a videogame world = gimmick

Cardboard folding = interesting

That's a valid opinion for anyone to have outside a videogame forum. Inside one is bizarre to say the least.

 

Not criticizing your opinion though, just finding it really weird.

You have to take into account what the goal of each product is.

VR is about isolation & immersion.

Labo is about creation & interaction.

 

One is about taking yourself away from your surroundings and entering a new world while the other is about engineering your own devices and seeing what they can do.

 

For someone who loves to build which product is more appealing?

My main point is the following:

 

1 product relates to videogames, a new, more immersive way of playing videogames

The other product is only in the most tangential way related to a videogame (pretty much having the Nintendo logo on it).

 

So how in a videogame forum can we seriously be praising the later one while dismissing the first?

 

I would understand that in a forum regarding lego or other similar types of hobby/toys, but not on a videogame forum that is so hardcore we discuss sales (hw & sw) as well as console wars.

 

Of course anyone is free to enjoy what they enjoy, that should go without saying.



super_etecoon said:
I love this thread and Labo. They both really start to act as a sieve and separate people from logic. We have someone claiming that it is a VR wannabee. We have another person who claims that only hard core nerds will buy it (I'm not sure if I fulfill that definition, but I think every single one of us in this forum do to some degree and if you think that doesn't mean you, you have some small reflection to do).

The last time I saw people get this worked up about a product and its sales potential it was the Wii. Now mind you, I'm definitely not saying these pieces of cardboard have the Wii level of appeal, but just that it illicits the same emotional response.

The part I'm trying to figure out is the reason for the extra hate:

1. Nintendo is selling cardboard with their name on it and people will buy it?

2. People think that this will ruin gaming?

3. People think this will take development resources from core games?

4. People get so bothered by the concept of seeing themselves play with Labo that they cringe so deep internally it leads to nausea.

5, People initially made such harsh judgments at the reveal and placed their chips on the "this wil fail" bet and have to ride it all the way to the bank?

6. People hate the idea of other people having fun doing something that isn't "pure gaming?"

7. People think VR is just such a better alternative and they really can't understand why people would be more excited about these pieces of cardboard and a minigame collection than a truly immersive 3D experience that is the future of all gaming (and maybe even all of life.)

Feel free to add your own reason or specify if you identify with any of these reasons.

Yeah, I pick options 1, 3 and 7 :)



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People will buy this cardboard and think they just got the latest high-tech device. Such is the power of Nintendo, only they can sell you cardboard and make you believe it's the Matrix...
Any other company trying to sell you cardboard and they would be the laughing stock in the high-tech world but it's Nintendo so yeah I believe it will sell very well.

If you think 80 bucks is a lot for a couple pieces of cardboard wait till Nintendo pulls their "limited number of units available" stunt as they have done before and you will see this cardboard sell for the price of gold on Ebay, Amazon etc...

Last edited by CrazyGamer2017 - on 21 March 2018

Remember Iwata’s quote that video games should be fun, fun for everyone? Labo is just an opportunity to expand the Switch audience, which is mostly young adults predominantly male. Labo isn’t anything new from Nintendo. This goes back to their days as a toy company. Look back at all their history of toy making prior to the late 70s.

If the US Air Force can use PS3s to create a supercomputer, then I’m sure schools and other science/educational related organizations can utilize Labo for unique things as well. Labo is a way to utilize the joy cons to most (if not all) of their potential. And as Nintendo said, it’s for the young and the young at heart. I don’t see what’s wrong with that. Does it affect their other projects? I don’t think so. They have multiple teams in EPD, subdivisions outside their company, and third party partners that are developing Switch games right now. Not everyone on EPD is on this particular project.



CrazyGamer2017 said:

People will buy this cardboard and think they just got the latest high-tech device. Such is the power of Nintendo, only they can sell you cardboard and make you believe it's the Matrix...
Any other company trying to sell you cardboard and they would be the laughing stock in the high-tech world but it's Nintendo so yeah I believe it will sell very well.

If you think 80 bucks is a lot for a couple pieces of cardboard wait till Nintendo pulls their "limited number of units available" stunt as they have done before and you will see this cardboard sell for the price of gold on Ebay, Amazon etc...

Guess the software is $0 then :P.



Kai_Mao said:
Remember Iwata’s quote that video games should be fun, fun for everyone? Labo is just an opportunity to expand the Switch audience, which is mostly young adults predominantly male. Labo isn’t anything new from Nintendo. This goes back to their days as a toy company. Look back at all their history of toy making prior to the late 70s.

If the US Air Force can use PS3s to create a supercomputer, then I’m sure schools and other science/educational related organizations can utilize Labo for unique things as well. Labo is a way to utilize the joy cons to most (if not all) of their potential. And as Nintendo said, it’s for the young and the young at heart. I don’t see what’s wrong with that. Does it affect their other projects? I don’t think so. They have multiple teams in EPD, subdivisions outside their company, and third party partners that are developing Switch games right now. Not everyone on EPD is on this particular project.

True. I think some people on this thread need to look at your last 2 lines particularly for reference.



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setsunatenshi said:
zorg1000 said:

You have to take into account what the goal of each product is.

VR is about isolation & immersion.

Labo is about creation & interaction.

 

One is about taking yourself away from your surroundings and entering a new world while the other is about engineering your own devices and seeing what they can do.

 

For someone who loves to build which product is more appealing?

My main point is the following:

 

1 product relates to videogames, a new, more immersive way of playing videogames

The other product is only in the most tangential way related to a videogame (pretty much having the Nintendo logo on it).

 

So how in a videogame forum can we seriously be praising the later one while dismissing the first?

 

I would understand that in a forum regarding lego or other similar types of hobby/toys, but not on a videogame forum that is so hardcore we discuss sales (hw & sw) as well as console wars.

 

Of course anyone is free to enjoy what they enjoy, that should go without saying.

I hope you realize that gamers can have more hobbies than just gaming or like different aspects of gaming.

If Labo combines multiple hobbies/interests of a person  into a single product than its no surprise that they would have a strong interest in it.

 

Also i dont think anybody should be dismissing either one, i think they are both great concepts that will do very well but they are so different from one another that i dont really understand why they are being compared.



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