So Sony gets people because they make great games and Nintendo gets people because of nostalgia? Well that needs to change then.

What were people expecting actually? Is their a prediction thread?

Noooo shit. From the moment is was announced we knew it was going to be bad...

i wanna see this on the discount bin.... then i will buy it

In the interim........Labo has gone back to 2nd position on Amazon Japan bestseller list, ahead of GOW and the newly released Baseball game.
It has stayed in the top 5 for the past 2 weeks.
If you dont like it, please dont buy. Others will do and are doing so.

I don't think Nintendo needs to abandon casuals, it's a huge market and the DS/Wii days of Nintendo's casual games were actually some of the best casual gaming experiences ever offered, imo. Games like Wii Sports, Sports Resort, Nintendogs, and Brain Age were actually fun little concepts that I was even able to get something out of as a core gamer. Sports Resort and Nintendoland in particular probably have the best minigame collections I've ever played, with lots of minigames that were actually fun for everyone and had a surprising amount of replayability. AC is also a casual gaming series, and damn if it's not one of the most addicting franchises I've ever played. Just like Nintendo can do core games better than anyone when they set out to, the same can be said for their casual efforts. That's why those games were so huge, casuals ate them up.

But Labo is simply them failing to put in the effort and charging very high prices for it. No one is going to sit there thinking, "wow, I'm so glad I spent $70-80 on this!" no matter if they're a casual gamer or not. Unless they have money to blow, I can't imagine most not feeling like they just paid way too much for what they got. It's very disappointing. 

Well said. I get that some people don't like Labo but it's not doing them any harm or obstructing big game development. My daughter and I have been spending great time together building and messing around with it, you can't put a price on that

People who defend $60 Wii U ports will also defend $80 cardboard

Or perhaps people who genuinely think its an interesting concept.

Glad you mentioned that, because it brings me to my next concern that Nintendo in general seems to really be falling off the bandwagon at rapid speed this year after everything they did so right and all the good will built in 2017. The Tropical Freeze pricing is ridiculous, especially since it's a matter of Nintendo knowing that they can charge more money for a 5 year old port than it originally retailed for and people will still buy it because there's simply nothing else out for Switch right now. Taking it off of Wii U's eShop also didn't sit right with me. They really have to have an incredible second half of the year up their sleeves or I'm concerned they could undo a lot of the amazing goodwill they built in 2017 very quickly. Them getting lazy and greedy is a surefire way to failure.