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Cerebralbore101 on 18 January 2018
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CrazyGamer2017 said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

Welcome to the forums. You'll eventually learn to take what you mean to say and put it in a more palatable form like I did. 

Instead of saying: Anybody that buys this is a chump. 

Try saying: $80 for a tech demo and some cardboard? IMO this is only worth $40 tops, and if you buy it you're just giving Nintendo extra money. 

Worth 40 bucks? This is cardboard we are talking about and not even that much in the box, it's worth 20 dollars tops and that's only cause there is other stuff included like paint and stickers and that kind of stuff, otherwise 20 bucks would still be a rip off. But then again Nintendo is the company that (successfully) convinced buyers that 32GB of internal storage in 2018 is plenty enough and fine so why shouldn't they try and convince buyers that a couple of cardboard sheets are a video game thing and that 80 bucks is a great price? Here in Europe it will be 80 euros which at current exchange rate is about 100 bucks.

But this is Nintendo so logic be damned and expect this thing to sell like a plague vaccine during a major plague outbreak.

You're forgetting that the software would be worth $30 in this hypothetical argument. That leaves $10 for cardboard, rubber bands, string, etc.  Personally I think $60 for the game + $10-$20 for the kit is fine. 

Here's the question I'm asking you. How much would you pay for a build-a-toy kit, that was made up of cardboard, string, rubber bands, and reflective tape? Now how much would you pay for a 1-2 Switch style video game? Add your two answers together and you get how much you'd pay for Labo. 

Oh and even if you think the software is overpriced at $60, remember 1-2 Switch managed to sell 1.2 million at $50. And 1-2 Switch was a joke of a game. Labo actually looks like it could get a 75-79  metascore, and be a hit with kids.