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TheMisterManGuy on 16 May 2018
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Soundwave said:
TheMisterManGuy said:

Retail works differently in Japan than the US. In Japan, retailers decide how much to order, rather than Nintendo. So while Nintendo shipped 400k for both kits, that could be because retailers wanted to make sure they had enough for GW. Even still, it managed to sell through half of it's shipments in just a few weeks. That's not too bad for a Toy. And again, we have no idea about Nintendo's expectations for Labo. But its still charting quite high on Media Create, and both kits combined still pulled 10k this week, so its still chugging along. 

You can try and wish death upon it all you want, but Labo is preforming just how any normal person expected it to, modest, consistent sales for most of the year, with big holiday bumps.

Retailers ordered that amount I'm sure after conferring with Nintendo and expecting it to be a decent sized hit. Nintendo is a big partner for them, these decisions are not made in a vacuum. 

It's going to struggle massively to even sell 390k in Japan (its initial shipment). 

You can deny it all you want, but the numbers and weekly drop percentages on this thing are backing up what I'm saying. Titles that have massive legs aren't under 10k in week 4. Even Nintendo Land (again not bundled in Japan) was above 10k a week in Japan through 8 weeks and post holidays, Labo is already collapsing below that. 

Well yeah, of course, it's a collaborative decision, but Nintendo shipping 400k to retailers doesn't mean Nintendo expects Labo to plow through that stock out of the gate. It could be that they shipped that much because Nintendo knew this thing would be a slow and steady seller, and thus didn't want to run into stock issues, and retailers again, wanted to make sure there was enough for GW. 

And again, your making bold assumptions based on little evidence and misinterpretations. Labo already sold through half its stock in less than a month, that's pretty impressive in its own right. You forget that Labo is a collective of titles, and the sales of it will be based on that. So while the Variety Kit did under 10k, combined with the Robot Kit, it still pulled over 10k. And it's still in the top 5 according to Media Create. So yes, Labo does in fact have legs, and will continue to have legs so long as it charts consistently like this.