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Soundwave on 16 May 2018
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TheMisterManGuy said:
Soundwave said:

I doubt many people will give a shit about this game (errrr ... toy) come holidays, it will be old news by then. 

Kids aren't that into this, if they were there would be great word of mouth on playgrounds and better week to week holds than what we're seeing IMO. 

If it doesn't such a huge surge, Nintendo will ditch it like they basically do with anything that isn't super successful for them (see also: Virtual Boy, Wii U asymetric game play, 3D LCD tech, purple plastic for every damn thing, etc. etc. etc.). 

Like I said if they want something that's actually a hit, they need to sit down and study what Splatoon and Breath of the Wild did right because there is something happening there for sure. Splatoon should not in theory be that big of a hit (talking something that could be the no.2 biggest franchise in Japan) and Zelda should not be peaking sales wise at age 30. Something is up. 

It's far too early to make that claim. How do you know kids aren't into this? I heard many people with kids who love it already. Labo saw a bump during GW, and is still charting consistently in the top 5 even after the post GW drop. So, we have evidence that it can do impressive numbers around a holiday, and still do decently afterwards. And we still don't know how well it's doing in the US yet. So let's wait until after the Holdays to determine if Labo's a failure or not.

Sub 10k and sub 2.5k for the two SKUs in week 4 isn't anything impressive. 

It's lower than Nintendo Land and 1,2 Switch and Nintendogs + Cats at the same point, and I wouldn't get too attached to this game in the top 5, it's there because it was a slow week once other games start releasing, odds are you're never going to see this Labo Variety Pack in the top 5 ever again (Robot set never ever made the top 5 period).