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LipeJJ on 12 April 2018
quickrick said:
Mar1217 said:

Can't we wait until this Holiday ? This is clearly the moment where we'll see if the target demographic hooks on the idea, otherwise yeah it could be a "flop".

games don't flop in march in start selling during the holidays, it's pretty rare.

I don't think it will "flop" in April, but it's normal for Nintendo games to start slow and build up, especially the more casual ones like Kirby and Animal Crossing. Just Dance is another example. Since Labo fits this category, I think what @Mar1217 is suggesting is really reasonable.



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nero on 12 April 2018

These kind of games are not meant to sell a bucketload FW, GoW is an established name whereas Labo is a fresh and new concept.



fatslob-:O on 12 April 2018
quickrick said:

games don't flop in march in start selling during the holidays, it's pretty rare.

Heck, I can't even recall any of the big games (over 5M units) opening less than 500K in a month launch aligned for sleeper hits such as Nintendogs and Brain Age too ... 



quickrick on 12 April 2018
LipeJJ said:
quickrick said:

games don't flop in march in start selling during the holidays, it's pretty rare.

I don't think it will "flop" in April, but it's normal for Nintendo games to start slow and build up, especially the more casual ones like Kirby and Animal Crossing. Just Dance is another example. Since Labo fits this category, I think what @Mar1217 is suggesting is really reasonable.

Kirby and animal crossing are not slow starters, and its not like kirby does amazing anyway, it sales around 1.5-2  million each entry.



quickrick on 12 April 2018
fatslob-:O said:
quickrick said:

games don't flop in march in start selling during the holidays, it's pretty rare.

Heck, I can't even recall any of the big games (over 5M units) opening less than 500K in a month launch aligned for sleeper hits such as Nintendogs and Brain Age too ... 

it's gonna flop bad, except in japan. labo has 13 million views, it's not even in top 100 in amazon, thats unheard for a switch new release.



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alejollorente10 on 12 April 2018
quickrick said:
LipeJJ said:

I don't think it will "flop" in April, but it's normal for Nintendo games to start slow and build up, especially the more casual ones like Kirby and Animal Crossing. Just Dance is another example. Since Labo fits this category, I think what @Mar1217 is suggesting is really reasonable.

Kirby and animal crossing are not slow starters, and its not like kirby does amazing anyway, it sales around 1.5-2  million each entry.

1.5 - 2 million for labo would be amazing.



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fatslob-:O on 12 April 2018
quickrick said:

it's gonna flop bad, except in japan. labo has 13 million views, it's not even in top 100 in amazon, thats unheard for a switch new release.

The robot kit is definitely looking irrelevant (not even Japan think it's a good value) but I think it can manage 1M units for NA and EU combined at least during it's lifetime but I agree that it's biggest relative success will be met in Japan ... 

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zorg1000 on 12 April 2018
quickrick said:
fatslob-:O said:

Heck, I can't even recall any of the big games (over 5M units) opening less than 500K in a month launch aligned for sleeper hits such as Nintendogs and Brain Age too ... 

it's gonna flop bad, except in japan. labo has 13 million views, it's not even in top 100 in amazon, thats unheard for a switch new release.

How hard is it for you to understand that young kids and parents are not the type of demographic that preorder games in droves?



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quickrick on 12 April 2018
zorg1000 said:
quickrick said:

it's gonna flop bad, except in japan. labo has 13 million views, it's not even in top 100 in amazon, thats unheard for a switch new release.

How hard is it for you to understand that young kids and parents are not the type of demographic that preorder games in droves?

who is the demographic for kirby or splatoon? you seem to not understand, labo is not even in top 100 amazon, thats means nobody gives a shit about it.



Kai_Mao on 12 April 2018

Do you think Labo will do more at retail than online due to its unusual nature? It’s not treated as a usual video game. I think kids usually get their toys at stores still rather than ask mom and dad to preorder online unless it’s necessary. Sure Toys R Us will no longer be around by the end of the year, but I don’t think it’ll stop them from looking around for toys in stores such as Target and Wal Mart.