Was it out yet? I can't seem to find it in the NL.

I knew that there were two SKU's but the would-be ranking if they were combined is news to me. So it didn't do super terrible then.

Nintendo up to their artificial supply constraints again?

I did notice that it was completely sold out from the Labo end cap display at my local Target while out shopping with my wife the other day. My Best Buy is showing it as being in stock though.

Everyone knows that's why Reggie is retiring... it's just cos he needs to spend more time flying around the world buying thousands of Switches in each country so it appears popular!

On topic though, the kit looks pretty interesting if I'm honest, and nice to see games like Zelda getting free patches to inject VR into them if the user has the kid, very different from the PS4 experience with titles like Driveclub and Doom requiring new versions of the game to make use of the 400e VR kit.

So it is nothing remarkable. Doesn't seem like it will outsell PSVR as some people expected.

From Zhuge: https://www.resetera.com/threads/pal-charts-week-14-2019.110232/page-2#post-19873198

Can you point me to some of these people.

Look no further than a thread in VGC that was asking Labo VR vs PSVR.

Unfortunately VGC search function is shitty.

From what I gather, there were two major issues and one minor issue:

1) The price. The robot suit being an extra ten dollars hurt some consumer perception.

2) It takes effort. This is the biggest one. People seemed to like the concept and enjoy the idea of it (talking general public) but to spend time putting it together seemed to immediately put a bit of, "frustration" on the face of many customers. So many times I was asked, "Do they have one that is already put together or do I have to do it myself?" and I knew at that moment, the customer was lost. The biggest selling point of Switch to the general public, despite what many people on sites like this think, was the ease of use. Take it off the dock and continue playing. Put it on the dock and continue playing. No menu screens, no calibrations, no effort necessary. Just set it down and play. That is not the case with Labo and it has turned many customers off. Pay more and work harder... many were not going.

3) Space. Lesser but still something I hear among the general public is, "where are we going to put this stuff when we are not using it. Our apartment is small/house is already crowded". I do not think this one is huge but it does factor in. Labo seemed to generate interest in the concept but unfortunately, the execution and work required for the (what is perceived as) minimal payoff has created the barriers preventing the product's success.