UK Pricing For Nintendo Labo Is Confirmed

It won't affect me as I'm not interested in it but it appears overpriced to me.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE overpriced until you're one of those people too lazy to do it yourself.

Don't forget the price includes software

Called it.

Only thing I got wrong was the £8.99 I thought a straight £10.

For all those defending the prices I bought Mario Odyssey for £40 digitally from Amazon

And many many more games at launch for £40

So is that cardboard robot REALLY worth £30?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I agree it is overpriced. You are paying for (US) 59.99 games that might have less content than 1 2 Switch , and then either an extra 10 or 20 for cardboard and string/rubber bands.

A genius idea that I love, but too overpriced. Although, this is something I'm not interested in buying for myself so I doesn't affect me either.

EDIT: I mentioned this in the other article but sense @AWeirdGlacier mentioned it I just want to reinforce it. Mario Odyssey was also 59.99(US).

I love the concept, this is Nintendo at their playful best, and I look forward to trying this with my daughter towards the end of the year. I feel that the price is a touch high for the masses though. Perhaps there is a premium for being early adopters and hopefully the cost will come down later on.

@NapalmPsalm Where is your profile picture from haha.

They're not available for preorder yet because Nintendo is still in the process of repurposing all that unsold Wii U packaging.

Those UK prices are OK. I mean this Labo thing really should cost the same as or shouldn't cost much more than your average AAA game.

I suppose to break it down the game cost £50 and the cardboard £9.99... or something like that.

It all depends on the quality of the games. If it's 1-2-Switch it can naff off. If it's Nintendo quality, it may be worth a look even at that price.

Whether or not it is overpriced will be determined by the software content... if it is expansive and continuously supported with DLC, then it may be a fantastic value.

@Nintendoforlife Haha, honestly I found it by searching "botw gif"

It was too adorable to pass up.

I'm sold so far, hopefully get to try it out in London, should I be lucky enough to get a ticket. I never understand the logic of some people. The average cost of a game is between £50-£60. You get the game and the set of interactive modelstoys to build for roughly the same price. But more importantly no one besides Nintendo and the lucky few have had a chance to play with these hands-on. It's launch day all over again for some people, "OMG Joycon so expensive, omg pro controller so expensive". PS3 launched at nearly $600 people

I'm looking forward to this probably more so than a 35 year old should be, I wonder if you can play Arms using the backpack 🤔

Ooh how about a Ghostbusters game 😁

@carlos82 Ghostbusters, now you're talking. That would be awesome. Hey we are all kids at heart, I'm 36 and god willing, will still be playing videogames 30 years from now

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Hmm.. I wouldn't personally buy this but try to check your local toystore and check out how much kidstoys actually costs.. If you compare prices with other pieces of toys on the market this actually isn't overpriced.. Well.. I guess that's subjective after all

@Hyrule
And guess what happened to the PS3. It sold like **** after initial sales and sales only picked up after a dramatic price cut.

The general public are the ones that will decide if it is worth it or not. Not Nintendo or anyone else.

But I do agree about it being game price or thereabouts.

Also, it has been confirmed that Nintendo will not be giving out the Labo patterns for free. You know should any part get damaged.

http://fr.ign.com/nintendo-labo-nintendo-switch/33119/news/nintendo-labo-non-on-ne-pourra-pas-creer-ses-propres-patrons

Google translated.

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Ffr.ign.com%2Fnintendo-labo-nintendo-switch%2F33119%2Fnews%2Fnintendo-labo-non-on-ne-pourra-pas-creer-ses-propres-patrons&edit-text=

It was initially thought yesterday that they would.

Flash based software plus a bit of cardboard for how much!! Fail

My Experience with Nintendo UK Store is that i would get it two weeks after release and the box would be broken so water would have ruined the cardboard.

Notice its register interest, NOT a preorder, as per the article above

@Hyrule haha me too, I'll be gaming for a long time yet.

I've just thought maybe that's why we've not heard about any Luigi's Mansion 3 becaus were getting Luigi's Mansion Labo instead. The more I think about it the more possibilities come to mind 😃

@carlos82 I'd prefer luigis mansion 3 than luigis mansion labo

@Hotfusion My point is it's too early for people to be raging, when they haven't had a chance to use the product yet nor is peddling this misconception that you are paying £60 for cardboard, that's just silly.

The price isn't as bad as I thought it would be but I could buy a better Switch game for less.
Toys are just expensive, so this isn't too crazy.But I think the price of the Switch itself will hold back many parents from getting this.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE - when you're an uncreative parent with a creative child, this is a reasonable price.

That's the market it is attempting to target.

@carlos82 Maybe a Wiisports game with a Labo twist is on the cards. Who knows with Nintendo, always coming out with surprises.
Though I am loving Twitter's reaction to Labo. Some priceless gems.

@carlos82 - Depends on Labo'a success. If it reached the core gaming market we MIGHT see some overlap and Labo peripherals. Link's Crossbow Training comes to mind.

I think those who see price as a issue don't have kids. A mid size lego is £70, it gets built, lasts a week and ends up in the lego box. Next week the kids want more lego.. Never ending. I get a shiver in my wallet every time i pass the lege box knowing the £Ks that have been spent to fill it.

I was thinking about how you could reinforce the cardboard. Perhaps dip it in some kind of solution. I was reading about remote control aeroplanes and how they use a solution of 75% white spirits and 25% polyurethane.

@1UP_MARIO so would I but there is huge potential for many mini games to be added to these

@Paraka that's a good example and it's also a very good way for Nintendo to bring it's characters to a new generation

Honestly I was expecting us to get the old "switch the signs" treatment. Should be able to get that for about £50-55 region once the online retailers start competing.

Ofcause game will sell them for £65+

@Hyrule
I am totally in agreement with you (I can see why you thought I wasn't) and that was also my point. The software is the dark horse. It could be amazing. Then again, it could be not.

Let's wait and see.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE There are many ways to re-inforce cardboard - simpelest is Brown parcel tape. you can also cut and glue thin PVC panels( get from B&Q etc). Brilliant that Nintendo are giving us free plans! I will be making my Piano from PVc or thin Plywood and painting it black to look like my Korg Ms20

I thought they'd just switch over the currency symbols like they do a lot of times. Thankful they didn't this time.

Luckily it’s RRP in the UK, so retailers arent obliged to be steadfast on pricing and can sell it for whatever they want. More than happy to pay £60 for the variety kit though, but if it dropped any lower I’m certainly not going to complain!

Just think of the potential endorsements, if this gets off the ground, everyone will want their brand of Labo interactive toys on the Switch. Very smart business wise.

It's overpriced when you consider that our currency has crashed #BlameBREXIT. But $70 is about £50, so it's actually cheaper to buy it from the US than in the UK as the Switch is region agnostic.

Definitely getting these. I must be a kid at heart because I think these look fun as heck.

@cfgk24 You must have missed my other comment, Nintendo aren't giving free plans for the Labo designs.

@jsty3105 my thoughts too.

I hope they sell the game separately. It will stop anyone complaining about the price, and they can literally make their own.

But most probably won’t even do that.

Sorry long post!

@AlternateButtons I said might, as in there is a chance. I'm not assuming for a fact they will have little content, I am using the context clues (that currently are available) to see that more than likely the content isn't going to warrant the price tag. I guarantee you there will be less content in these two labo games combined than there is in Mario Odyssey, which each game has the same price tag is Mario. Now I admit that comparing them to Mario isn't fair at all, but still.

Nintendo is essentially charging for the game cart and creativity. Which, to be honest, the creativity part of it I could swallow the price if I had a kid. I just can't justify buying this for myself at the price point on creativity alone.

Plus, lets think about this, if the first variety pack is 69.99 US, then more than likely the next variety pack will be 69.99. That hurts just thinking about it.

I'm hoping the prove me wrong and in variety pack 2 the just give you a the cardboard sheets with a "dlc" code to add to your labo file. Charge 20 bucks a pop so you don't have to keep putting them on game carts.

Don't get me wrong. I love the idea and applaud nintendo for it. The price just scares me and I hope it doesn't fail because of it. And as I think about it, the large amount of the content is going to have to come from the ones like the piano and the bug. Piano because it could be an instrument ;D in getting kids to pick up actual piano and the bug because there are so many games you can come up with on your own. Like sumo that was used to show to the press or racing.

TL;DR - I'm not assuming, I'm using the context of the current information we have and will reevaluate once we have more information on whether it is worth its price tag. Also, I applaud Nintendo for this genius idea.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE they’ll be freely available online the second the packs are released (alongside “improved” custom patterns that are compatible) whether Nintendo wants them to be or not.

Whether you’d want to make the projects using cardboard you have knocking around at home (versus a slightly tougher grade) is a different question but it’s the software that’s the key component here.

I feel sorry for the sucker kid who ends up getting one of these rather than a great 1st party title like Kirby or Yoshi

Buy patterns - metal mold - durability+ perk acquired.

I'm planning to get the Variety pack first, the Robot pack I might try later. As funny as this sound gimmick is the reason I want to continue support for Nintendo just like all the other craps I bought of their past like the NES zapper, ROB the robot, the SuperScope, the Virtual Boy, the SNES mouse, the Game Boy Printer, the Wii, and the DS guitar. Even though the idea may not last, at least it would make the moment fun for that one special kid.

Yeeoouch

@AWeirdGlacier You seem to be arguing against yourself here a little. Yes you got Super Mario Odyssey on Amazon for £40, the reason for this is because game prices drop very quickly and because Amazon often sells games cheap day one anyway. The RRP was still £49.99. In the same way, these will easily be available for 50-60 very soon, probably even day one. Within a few weeks it will be even cheaper than that (unless they're a massive smash hit obviously). And you aren't paying £70 for a game and "a cardboard robot", you're paying it for the years of design work and cumulative experience that would go into this. You couldn't get this cheaper anywhere because nobody else is currently capable of doing it. Once other people start copying it, it will get cheaper, that's just how markets work.

This is a product to be compared to Lego sets and other such child-oriented creativity toys. Comparing it to video games makes not the slightest bit of sense. And in the world of such toys, this is actually incredibly cheap.

Yeowch, them prices.

... I think XC2 CE is actually cheaper than that, and it won't fall apart after 15 minutes.

I think I'd rather buy an arduino kit or a transformer... Actually, I think I saw someone selling the huge TR Fortress Maximus for the same price.

Cya
Raziel-chan

Well, I paid £60 for FIFA so I can't really complain about £60 for cardboard.

Am I the only one who thinks the prices are great? Remember, all other toys to life games, like Lego Dimensions or Skylanders all started at around £90-£100.
If you think its overpriced because its just cardboard, I feel sorry for your lack of vision and general stupidity. The actual designs and the working parts inside once made, is more than worth the price of entry.

It will get my son into creation and basic engineering. And considering he wants to make games when he's older this will really help. Totally worth the price in my opinion.

I'm willing to pay it for Kit 1. But Kit 2 seems pricey, and it'd get used less.

Gonna get a couple of sets to keep mint in box probably. I don’t think it’ll take off. But then I had similar concerns about the Switch in general. It’s such a unique idea it might really work.

i am obviously doing the wrong job, i could be making cardboard cutout models and selling them to people. So many people with disposable income

@AWeirdGlacier But Mario Odyssey's RRP is still £49.99.You got it from Amazon for £40 just like you will be able to pick up Labo from Amazon for around £50 for the variety pack and £60 for the robot pack,a tenner cheaper than the RRP. So it's around £10 for the variety pack cardboard and £20 for the robots, which obviously has much more to it.

you get a cheap software (no way more expensive than £10-15) and cardboard for maybe £2-3 ....so those £60 and £70 kits is overpriced as ******* ...shame on you Nintendo

@AlternateButtons "See this is your problem. This kit isn't geared for us. This is for parents and kids."

Here is the thing, it "technically" is geared to me since I'm a kid at heart. Which they said on their social media it was geared to kids and kids at heart. Also you said the same thing as I did, since it is geared toward kids and I said it would be different if I had one. But yeah, I agree with you on who it is geared too, we're just looking at it from different angles I guess. My problem is the price point, parents look away from the price to give their kids a gift at times. They still don't think the product itself is necessarily worth the price, but their kid is worth "showing love". Yeah, it does follow the high price of other toys of today, but what are those made of? Usually something more durable worth the price(I see this as a week argument on my end though).

Really my problem is, is the content going to be good and/or is there going to be enough of it to pay the asking price. It is Nintendo, so more than likely the content will be good but I still don't know about the amount of content. They need to show more.

Ultimately I wish they would have packed in a download code instead of putting the game on a cart. That alone I would make me willing to pay 30/40 (variety/robot)for the games.

And honestly I'm kind of being devils advocate here. I agree with 100% on your points. I just can see it 100% the other way too.

My mind is all over the place so I'm rambling. Sorry if my comments aren't very cohesive.

@BlackenedHalo I argree with your sentiments but you need to edit out that bad language before the mods see it.

Capitalism ho!

@Razer Well duh. This is a video game forum. Every person here has at least enough disposable income to afford the complete non-necessity that is video games. And the consoles and TVs needed to run them on.

You seem to be arguing that 'cardboard' amounts to a frivolous purchase, but prodding bits of plastic to input commands into virtual world is a noble use of time and money. Which is absurd. They're both frivolous. And if people enjoy them, they're both valuable.

@AWeirdGlacier You bought Odyssey for well under RRP on Amazon. What's to say you won't one day buy one of these kits for well under RRP on Amazon?

In taking a discounted product and subtracting its price from another product at full RRP, you're coming up with an artificially large number. You're not comparing like with like.

@Maxz yea the only difference is that i can make the cardboard one in 1 - 2 hours.

The other one takes 1 - 2 years depending on what it is you are creating, this would be a good point, if the quality of the item you are attempting to defend wasn't so low.

I can justify spending this much on video games because i cannot make them in 1 to 2 hours, but i cannot justify spending that much on something i can make with cardboard and a small tool kit in my lunch break.

I think that its a fun idea (not for me) but for the younger audience. Its a fun way to attract them and the parents also to convince them to buy a switch for their kid lol. So yeah the switch is a goldmine.

@BlackenedHalo Mind your language...

I think that this is way over priced. My parents bought me a new Android 6.0 tablet for about $50 US and this is saying that the Nintendo Labo is ten dollars more. I would much rather get Mario Kart 8 deluxe instead of the Nintendo Labo when I finally get a Switch. (MK8D is $60 US)

About what I expected after the US price reveal. Not terrible, but not a price that would get me to consider giving it a go.

@Razer But it's not just cardboard. It's software. It's games that come with cardboard. It's cardboard that comes with games. Sometimes cardboard is there to serve the games, sometimes the other way around. But rest assured, the games did not take 1-2 hours to create.

You seem to be under the impression that you've 'completed' the Labo sets as soon as you've assembled them, when this is really just the beginning. What you've assembled is the controller.

You're missing the entire point about what the Labo sets are, assuming them to be little more than construction sets, rather than interactive toys for which construction is the first step.

Some people have no soul.

Buying recyclable card board. I bet the profit and mark up price for the retailer is huge. This is the sort of thing you used to get on the back of cereal packets. Cut it out and tuck it together?

Ideal for those who have more money than sense 🙄

These will sell out at that price point. For those not in the target market, it sounds like a rip-off (although I’m not sure why so many seem to be angry about Labo and are taking it as a personal insult from Nintendo???). For those with kids, this is a dream product - I can’t wait to build thus stuff with my daughter, but I’ll have to as she’s only two!

Not for moi.

It is overpriced as a full-fledged retail game is normally £40-50 and cardboard is basically free. However at least Nintendo are not following Apple in giving like for life £ and $ prices!? Having said that I think it will sell and make Nintendo loads of money.

My kids will go bananas over this due to excitement however I will bet all my rupees that they will also destroy it trying to make it! What a drama it’s going to me then they break it, making it! What then Nintendo?

Is anyone else worried that this is very gimmicky this early on in the Switch life cycle? At the moment the Switch is riding high on essentially a 'cool' factor as a games machine with a very usp: console gaming on the go. This line of marketing is I think where the Wii fell down, with a move away from core gaming and the reason the Switch is proving to be so successful. The marketing of the Switch so far has been aimed at adults, whereas this (and although not directly shown) is aimed solely at the kids audience. Also no parent is going to buy a Switch solely so their child can play with this, then it becomes a £350 piece of cardboard! It is worrying that this may become the angle they start promoting, because if this is the case then it is the end of it being taken as a serious console.

@Colonel1000
Why worried about LABO so much ?
LABO is unique, out of the box idea despite a bit gimmick.
But gimmick is not always bad, right ?
Peoples should learn how to accept unusual things no mater how hard to accept them.
Just take a time for you to understand that something unusual or Underestimate can kick butt when the time is coming.
For me, i always fond with Nintendo crazy ideas, except when Nintendo did very Wrong with Amiibo for Mario Party 10 Wii U, Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer & Amiibo Festival.
I believe Tatsumi Kimishima asas Nintendo CEO will Not ruin the success of Switch right now.
He's a business man with secret tricks under his sleeves.

@Iggy-Koopa
Don't worry, i still have a soul.
See ?

@Marshi
I do agree with your thinking about LABO price.
$ 70 For Kit 1 = Carboxes ( maybe between 6 - 10 models) + 1 software + instruction.

I was considering to get it day one bec... Marketing works! But seeing those prices made me think that I'm gonna pass. Better leave it for lucky rich kids with hip parents!

I'm a 36 year old veteran gamer with a 6 year old son and I think I am the market Nintendo are aiming at. I can't wait to get my hands on these and get creative with my boy! Hopefully will be an introduction to coding and 'hacking' (in the physical sense).

@zool Do you remember the cutouts of animals on Kellogg's cereals like their Cornflakes from back in the 80's? I remember so many of them still, and they were free.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Ah! yes - I did miss your other comment.
It will actually be very easy to copy the plans form your physical copy so I'm sure they will become available on the internet.
We will see some fantastic Custom creations made from various materials and I look forward to seeing what else is in development for the Labo and the Joycon applications soon! Exciting!

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Maybe your translation was incorrect?
"IGN France confirmed that Labo Kits won’t actually be required to play Labo games, the cartridge or download will be all that you need. Cardboard design patterns for the various games will freely be provided online, meaning that you can replace or build parts with just about any material, provided you’re crafty enough. Here’s what was said by Nintendo:" ------
"Note that the kits will not be mandatory - although the cartridge is needed - since Nintendo plans to offer the cardboard design pattern for free for aspiring builders"

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I do. Lion, Tiger, Elephant. I'm sure there was more but I can't recall. Those were the days. 😀

i feel like free online templates would have been more consumer friendly.

Both the Kit 1 and Customisation are listed as 'best sellers' on Amazon already. Robot pre-orders are lower. Good thing about Amazon is that any price drops get passed on, I pre-ordered Mario and ending up paying £36.99 - a bit lower than GAME's price yesterday at £52.99!!

As for people whining about the price or content, no-one is holding a gun to your head forcing you to buy it. Life would be very boring if we all liked the same things.

That's annoying as $70 is about £50, so we're paying £10 more for the variety pack than the US is.