UK Charts: Nintendo Labo VR Fails To Enter Top 40, Yoshi Slips Down To Fifth Place

This is a pretty good effort from Yoshi and I hadn't quite realised that Mario deluxe was still in the top ten.

The legs on Mario Kart 8 deluxe though. Seriously impressive performance.

It's unfortunate, but it might simply be that the RRP of £69.99 is too much for some. I managed to pick it up a good £12 cheaper than that at the Game Collection, but even then it's still quite a bit to part with. Hopefully those who did pick it up are having fun ^_^
EDIT: Crumbs, I forgot about the cheaper, entry level VR kit...

I bought Yoshi on release day and am still enjoying the heck out of that. Money is a little tight at the moment, otherwise I probably would have bought the basic VR kit.

@Damo True! Friday release wasn't it? So, potentially, the sale figures might improve over the course of this week.

MK8D is still doing really really good in the UK. I mean really. It's been sold out at my local game shop for 3 months now.

No one gives a rats ass about Labo VR. The fact that it launched later in the week doesn’t matter.

@sikthvash Which also makes this pack count as two products: the full package and entry kit. In other words, it could end being spot 22 and 23, but if you would combine their sales, they could have been in the top 20.

It’s a weird time of year to launch something like this, I feel like it would get more traction as a Xmas release. Perfect for a grandparent to buy as it has the building element.

A toy VR? No thanks.

If LABO VR was a traditional headset, plastic, cool looking, padding,....it would be on the list. But to reshape a milk carton, not so much. Amazing how MK8 is still rockin', well it is one of the best games ever created! Zelda is still there as well. crazy stuff.

If this is indicative of the future sales of Labo VR, I really hope it doesn't put Nintendo off developing a more meaty VR offering. It's an exciting field, currently hamstrung by a lack of good ideas. If anyone can make VR accessible and fun it will be Nintendo.

I really feel like they could use Mario Kart’s popularity as a selling point on VR. If they patched it to work with both VR and the Labo steering wheel, that could make for a fun control style. The main issue would be figuring out how to keep the VR on while having your hands on the wheel.

@iMarkU very true! I haven't seen much in the way of in store or TV advertising, but hopefully it will filter through into the top 40 this week.

Been selling out all over the US, even at online retailers like Amazon and BestBuy.

Shows the stark contrast between the US and UK

Labo VR needs some content, maybe launching it together with the Zelda update might have been a better idea? It might have needed some beefy original content as well to really make a dent though ...

I cannot find either Labo VR kit in-store anywhere near me (upstate NY) nor is it available at any online retailer at the moment. I don’t know if it’s a stock issue or what, but I am interested, so much so that I had it preordered, but had to cancel because of car trouble. Turns out I jumped the gun because my car is fine, but now I have to wait for stock.

I picked it up but it sold out every where in uk.

Amazon sold out
Argos sold out
I had to pick mine up from GAME which they only had 1

My phone also fits in the goggles

@Damo

Not really as most of Nintendo's games launch on Fridays so Labo VR should not get a let off for that.

I just don't think Labo VR was stocked very highly based on Amazon UK running out briefly which I admit is not that much proof. Labo is a pretty niche product so I wouldn't be too concerned by its first week sales. I think Nintendo sees it as something meant to sell steadily over its lifespan. Overall Nintendo can probably consider Labo to be a nice experiment that has sold decent numbers for what it is and probably made them a bit of money.

I got the Labo VR starter kit and it is cool but I imagine I will use it a couple of times and then it will be consigned to the closet never to be used again. At least it only set me back 35 notes.

And as always, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is a beast

@Dr_Shellshock as much as I want that to happen (Labo VR in MK8DX) the nausea would literally hit the ceiling. Labo VR is designed for fixed view point stereoscopic VR i.e. not the real thing. I’ve got the full Labo VR kit and it’s fun for bursts 15-20 mins. Then it’s take a break time. I don’t regret buying it as the making is fun and some of the games are a lot of fun (in short bursts). My daughter loves the camera and bird games so far. We haven’t made the blaster yet. My personal highlight is the marble run construction games. I hope they implement online sharing in a future update.

Have to say I’m surprised as I’ve noticed a LOT on my friends list playing it! Heard only good things about it. Success or not I applaud Nintendo for doing their thing!

Yeah, Labo does appear to be sold out everywhere. Which means that even if it didn't make the charts it still exceeded expectations.

My inner child thinks the building part is the best part with Labo.
Now we need to convert it to a working nerf gun.

We care about these figures WAY too much.

Nobody is surprised that LABO VR isn't going to outsell 'traditional' games. This article gives a very poorly presented, even unfair, negative impression. Sorry N.L., love ya, but this is a silly thing to report.

For what it is, and for those willing to try something different, I'm sure it'll be doing just fine. I plan to ignore articles like this and go enjoy a new experience.

I was going to rule it out as I ruled out the previous cardboard stuff, but after reading good reviews I ended up buying it yesterday. It's possible many people has done the same and the second week is the good one.

Just let Labo die, Nintendo. It's clear nobody cares.

I bought Labo VR and I love it.

But I guess it's a hard sell through a YouTube video to show what it actually is.

@RickD
It is easy to think that it hasn't sold enough so Nintendo will drop it, but what is the profit on it. And is it just paying for the R&D for any future goes at VR, you just don't know.

I'm not surprised at all. I love my Switch and most people would call me a pretty die hard Nintendo fan, but I did not expect Switch Labo VR to do well at all.

@JaxonH. Every Best Buy, Target, Gamestop & Walmart within 100 miles of me still have Labo VR in stock. 😂 There are easy ways to check B&M stock online. Also it's in stock on Best Buy, Game stop, Wal Mart & Targets websites. It's literally only sold out on Amazon. I live in a major US city btw. Where are you getting your reports of mass sellouts? 😏

It's a shame because the VR kit is awesome. Never had so much fun for a looooong time.

VR is sold out among the major resellers in Sweden.

VR isn't what I expected, I was hoping first person.

But I suspect people will get sick if they spin Mario all the time.

Later next week you will be able to play the entire Zelda Breath of the Wild game in VR. The basic Kit will be sold out next weekend.

It won't be long before 3rd party VR headsets for Switch start selling. Using LABO VR to play Zelda is just laborious, the hands will get tired after a few hours holding it. I bet MK8 will get VR support in the future after the New Switch came out (with higher resolution screen).

@NintenGuy
I dont know about the UK or US supplies but here in Canada my local stores both only had 3 kits for sale in total, so theres no way it could chart.

In the USA it appears to be sold out everywhere so the UK just does not have the same affinity.

@Yasume When it comes to weekly sales figures a product that's been on sale all week has an advantage over something that's only been on sale for a day.
Not caring about something doesn't make maths stops working.

@Sabroni Almost every Nintendo game comes out on a Friday and they hit the charts every time. It’s suddenly an excuse because Labo VR didn’t make it? Lmao

My kids and I were close to getting the $40 kit to mess around w/ Labo Garage but Dreams early access releases in a couple of hours so we decided to get that instead before Mm sells that out. And I just picked up the Labo vehicle kit and I still haven't even opened up the box.

Not surprised. My local Game didn’t stock it. Not that I would buy it as it’s aimed at the kiddies end of the switch market.

I am waiting on seeing if there really is going to be a Switch Pro release and if there is then I can see a host of third party manufacturers making a VR headset for Switch that isn’t made from cardboard and aimed at the more mature gamer.
And some developers making some less kiddie VR games (Zelda and Mario VR Updates not included in my reference to kiddie focused VR games - ie the ones that come with Labo kit)

@Sandro89 Speak for yourself - not for the rest of us. You say nobody cares - I do, and lots of people reading this do.

Also if my efforts to get one on Amazon Prime are anything to go by - it's selling out a lot and we haven't really seen the true numbers yet.

@napabar
In the UK, Nintendo games pretty much always release on a Friday. The article doesn't mention it because then it would have to mention it every week, which would be weird. When all of Nintendo's big recent releases have been getting to number 1, it wouldn't really be necessary to add "and it came out on a Friday!" every time. It's kind of a given.

Just goes to show......

@The_Keywork
Having an opposing opinion doesn't make it bait.

@shaneoh

Keep telling yourself that.

@Laxeybobby
Low quality bait

On the weekend, I made a ‘simple’ little thing in vr garage. You move a character to an apple, then the apple explodes while the character disappears and a crowd boos. Then it resets. I had my coworker try it this morning and she thought it was awesome.

It may not be for everyone, but I’m glad the cynicism shown by some here isn’t widespread. Just because it doesn’t put a simple smile on one person’s face doesn’t mean others can’t (or shouldn’t) enjoy it. Instead of trashing something you don’t like, play something you enjoy.

Old Flangelina spent more time putting the Labo Robot kit together than actually playing it !

It’s a flop Nintendo, move on dears.

I’m still campaigning for the Switch release of Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival and won’t rest until this AAA game becomes a reality.

@Sandro89 Um no. And this is the UK market we are talking about. Which is not big at all for Nintendo unlike the US and Japan. Why the selfish attitude? Kids are out there enjoying Labo, just move to something you care about and let this be.

Hardly surprising for Labo VR to not make it.
See any other VR games in that list?

Didn't think so.
MEANWHILE, however, the Labo VR is COMEPLTELY out of stock, both on Nintendo's own store and everywhere else on the internet (unless you want to pay a 100% markup to scalpers over at Amazon), and gets nothing but five-star reviews on Amazon. So it can't be all bad.

@Flangela
Things aren't flops for not selling gangbusters, and they aren't bad for not keeping people outside the target audience entertained.

I will just repeat this without a sarcasm wrapper:

NINTENDO LABO VR KIT IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT EVERYWHERE ONLINE.

IT IS NOT A FLOP.

@Pod agreed but if I were Nintendo I’d be disappointed with those sales. Missing the top 40 is pretty grim.

@Flangela
Thing is:
The kit is COMPLETELY SOLD OUT. They could not possibly sell anymore of them. Unless they had expected to do so, and had manufactured more.

So I'm pretty sure they are extremely satisfied with the numbers.

Came expecting to see Labo hate from people it's not even targeted at, wasn't disappointed.

Well Nintendo had a good run but nothing lasts forever. Goodbye old friend. It’s the employees I feel sorry for. #RIPNintendo

This is really misleading. In individual format the kits were 34th and 36th. On Nintendo Everything someone has commented saying combined they’d be 16th in individual format. That would definitely be in the top 40 in All format. Poor reporting me thinks. Add in the fact that’s it’s sold out at a lot of places I think it has done really well considering.

Wait, people rather play games than with a re-branded Google Cardboard? - Shocking!

"Came out late in the week"
This includes any and all preorders... sound like the "wait for the holidays and it will pick up" excuse from last year 🙄

"Sold out in at at best buy and amazon in the US"
It never got into the top 10 before it "sold out" on Amazon. Probably the pre-orders were soft and cut down on shipments.

Last thing they want is another $39.99 LABO clearance sale all over the US like GameStop/Amazon did with the other Kits.

Only place this will get a little traction will be Japan. Just like every other LABO. Just Make GAMES!

@NintenGuy
Its sold out on Amazon, sold out on BestBuy, and I've read multiple articles about it selling out.

I'm sure you can always find some local stock within a radius. Doesnt mean every store in the entire nation is oos.

Labo VR and Labo VR Starter Kit are apparently tracked as separate SKUs, which obviously places a huge damper on where it will land on the sales charts.

Had both SKUs been combined, it would have ranked at #16.

VR as a whole is very niche..so this should not come as a massive surprise to anyone.

@Agramonte
Dude. It's sold out everywhere else as well.
It is quite successful.

If that bothers you, it is okay. I myself am bothered by an irrationally long list of miniscule non-issues.

I’m sorry to hear that.
I got my Labo VR and I love it!
Making the kit with my non-gamer wife is a blast, and the magic of VR is solidly intact!

@Pod,

Or it's sold out because Nintendo were very conservative with it's production,considering the less than stellar Labo sales thus far.

@Agramonte
That may be, but it's still a far cry from "failed miserably".

And btw, if people are buying and enjoying the game, the most selfish thing in the world you could do is repeatedly say it's not your style, demanding it not even exist. I didnt buy LABO originally cause the content wasn't there, but I was glad others enjoyed it. I DID buy this since it has more meat on it and I'm having a blast, brought the blaster to work today and we're all going at it in the back office. Yet you selfishly proclaim it shouldn't exist? They should "just make games?" How self centered can people be nowadays...

It is a game. I've been playing it quite a bit, and loving it. The blaster rivals some of the best VR experiences I've had in my Rift or PSVR. You dont have to like it or buy it, and I'm not here to convince you of anything, but back off with the "anything I dont personally approve of shouldn't exist" crap. The world doesnt center around you. Clearly people are enjoying it, and clearly it's not stopping them from making "other games" as their output is as high as it was before LABO. But even if it did, that's just too bad, because they wanted to make it and people are enjoying it.

@johnvboy
We have absolutely no idea how many they made, though.
They opened preorders from their own online store a month early, and they're sold out as well.

So however many they made outside of the preorders, and the units shipped directly to stores, they sold them all. How could that possibly be the sign of something unsuccessful?

@Pod If something "sells out" but does not rank high - the numbers can not be that high. Just means low original shipments.

And the Labo KIt is "Temporarily out of stock" at Amazon, but it still lets you buy it. So it should still be registering sales on the list and obvious Amazon can get more easily - as they still taking orders.

@Pod,

I think it will do o.k,but Nintendo will be very conservative when it comes to pruduction of any Labo kit.

@johnvboy
I am unsure what the word conservative means to you. The original variety kit has sold over two million, and the VR kit looks to be much more successful already.

@JaxonH And good for you... now spend more resources on getting Metroid out the door. On making a Direct with more FE news. For the rest of us.

Seeing how this shows Tons of Nintendo fans rather play Yoshi than much around with Cardboard and something 2 steps away from a $5 mobile game... I am far from alone on being "self centered".

@Agramonte
Naturally they will get more shipments soon. Anything else would ALSO upset people and ALSO be painted as a failure/flop/insult/disgrace.

We can't even trust these rankings in regards to LABO in the first place. For all we know, Nintendo might not even be officially listing them as software releases, or stores might not tally them as such.

For sure, Nintendo seems to have made very little effort in regards to securing reviews from the "regular" gaming press, seemingly not giving a toss what these people will think of the product.

@Pod,

I think Nintendo were expecting a lot more to be honest,but back onto the VR subject,it's still a pretty niche market imo.

@johnvboy
You can think that, but you don't know any numbers at all.
You are however free to provide your estimates of what they have manufactured, sold, and initially projected to sell.

@Pod The $39 is still available at Amazon.

Amazon never stop taking orders from the KIT for delivery this week. So it means the distributer has plenty to meet demand. Amazon is just stocking as needed.

And LABO is ranked by NPD as a "videogame" in the US since day 1. That # comes from retailers - so it is considered a videogame at retail.

@Agramonte
Almost every game made has an audience. Some of 100k, some of 500k, some 1m, some millions and millions.

But I'm seriously loving the Blaster VR (not just parroting I love it, but I actually love this thing even as a PSVR/Rift owner).

And what I'm hearing is, "I wanna take this game away from you, dont want you to enjoy something you really like". They can put whatever effort they want into whatever games they want. The VR team isn't going to pitch in with Retro Studios to make Metroid, as much as I know you actually believe that. And even if they would... too bad. Creators should make what they want to make. Bioware is a perfect example of what happens when you force a team to make something they dont have a passion for.

So just sit back, relax and go with the flow. If it ain't for you, move along and let the people who love it enjoy their games

I'm still interested in Labo VR but not planning on buying it for a while. Would like to get the full kit but would need to make space for where to put it.

@SockJones You might want to check Amazon and Best Buy because they have been in stock since launch.

@Agramonte Wait a sec, you said you want Nintendo to do a Direct on Fire Emblem "for the rest of us", who exactly is us? I have no interest in Fire Emblem. At least not as far as I know. Maybe I do. Thanks.

You heard it here first gang, Fire Emblem will sell at least 30 million units. So will Metroid by the looks of things!

Been selling out all over here in the U.S. I miiiiiiiiight buy it eventually but I honestly don't wanna spend the time building it if the experience is so shortlived, like what happened to me with the couple Variety Kit things I made.

@iamDTS I hate I'm defending this but...the VR Kit has been out of stock on BestBuy and gone locally. Right now, they have the $40 set in stock but the BIG VR set is sold out. I think this weekend it was the reverse online.

@JaxonH No, what you hearing is the result of An unpopular concept they thought they could fix by riding VR and a tie in with top IP. After 2 releases that ended with a 50% fire sale in the US.

Do what Ubisoft did, and let it go. Gave up after Tried to ride the Switch and StarFox tie-in to save yet another failed concept in gaming. Most here also saw that gamers not buying expensive plastic based games either.

Yes, Time to relax sit back and move on.

Also, both the LABO are back in stock on Amazon. Guess what is the #1 top selling game. SMASH.

@WiltonRoots Well "the rest of us" will be the Nintendo fans who do not care about cardboard. Obvious, it is a pretty large number.

You can make your own post and claim "Us" as something else. I'll believe they exist 😉

@Agramonte
1 The original releases have absolutely nothing to do with this. We are not talking about the original releases. The original releases were their own thing and is a completely separate discussion.

2 you don’t know how well this thing has sold. But one thing I can promise you, is there are plenty of games that will have sold less and yet are masterpiece games that many people enjoy. So if you’re trying to imply there’s a “magical threshold” something has to sell above in order to validate itself as a viable product in the market that deserves to exist, you’re absolutely full of horse****

3 They can’t “let something go” they haven’t even started yet. It’s one effing release dude. When they’ve been pumping out three dozen VR games over the course of 2 to 3 years then you come talk to me about “letting go”. PSVR has been dangling along for years without impacting their normal games and it’s not hurting anyone and people are enjoying it. Here, we don’t even have a dedicated platform, just ONE ******* VR GAME for people to enjoy as a novel side experience.

4 Smash is always #1. If you’re implying the game has to be #1 on Amazon (or top Smash) in order to validate its existence you are yet again full of horse****. It’s a monumentally epic fail of an argument

You know dude, you try to come off like a reasonable person but you have some of the most absolutely ludicrous and unreasonable opinions I’ve read on the Internet... Animal Crossing might not appeal to Agramonte, doesn’t mean they shouldn’t make the game. Niche Japanese visual novels might not appeal to Agramonte, doesn’t mean they shouldn’t make the game. All kinds of crazy games out there that might not appeal to Agramonte, doesn’t mean they shouldn’t make the game. All games have their audience and I am so glad they made this awesome game for me to experience. I am so glad they don’t just make games that pass the narrowly defined “Agramonte is personally interested” category.

@The_Keywork
I don't need to, I'm not so intellectually deficient that I need a reminder that people can have differing opinions.

@iamDTS I’m not making things up. I have checked, Best Buy just now only has the starter kit and Amazon is still out of stock. I’m not insinuating it’s some portent of astronomical sales or something, just an observation.

Something is up; this does not sound right to me. Well, unless the previous Labo Kits had even lower debuts. I expect Labo VR to be the biggest seller of all the Labos by far to be honest.

@shaneoh

No need to lie to yourself.

@Damo OK, this makes more sense. Would maybe be a good idea to include that in the actual article.

Edit: Everyone is saying all Nintendo games release late in the week so I guess this makes no difference. But whatever the case, I'm still betting that Labo VR is going to be a pretty big success. It could just be the charts don't make much sense in this case because it's not game but a full peripheral, or something like that.

Doesn’t help that some places here in the US didn’t even receive any. I can imagine it might be like that elsewhere. So, question, do you have to make all the cardboard contraptions to enjoy the games? Or can you just make you a set of goggles and play different stuff?

@VR32X There's a bunch of the games and stuff you can play with just the VR goggles. And I presume you can make whatever you want using the Garage VR mode and play that on the VR goggles only too. Also, almost every single game can be played with VR mode turned off anyway, so I presume you can just play them kinda a normal, with or without the VR goggle part.

@impurekind Interesting. Thanks!

@The_Keywork
Ah, I see, you're the one laying down bait, or your ability to formulate an argument or any sort of comeback is at the level of an infant. I'm leaning towards the latter. Good job buddy, have a sticker.

@shaneoh

Thanks, I like stickers. Is it a gold star?

@The_Keywork
It's a brown something.

In terms of debut sales for Labo, it seems like things went like this:

Variety Kit >>> VR Kit > Robot Kit >>> Vehicle Kit.

Mario Odyssey and Zelda Breath of the Wild support comes in 2 weeks, with more support for other games (Mario Kart 8 DX is almost certainly among the next candidates) coming in the future, so we'll see how things pan out in terms of legs.

If Nintendolife and other Nintendo focused sites had full reviews of this kit, then Sales would have been higher. Most have previews but not full reviews.

Still, I don't think Nintendo hopes to make big money on Labo. If anything, it might be a money losing venture, sure $80 cardboard is expensive but the accompanying software is polished and cost a lot to develop. Not to mention, those updates to old games like Mario and Zelda where they get nothing for the update development cost.

This is more like one of those side-projects from Google, where Nintendo just want to play around, have fun. Not just for themselves but for all the gamers in us.

I got the Aussie version (I live in Asia), since Amazon don't have it in stock. Initial impression is good. Still getting acquainted with it and just built the VR box. Bird, next...

@shaneoh

Even better. Brown something stickers are hard to come by.

@JaxonH

No, this is just LABO. Nothing wrong with VR. This is just the market reacting to The LABO/Switch implementation of VR.

Yes and tons of people enjoyed StarLink and Garage Band. And sure publishers could have kept it going regardless. But still would not change anything - everything pointed that Most did not care. So they let it go.

Nop, I am implying that you do not need to make 3 paragraphs of excuses for things when they are doing well at retail. Just another "meh" LABO release on Switch. Nintendo could have killed this at Christmas and it would have not mattered to most. Well, Maybe in Japan.

@Agramonte
Look, I’m not here to defend LABO as a whole, although I have nothing against it either. But LABO VR is legit. And what I’m saying is, if I am enjoying the game and many others are enjoying the game, who are you to speak against that? You have the right to go play whatever you enjoy, but it’s a live and let live attitude. Let other people enjoy what they like. If it’s not for you that’s fine. Nobody is going to force it on you. But it’s offensive when you tell people the games they are enjoying shouldn’t exist because you personally dont find it appealing.

The vast majority of people who have tried it have reacted positively in the same way I have, saying “wow, even as someone who has high dollar VR sets this is pretty cool“. I don’t expect it to change the world and I don’t even expect it to become a staple moving forward. It’s just a cool release for people to enjoy. So let people enjoy it. Plenty of other games are being made to suit different tastes. Variety is the spice of life. This game is just what the doctor ordered- pure in-and-out VR shooting fun with tactile feedback that even tops the PS Aim Farpoint experience in terms of fun.

I’m not making excuses for anything because nothing needs excusing. I’m simply telling you that bashing on something for not setting sales charts on fire in one region, like a shark when it sees blood in the water, is incredibly disingenuous. Sales have very little correlation with entertainment value and quality of fun, hence why some of the greatest video games I’ve ever played (Lost Odyssey, The Last Story, Pikmin 3) struggle to even break 1m sold, what are some of the most mediocre games of all time sell over 10 million copies. I shouldn’t even have to explain this as anyone honest with themselves will understand it already. So the point I’m making is, it’s a cheap trick to jump on a UK sales chart as an excuse to bash a game others enjoy. If there were technical issues or universal panning with reviews, there might be something legitimate to criticize (though even then a responsible person would reserve criticisms until actually playing it). When the majority of people trying it are loving it, and the quality is there, just leave it be. Can you ever just leave stuff be without talking crap...

@Agramonte

Sure, I see that the Starter Pack is in stock. At Best Buy, Amazon, and Nintendo's own store. None of them have the full set though, and you gotta admit that Amazon's "Out of stock, and we don't know when we'll get more, but we'll totally send it to you when we do!" doesn't seem all that inviting. Not to me at least.
And some less than stellar reviews have started trickling in as well.

Let's see though, if the Starter Packs won't still sell out as well, as apparently there's a full week until new shipments worldwide, and where I live, only the two expansion packs (which are useless on their own) are in stock at any online retailer.

I do stand corrected on the matter of the SKU registrating as video game. My initial thought was that Nintendo might register it as a different type of toy, to circumvent certain expectations entirely.

@Agramonte
"It is a copy of Google Cardboard with a Switch instead of a phone. Nothing wrong with VR. This is just the market reacting to The LABO/Switch implementation of VR."

It most certainy is not a copy of Google Cardboard, and you'd know if you'd spent even a few minutes with either.

And if "the market reacting" is the kits selling out world wide and lots of positive reviews coming from all sorts of unlikely outlets, then the market reaction seems to be pretty good.

@Agramonte You sure you don't care about cardboard? For someone who doesn't care about it you seem to have quite the vendetta against it? It's aimed at young children.

Coming next year: Labo Battle Royal Set.

@WiltonRoots Not sure -bout making the only VR solution on A $300 Switch "For Kids only"... The VR market is already tiny.

@Pod sure, 100% with you on your first comment.

I had a Google Cardboard, And at first glance they look similar to how the headset works. But sure, I would need a LVR to compare (edit).. Google always thought developers and the art community would run with it. Never happened. With all the extra packs and extension it is obvious NiN put a lot more work into this.

@Agramonte Sssshhhh be careful what you say about VR around here, the resident VR cult will beat you down with paragraphs upon paragraphs about how you're completely wrong, and you don't understand the implications of "real VR".

@Angelic_Lapras_King
Yeah, Google relied entirely on developers to figure out something for themselves that would be cool for stereoscopic use. And they weren't gambling on making money with Cardboard.
Nintendo's strategy is somewhat different.

We'll see with Google's whole Stadia thing, if they manage to make any meaningfuk investments regarding actual software.