Nintendo Labo Debuts at the Top of the Japanese Charts, God of War Debuts in 2nd - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 May 2018 / 3,660 ViewsNintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit (NS) has debuted at the top spot of the Japanese charts with sales of 90,410 units, according to Media Create for the week ending April 22. Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 02: Robot Kit (NS) debuted in third with sales of 28,629 units.
God of War (PS4) debuted in second with sales of 46,091 units.
The Switch was the best-selling platform with sales 34,165 units. The PS4 sold 13,447 units, the 3DS sold 7,472 units. The PlayStation Vita sold 2,892 units and Xbox One sold 116 units.
Here is the complete top 20 chart:
- [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit (Nintendo, 04/20/18) – 90,410 (New)
- [PS4] God of War (SIE, 04/20/18) – 46,091 (New)
- [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 02: Robot Kit (Nintendo, 04/20/18) – 28,629 (New)
- [NSW] Kirby: Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 17,381 (433,488)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 16,617 (2,248,923)
- [NSW] The Snack World: Trejarers Gold (Level-5, 04/12/18) – 15,847 (51,502)
- [PS4] Metal Max Xeno (Kadokawa Games, 04/19/18) – 15,044 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 11,393 (1,484,644)
- [PSV] Metal Max Xeno (Kadokawa Games, 04/19/18) – 8,355 (New)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,895 (961,427)
- [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 6,491 (1,697,522)
- [PS4] Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft, 03/29/18) – 6,280 (122,958)
- [PS4] Cities: Skylines PlayStation 4 Edition (Spike Chunsoft, 04/12/18) – 5,750 (17,116)
- [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Nintendo, 11/17/17) – 3,569 (1,618,478)
- [PS4] Death end re;Quest (Compile Heart, 04/12/18) – 3,348 (18,651)
- [NSW] Portal Knights (Spike Chunsoft, 04/19/18) – 3,226 (New)
- [NSW] Neo Atlas 1469 (Limited Edition Included) (Artdink, 04/19/18) – 3,176 (New)
- [PS4] Monster Hunter: World (Limited and Bundle Editions Included) (Capcom, 01/26/18) – 3,103 (2,006,158)
- [PS4] Rainbow Six Siege Advanced Edition (Ubisoft, 03/01/18) – 2,896 (41,872)
- [3DS] Detective Pikachu (The Pokemon Company, 03/23/18) – 2,817 (71,209)
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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K... Still not sold on Labo though. I see the cardboard just eventually becoming clutter and I've got plenty of clutter as it is thank you very much.
Quite a lot of meh.
Games like Brain Age, Nintendogs, Wii Sports & Wii Fit all debuted in the 50-250k range and had lifetime sales in the 2-4 million range. FW sales of Labo were never expected to be real big, it will be up to word of mount and holidays to make it a huge hit.
It's Japan. To be interested on buying a cardboard, you should be <8 years old or japanese, so no surprise.
If they released a "Labo Deluxe" using something like paper-coated balsa wood or something that could potentially be sturdier than the cardboard, I'd be so, so down
I'm so surprised that Japan chose an eclectic handheld thing over a full fledged home console title.
God of war outsold by Labo! Better game confirmed.
:O
A god defeated by paperboard.
Labo over GoW, surprising.
Wait, Neo Atlas 1469 actually got a retail release over there? Do we know if there's going to be one in the West?
I meeeeeean, sure, why not?
Labo isn't just cardboard. It's also video game software with an accessible and versatile creation suite that allows players to make their own custom constructions
Japan is a much more in-room social gaming scene; Labo will be played by parent & child, girlfriend & boyfriend. Still, Labo sold double GoW and that's very surprising. I'm guessing that Sony saw it as a Western-type game and didn't give it the marketing push?