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binary solo on 22 February 2015
Roronaa_chan said:
See? I told you that those bundles affect the rankings of the bundled items. X1 controller and Wolfenstein shot up. Wolfenstein from 753 to 23 and controller from 26 to 8. And X1 ahead of PS4 for the first time in many weeks. That is one crazy bundle.

Yes well, you need to answer the question people have asked about your Bloodborne comment.

I did find it surprising that Xb one was still behind with that bundle, but all is right with the world now that Xb one is ahead. 

Of course in effect the difference between PS4 and Xb one is $50+1 game+1 controller. If it's an Amazon only bundle I wonder what their motivation is. Do they have too many Xb ones in stock? Too many controllers? If Amazon is wearing the cost of giving away a controller and Wolfenstein then that is a lot of revenue for Amazon to be writing off. Especially the controller. Controllers are normally a high margin product with probably a 25-50% retailer mark up. 



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OfficerRaichu15 on 22 February 2015
thismeintiel said:
Aura7541 said:

And hey! The X1 is finally over the PS4 in the hourlies. I guess it took another free game and a free controller get it over. Calculating the cumulative value of those 3 free games and 1 controller, I got ~$140 so you're basically getting an X1 for $210. I checked in other retailer and it looks like this is an Amazon-only deal.

On another note, why is the PS4 version of Final Fantasy Type-0 so far ahead of the X1 version? The PS4 SKU is #17, but the X1 version is #356... o.O

Damn, I'd say that those reports of overstocking over the holiday were true.  Amazon seems to have a lot of stock they are looking to get rid of if they are giving away that kind of bundle.

Its overtracked!



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Aura7541 on 22 February 2015
thismeintiel said:
Aura7541 said:

And hey! The X1 is finally over the PS4 in the hourlies. I guess it took another free game and a free controller get it over. Calculating the cumulative value of those 3 free games and 1 controller, I got ~$140 so you're basically getting an X1 for $210. I checked in other retailer and it looks like this is an Amazon-only deal.

On another note, why is the PS4 version of Final Fantasy Type-0 so far ahead of the X1 version? The PS4 SKU is #17, but the X1 version is #356... o.O

Damn, I'd say that those reports of overstocking over the holiday were true.  Amazon seems to have a lot of stock they are looking to get rid of if they are giving away that kind of bundle.

There are also a boatload of 3rd parties selling X1's, as well. Amazon, itself, is literally shoved to the 3rd page.



Angelv577 on 22 February 2015
thismeintiel said:
Aura7541 said:

And hey! The X1 is finally over the PS4 in the hourlies. I guess it took another free game and a free controller get it over. Calculating the cumulative value of those 3 free games and 1 controller, I got ~$140 so you're basically getting an X1 for $210. I checked in other retailer and it looks like this is an Amazon-only deal.

On another note, why is the PS4 version of Final Fantasy Type-0 so far ahead of the X1 version? The PS4 SKU is #17, but the X1 version is #356... o.O

Damn, I'd say that those reports of overstocking over the holiday were true.  Amazon seems to have a lot of stock they are looking to get rid of if they are giving away that kind of bundle.

This.  They are definitely trying to get rid of the excessive assassin's creed bundles, just adding more value to it would definitely speed up the process.



Protendo on 22 February 2015

Slick Deals, Fat Wallet, and more all posted the Xbox One deal, so free advertising!

I wonder how long it can stay ahead.

They also posted the PS4 + Last of US + PSTV for 399 deal at Best Buy.



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OfficerRaichu15 on 22 February 2015

kirby you need to have legs and get into npd's top ten for feb.
ok(I can dream can I)



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thismeintiel on 22 February 2015
Angelv577 said:
thismeintiel said:

Damn, I'd say that those reports of overstocking over the holiday were true.  Amazon seems to have a lot of stock they are looking to get rid of if they are giving away that kind of bundle.

This.  They are definitely trying to get rid of the excessive assassin's creed bundles, just adding more value to it would definitely speed up the process.

Yea, having a bundle with 2 free games (especially when they are 3rd party games) be the main SKU for 4 months straight shows some huge amount of units were shipped for that bundle.  It will probably remain the main SKU for another month or two, as well.

OfficerRaichu15 said:
thismeintiel said:

Damn, I'd say that those reports of overstocking over the holiday were true.  Amazon seems to have a lot of stock they are looking to get rid of if they are giving away that kind of bundle.

Its overtracked!

Lol, I don't know about it being overtracked.  But, it definitely points to my thread being correct that the many of those XB units that VGC showed on shelves were actual XBO units on shelves, not the 360 being greatly undertracked as some hoped.



 

XtremeHDGamerX on 22 February 2015

What a fail system the Xbox One is in term of value compared to the PS4.

LOL It took a extra game and a extra controller on top of the two games that already come with the Xbox One which is $50 cheaper to finally surpass the PS4 which is 50$ more expensive and comes with one game





riecsou on 22 February 2015

That is on nice deal on the Xbox One. The battle in the US is truly amazing. This deal almost looks like a black Friday deal.



thismeintiel on 22 February 2015
riecsou said:
That is on nice deal on the Xbox One. The battle in the US is truly amazing. This deal almost looks like a black Friday deal.

Lol, no almost about it.  That is a BF deal if I've ever seen one.