Munkeh111 said:
Kasz216 said:
Willem said:
"I'm not even sure it's a good indicator of what's selling on amazon"
Well, it's a nice indication of trends. If a console is a top-selling item for a longer time ( while competitive consoles are not out of stock of course) , you can expect to see US sales-numbers following the same trend.
For example, the difference between xbox360 and ps3 sales is a lot smaller now, you could see something like that coming a week ago at amazon. |
Actually no you can't. Your knew, so i'll cut you a break, but if you look back Amazon's top sellers have had absolutly no bearing whatsoever on US sales as a whole. There have been plenty of times PS3's and 360's have risen to the tops of the Amazon charts and it's had absolutley no effect at all on the US numbers total. Hence why no one thinks Amazon is a good indicator of anything. Often times it actually trended AGAINST what amazon was showing. |
Much of the time the PS3 is above the 360 on amazon, the sales have not really been reflecting that |
Yeah. That's what i meant, many times PS3 would shoot above 360, and people would expect the PS3 to be ahead, but often times in the past it wouldn't be, and it's total number sold wouldn't be effected at all. Amazon isn't a good sample of the market as a whole. No game online retailer is an even close to reliable source as they all represent a very niche small part of a buying audience, and each site represents a different niche audience in some cases.
