ICStats said:
Kasz216 said:
Except for the fact that we have YEARS of data of this not being the case. For example, at one point in one december Gamecube was on Amazon's best seller list ahead of the Wii, 360 and PS3.
It of course did not chart on NPD.
And of course... We've got Amazons words themselves.
The Amazon Best Sellers calculation is based on Amazon.com sales and is updated hourly to reflect recent and historical sales of every item sold on Amazon.com.
"While the Amazon Best Sellers list is a good indicator of how well a product is selling overall, it doesn't always indicate how well an item is selling among other similar items."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=525376
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Remember how wrong it was about Blu-ray outselling HD-DVD?
Oh wait...
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Eh, I was thinking more about how it got the PS3 and 360 wrong a lot of the time in 09 and 10. Which is why it got marked as unreliable.
Something I actually didn't get a chance to look up until I saw how Ethomaz was getting different months best sellers lists. Was using just random games before because I couldn't figure it out. The links weren't showing the proper web addresses for me.
Examples, months where 360 won, but Amazon had PS3 ahead
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2009-11/videogames/ref=zg_bs_tab_t_bsar#1
