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SWORDF1SH on 11 June 2014
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fastyxx said:
SWORDF1SH said:


Is it or had it been on sale. Like I said in another thread.... actually I'll copy and paste.

"I think the only thing that can give false readings is when they put things on sale. Say if 100 people bought the game "Mega Awesome FPS",  and 200 people bought the game "Super Epic Adventure 2". Now if Amazon has 25% of all sales that would mean 25 bought MAFPS and 50 SEA2 from Amazon. But say if they sold MAFPS $10 lower than all other stores then the percentage of all sales would go up, lets say it went up to 55%. So they would of sold 55 games but since MAFPS is still sold the same price as everywhere else it still only sold 25%, 50 games.

So that would mean that even though SEA2 sold more in all stores in total, MAFPS would show higher on Amazon.

Having said that, if you comparing products being sold at RRP or with similar discounts, then it should be more of a fair comparison."

But we have no way of knowing whether the gap between say #4 and #25 is  adozen units?  50 units?  1,000 units?  10,000 units?  Are people ordering online representative of who is actually buying consoles at this moment?  Initial orders are more likely to get filled online, with bigger pre-order allotments, no driving around looking for units, etc.   But when the relatively affluent early adopters roll through, are the next wave more or less likely to buy online versus GameStop with trade-ins, for example.  (If I'm waiting for price drops and the like, am I more likely to need the extra $20 from trading in last gen games, for example? )

I'm just in the camp, that while I would think it IS indeed indicative of sales ocverall, the extent of it is unknown and silly to guess at.  Too many variables and factors.  


Take a look at the movers and shakers section, games, hardware etc can see massive boost from price cuts. If Thief was sold at an extremely good deal then it will see massive boosts. Also I agree with there being many varibles and factors, the example I gave is one that can affect the figures. But I stand by if the prices are RRP then there shouldn't be many major factors to sway the figures.

1 thing I will say though is that PS TV will not be in the top 100 for long because it's brand new to the charts and will dip back down as time goes. Destiny bundle will also dip for the same reason and will rise again before launch. Same goes for the $399 X1 but now the $399 X1 has launched it should be somewhere around it's peak before going back down and hold a steady position (of course before the holiday boost that will boost all consoles).