Amazon US January monthly bestsellers and general amazon based discussions

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AlfredoTurkey said:

binary solo said:

Ya'll are collectively giving Mr Turkey too much airtime his fundamentally flawed thinking. People should learn by now that there is no arguing people around to a more logical way of thinking when it goes against their personal desires.

 

You don't know my personal desires, or lack thereof anymore than you know actual, US sales figures and if the Xbox One is winning or not.

My mistake, you clearly fervently desire PS4 to be on top in the USA.

Actually we do know actual US sales figures. Amazon PS4>Xb one for that week and all month. This is an absolutely known US sales fact. This literally means more PS4s have been sold through Amazon than Xb ones. It is not possible to deny this is hard fact. It is also hard fact that every week of Nov and Dec Amazon showed Xb one ahead of PS4. Conclusion: it is reasonable and logical to assume that where Amazon goes over a long enough period of time (a week for instance) the US market also goes.

Also, the majority of other retailers who publish best seller lists on their website also showed PS4>Xb one for that week. This is also an absolutely known US sales fact. console market share by retailer is also a fairly accessible piece of infomration if you know where to look (I don't know where to look precisely, but I have seen researched retailer market share information posted for previous years, so the info is out there). We don't know esact numbers.

Demanding exact numbers is just obfuscation. The contention is whether or not Xb one won the week over PS4. The contention is not that Xb one sold X or Y and PS4 sold Z. All the facts and evidence that is objectively known points to PS4 winning the 10 Jan week in the USA apart from VGC. What is logically more likely, all facts and evidence aside from VGC is wrong, or VGC is wrong?  The probabilities point to VGC being wrong. But if you want to go with the less probable thing that's fine, but don't go claiming all the facts and evidence support your contention.