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Burek on 31 January 2015
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Mikmster said:
Burek said:

I hope you and the rest of Amazoniacs realize that Amazon is not the only place you can buy consoles. Heck, it's not even the largest retailer, with much more consoles being sold at retail stores like WalMart, Best Buy, Target etc.

And even then, Amazon just gives out rankings, so it is impossible to know if the difference of ten spots means ten consoles, or ten thousand. 

Therefore, while taking into account consoles' respective placements on Amazon, I still think that it is highly probable that XOne will win. It is a bit less possible, and in the end PS4 might prevail, but it will in no way be a blowout like most months in 2014 when PS4 was winning or like November and December when XOne won with ease.

It does not matter what ranking means what, PS4 beat X1 each and every week of January.  PS4 > xbox all month long.  And given Amazon 100% right track record for last year, you got to have some other motives to argue for a xbox win.  And no one said blow out, dont make shit up just to help your opinon.  And if you want to talk ease of victory, PS4 doubled X1 sales for a few months.  No one won more easier then PS4 did. 


My entire motive for arguing a POSSIBLE XOne victory is realism, as I have no reason to think in absolutes.

As for the blowout remark, it is strictly tied into Amazon's 100% prediction rate, as most of those 12 months witnessed blowout victories. I believe the closest XOne came in the first 10 months was a 15-20% difference. Therefore, Amazon had less chance to be incorrect. But in January 2015, in which the difference in sales could be very small, Amazon has a larger chance to be incorrect. If XOne were to be placed much lower than PS4, sure, it would mean a loss, but placing in Top 20 for the month still makes it seem like it's selling well.