| vivster said: Looks like it finished #24 in August and not at all in September. Hard to tell how much of a ranking boost this would give to October. |
You can't really use Amazon that way. At least I don't think anyone has, or even could, do an indepth analysis of the extent to whiuch the placement in the Amazon monthly rankings translates into X number of sales nation-wide. The only thing we know for sure is that Halo 5 LE console has been available for pre-order for August and September, and that all those pre-orders will be counted in the NPD result ofr Xb one for October, which reduces or even negates the predictive value of the Amazon monthly rankings for October unless somehow a Xb one sku winds up being the top sku for the month. We still have over half of October to go, so things might change in Xb one's favour however unlikely now that PS4 has dropped by $50 for the base model and basic bundles.
My guess is more Halo fans have pre-ordered the LE bundle at retailers other than Amazon, which means I think the LE bundle pre-ordered somewhat better than a supoerficial consideration of the August and September monthly rankings suggest. But I also think MS made a mistake in making the only Halo bundle the LE version. They should have done what Sony did with Batman. Make a LE console bundle at a higher price, and a standard bundle for the normal price.
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