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Imnus on 16 October 2015
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binary solo said:
ethomaz said:
Halo 5 LE Bundle didn't entered in the movers and shakers... less than 12% boost in sales from yesterday.

moving a couple of places inthe charts doesn't necessarily mean an increase in sales, because items ahead of it may have dropped in sales while Halo 5 held steady. I think an item needs to move up 5 or more places to be confidenrt that the movement definitely represents an increase in sales.

Halo 5 bundle starting to make its run with half the month to go. As long as the bundle is available for purchase all the way through October I don;t see why it can;t have a significant effect on sales for the entire month. Currently sitting at 40 on the monthlies there is a decent chance that the Halo 5 bundle will end up being at least the #2 hardware sku for the month, and factoring in 2 previous months of pre-orders that would be good enough to predict an Xb one win for October.

Normally that would be the case, but keep in mind there is three PS4 Bundles in the Amazon Best Sellers in Video Games for October 2015 [Destiny (#24), The Last of Us (#26) & Uncharted (#49)] that count to the PS4 sales for this month. The sum of these three bundles could be enough to be over the Halo 5 Bundle including pre-orders [August (#24) -  September (Not in the Top 10) - October (#36)].

Also according to Abdiel (NeoGAF's Insider), while the Halo 5 Bundle pre-orders are good, they're nowhere near the levels of the PlayStation 4 White Console Destiny Bundle of last year, which Amazon seems to corroborate since the White Destiny Bundle was in Amazon Best Sellers for 4 months [June (#23) - July (#23) -  August (#8) -  September(#6)].

So it seems pretty much impossible for the Xbox One to reach the sales of the PS4 on September 2014 [538K] with the White Destiny Bundle release or the sales of the Xbox 360 with the Halo 3 launch on September 2007 [528K]. Then the Xbox One sales should be around [450-480K], and I think the PS4 with the price-cut could be around that too, for reference the PS3 Slim sold [492K] when it released on September 2009, yes it was a redesign including a price-drop, but the PS4 is a lot more healthy than the PS3 in the US.