Amazon US October monthly bestsellers and general Amazon based discussion

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dovus said:

OttoniBastos said:
imo regardless of who win this month,we can all agree that it will be pretty close.I mean,last month we saw a bigger gaps on amazon and yet PS4/Xone gap was smaller than 100k.

Look at the august amazon chart: ps4 was at #15 and #33, xone was  at #40, #85 and  97 (don't count Halo bundle cause it was preordering, not selling). In fact, it is 209k vs 202k. 

September chart, ps4 at #9 and  #73 xone at #56, #92, and #95. 340k vs 281k, according to NPD.

So it seems to me that amazon isn't very good at representing the whole market situation. 

What are you on about? Amazon represents the whole market situation very well. Amazon picks the winning console and NPD confirms it. The only tricky thing is in some months it's not immediately clear which console Amazon has picked as the winner. April this year was one example of it not being as straightforward as the highest ranked sku. This month there areother factors which make Amazon's choice of winner a little hard to identify.

No one is suggesting Amazon alone can be used as a basis for indicating the size of the win. Most people suggesting a big win are also referencing sales ranking by other major retailers when trying to pick whether there will be a big or small gap. People saying PS4 is on top across multiple retailers are drawing conclusions based on those multiple sources of information. They just happen to be posting their predictions here.