Amazon US November monthly bestsellers and general Amazon-based discussion.

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BraLoD said:

Teeqoz said:

Well hey, it seems like some people here are seriously complaining about NPD's schedule *cough*BraLoD*cough*

Yup, I'm serious.

Really stupid decision, some big amount of sales of one month going to another, if we have a close month this may decide it to the wrong side, what is a hit to a job who is supposed to be of quality.

If PS4 keeps showing a better envyronment now, but in December MS gets more agressive and we have a better December for the XBO than to the PS4, NPD can end going to the PS4 anyway because of this considerable amount of sales coming from a another month. Or vice-versa.

It just doesn't make tracking sense, at all. It may do schedule sense, but that should not be the priority.

The wrong side? The side that wins is the side that sells the most during the tracking period. There's no wrong or right about it. The side that wins BF likely wins November, so if there is any sort of right and wrong about it then it's that. And BF is being countes for Nov so there's really nothing to get excited about.

Maintaining a fixed pattern of data collection for each month keeps things objective with no chance of data manipulation to give the appearance of favouring any platform. SOmetimes the breakdown comes out in favour of one platform, other times it comes out in favour of the other.